Big Piney-Marbleton Airport Board

Big Piney-Marbleton Airport Board, a U.S. local government entity and airport authority based in Big Piney, Wyoming, acts as a recipient of federal infrastructure grants from the Federal Aviation Administration rather than as a federal contractor or service provider. The Board receives grants to fund airport pavement reconstruction, equipment facilities, and operational resilience work at the Big Piney-Marbleton Airport, a general aviation facility serving Sublette County.

The Board's recent grant footprint centers entirely on FAA airport infrastructure programs. Over the past five years, the Board has received 15 total federal awards — all grants, no federal contracts — with a combined obligated value of $6.5 million across three distinct customer agencies. The Federal Aviation Administration's Northwest Mountain Region issued 14 of these 15 awards (8 separate grants to the FAA Northwest Mountain Region office and 6 to the parent FAA organization), accounting for the overwhelming majority of the Board's federal activity. One award of $6 thousand came from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R4-Intermountain Region. The FAA awards span two principal funding mechanisms: the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117), supplemented by American Rescue Plan Act economic assistance.

Current-year and near-term work centers on apron reconstruction. The Board is recipient of three overlapping FAA grants totaling $1.3 million (awarded June 30, 2025; August 20, 2025; and March 9, 2026) to reconstruct 8,900 square yards of deteriorated pavement at the West General Aviation Apron, with an ultimate completion target of June 29, 2029. These three grants fund separate portions of the same integrated project, complemented by additional AIP and Airport Infrastructure funding to cover remaining eligible costs. Earlier awards included an American Rescue Plan Act economic-relief grant (November 2021) for pandemic-related operational expenses and a snow-removal equipment building construction project (August 2021, due for completion August 2025). The Board receives these grants as a public-use airport authority and manages the funded projects directly; sub-award relationships do not appear in the source.