Bemidji Regional Airport Authority Commission

Bemidji Regional Airport Authority Commission, a U.S. municipal government entity and airport authority based in Bemidji, Minnesota, receives federal grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration as a prime grant recipient for airport infrastructure improvements — taxiway rehabilitation and realignment, runway strengthening, hangar and fuel infrastructure construction, and equipment procurement at Bemidji Regional Airport. The entity does not hold prime federal contracts or sit on contract vehicles; all recent federal activity is grant-funded.

FAA Great Lakes Region has awarded nine project and formula grants totaling $6.6 million in combined potential value since August 2022 under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106), with supplemental awards under COVID-19 Airports Programs and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Representative work includes a $2.164 million award (August 2026) to design and construct a new 6,700 square foot non-exclusive hangar, realign taxiway B by 45 degrees, and rehabilitate 5,000 feet of taxiway B, with performance through August 2030; a $3.998 million award (September 2025) to realign taxiway A by 90 degrees, rehabilitate 8,297 linear feet of taxiways A, C, and D, and update the airport's Exhibit A property inventory map, with completion by September 2029; a $4.975 million award (June 2023) to rehabilitate and strengthen 7,004 feet of runway 13/31 to accommodate heavier aircraft and meet FAA design standards, concluding June 2027; and a $1.851 million award (August 2023) to construct a 450-foot taxilane connecting a parking area to hangar space and improve an on-airport roadway for aircraft rescue and firefighting operations.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to FAA Great Lakes Region and FAA Washington. Across the full award population, FAA programs account for 35 of 110 awards; GSA Public Buildings Service represents 14 awards ($2.5 million combined potential value) in a nonresidential building leasing posture that reflects the airport authority's facility-management and space-rental activity separate from capital infrastructure programming. The General Services Administration leasing BPA (GS05B17692) carries 60 task orders at $4.4 million combined potential value, signaling GSA hangar and office-space rental revenue generation outside the federal grant footprint. Recent obligated dollars ($50.2 million) exceed combined potential value (757% ratio), indicating mature projects with full cost realization. Award volume has declined — three awards in 2022 to one in 2026 — consistent with the grant-funded, episodic nature of airport capital infrastructure cycles. No recompete cliff is imminent; existing awards carry ultimate completion dates running through August 2030, and the airport authority operates as a single-entity recipient with no subcontract relationships in the federal space.