Bardstown-Nelson County Airboard

Bardstown-Nelson County Airboard, a municipal airport authority based in Bardstown, Kentucky, is a federal grant recipient under the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116), Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117), and American Rescue Plan Act economic-relief authority. The entity operates as a 100% prime recipient with no subcontract footprint across its eighteen federal awards since 2007.

Bardstown-Nelson County Airboard operates Bardstown Regional Airport, a public-use facility serving Nelson County, Kentucky, and receives federal funding exclusively from the FAA Southern Region to support airport infrastructure development and pandemic-related operational relief. The vendor's customer concentration is entirely within the Department of Transportation: eleven awards cite the FAA Southern Region directly, and seven cite the broader FAA agency designation — a functional consolidation around a single funding source with no diversification across customer agencies.

Recent award activity centers on apron reconstruction and master-plan development. In July 2026, the FAA awarded two companion grants totaling $1.3 million (Airport Improvement Program CFDA 20.116 for $743,586 and Airport Infrastructure Grants CFDA 20.117 for $584,216) to reconstruct 889 square yards of main apron pavement reaching end-of-useful-life; the combined project runs through July 19, 2030. In June 2025, the FAA granted $138,181 under the Airport Improvement Program to update the airport master plan, including revised airport layout plans and a solid waste recycling plan, completing June 23, 2029. A May 2025 grant funded Phase 1 design work for the same apron reconstruction project. Earlier, in December 2021, the airport received American Rescue Plan Act economic-relief funding for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, and debt service during the COVID-19 pandemic, completing December 7, 2025. Combined dollars obligated across all eighteen awards total $4.9 million, with award volume averaging fewer than two per year over the past five years and no recent trajectory of growth.