Blair County Airport Authority

Blair County Airport Authority, doing business as Altoona Blair County Airport, is a U.S. local government entity and county airport authority that receives federal grants for airport infrastructure projects and terminal facility improvements as a federal grant recipient. The authority operates a public-use airport in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, listed in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, and does not compete for federal contracts as a prime contractor or subcontractor.

The authority's federal footprint is entirely grant-funded from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region under two primary programs: the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106 and 20.116) and the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117). Recent awards include a $669,820 project grant (awarded August 7, 2026) to reconstruct 17,600 square feet of existing terminal facilities, specifically two restrooms that have reached the end of their useful lives, with performance extending through August 6, 2030; a $551,619 formula grant (awarded July 27, 2026) to reconstruct snow removal equipment including a replacement tractor and plow; a $543,880 formula grant (awarded August 15, 2024) to update the existing airport master plan; and a $449,416 project grant (awarded August 5, 2022) to acquire two replacement snow removal equipment carrier vehicles with spreader, plow, and broom attachments. Earlier awards funded pavement sealing and crack repair across 61,000 square yards of terminal and tie-down apron surface in two phases (August 21 and August 8, 2023), and Phase 1 design services for terrain obstruction removal and marking/lighting activities (awarded August 5, 2025, $219,296).

Across the past five years, activity has been sporadic: one award in 2022, two in 2023, one in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026. The combined potential value across all 122 awards in the source data is $2.2 million, though obligated dollars ($15.5 million) substantially exceed the remaining potential, indicating a heavily drawn-down portfolio. Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The authority's grant work focuses exclusively on airport capital infrastructure — runway and taxiway rehabilitation, terminal expansion and renovation, snow removal equipment acquisition and replacement, and airfield safety obstruction mitigation — reflecting the core mission of maintaining a regional public-use airport facility adequate to meet civil aviation needs.