Antelope County Airport Authority

Antelope County Airport Authority, a U.S. local government entity (county airport authority) headquartered in Neligh, Nebraska, is a federal grant recipient that receives project funding from the Federal Aviation Administration for airport infrastructure and equipment improvements under the Airport Improvement Program and related FAA grant initiatives.

The Authority operates exclusively as a grant recipient with no federal contracts, no contract prime vehicle positions, and no subcontractor engagements across its federal footprint. All twelve awards in the source data are prime federal grants; the Authority does not sub-grant or sub-award to other entities. Customer concentration is singular and complete: all awards (100%) come from the Federal Aviation Administration's Central Region, split between the FAA Central Region directly (4 awards) and the FAA Central Region administering specific grant programs (8 awards).

The Authority's recent grant portfolio centers on hangar reconstruction and airfield infrastructure. Representative work includes three project grants awarded on May 13, 2026, totaling approximately $1.3 million under the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117) and the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116) to reconstruct a 6,400 square-foot sponsor-owned aircraft maintenance hangar at Neligh Airport, with completion expected by May 12, 2030. An earlier June 3, 2025 grant of $186,000 under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) funds the same hangar reconstruction project. The Authority also holds a project grant awarded August 3, 2023, to install a Type III automated weather observing system (AWOS) to enhance aircraft operations safety and efficiency, with ultimate completion by August 2, 2027. COVID-19 economic relief funding of unspecified amount was awarded December 20, 2021, under the American Rescue Plan Act for airport operations, personnel costs, cleaning, and sanitization.

Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $5.7 million. Activity has been sparse and episodic — one or two awards per year over the past five years, with only one award facing completion within the next twenty-four months. The Authority's federal footprint reflects the typical grant-recipient posture of a small rural airport seeking capital improvement and emergency-relief funding from the FAA rather than competing for federal contracts or sitting on acquisition vehicles.