City Of Burlington

The City of Burlington, operating Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport as a U.S. municipal airport authority, is a federal grant recipient delivering airport infrastructure improvements and maintenance to the Federal Aviation Administration and other federal agencies. The entity is a child division of the City of Burlington's Office of the Clerk Treasurer and operates exclusively as a prime recipient; it holds no contract vehicles and engages no subcontractors.

Burlington International Airport's federal award footprint is dominated by FAA grants under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and related infrastructure funding. The FAA New England Region and the FAA broadly account for 75 percent of the airport's 158 total awards in the source data. Recent work includes a $37.8 million FAA project grant (August 2024) for terminal building reconstruction, an $11.5 million grant (September 2024) for runway rehabilitation, a $6.45 million grant (July 2025) for terminal reconstruction Phase 3, and a $6.12 million grant (August 2023) for residential noise mitigation. The airport also delivered a $635 thousand Other Transaction Agreement with the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration (July 2021–July 2024) to design an inline checked baggage inspection system utilizing explosive detection systems, and received an $8.13 million Project Grant from the Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment (September 2025) for community noise mitigation at residential properties and covered facilities impacted by Burlington Air National Guard Base aviation noise.

Beyond the FAA, the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Central Office generated 15 awards valued at $4.5 million, and the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration placed 7 awards worth $4.3 million. The airport maintains two active Basic Ordering Agreements with GSA (GS01B04435 and GS01B04752) carrying 48 combined task orders and $13.3 million in combined potential value. Federal grant work spans airport terminal reconstruction and renovation (multiple phases from 2023 onward), taxiway rehabilitation and construction, runway rehabilitation, apron expansion and cargo apron development, snow removal equipment building construction, and residential noise mitigation for communities affected by airport operations and military aviation noise. A $1.67 million Cooperative Agreement with the Vermont National Guard (August 2025–September 2030) funds Military Construction, National Guard facilities. The airport has also received pandemic relief funding: a $7.01 million FAA project grant (December 2021) for operational and personnel costs, and a $588 thousand grant (January 2022) providing economic relief to airport concessions.

Activity has declined modestly — eight awards in 2022 dropping to five in 2025 and two in 2026 year-to-date — with only three awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The combined potential value across all 158 awards stands at $18.4 million, though cumulative obligated dollars ($325.5 million) substantially exceed that figure, suggesting substantial prior-year execution and completion. The airport's federal grant activity centers on FAA infrastructure investments under the Airport Improvement Program and related appropriations, with supplemental work funded through Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security programs serving noise mitigation and security screening design missions.