City Of Chanute

The City of Chanute, a Kansas municipal government entity doing business as Municipal Power Plant, acts as a federal grant recipient for airport infrastructure rehabilitation, natural gas distribution system modernization, and law enforcement technology projects, with all twenty-one recent awards held as a prime recipient (100% prime, zero sub-recipient activity). The vendor operates as a public-use airport sponsor and community-owned utility serving Chanute, Kansas, with no set-aside designations applicable to local government entities.

The City of Chanute's federal footprint centers on the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which accounts for 81% of awards across airport improvement and infrastructure grant programs. Recent airport work includes a $2.325 million Project Grant under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116) awarded July 29, 2026, to rehabilitate 4,000 feet of existing paved Runway 18/36 at Chanute Airport, with ultimate completion July 26, 2030 and coordinated funding from an associated Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act grant. The City also received a $508,416 Project Grant on July 27, 2026, under the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117) for the same runway rehabilitation work. Two additional runway and taxiway rehabilitation grants from the FAA, each totaling approximately $344,000 and $185,000, were awarded August 26, 2025, under CFDA 20.106 (Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs), with ultimate completion August 25, 2029. An earlier $264,000 formula grant from the FAA's Airport Improvement Program, awarded July 12, 2022, funded an update to the Chanute Municipal Airport master plan study.

Beyond aviation, the City of Chanute serves as a prime recipient for the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) Grant Program, which received a Project Grant award on August 26, 2024, to support repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of the City's natural gas distribution pipeline system to reduce incidents, fatalities, and methane leaks—the grant runs through August 25, 2026. The City also received a Project Grant on March 9, 2024, from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program for law enforcement technology and equipment acquisition, with completion scheduled March 31, 2026. Activity has remained modest and steady, with two awards in 2024, two in 2025, and two in 2026, generating $5.8 million in total obligated federal dollars. Six federal customer agencies appear across the portfolio, with the FAA Central Region and parent FAA organization dominating the customer concentration at seventeen awards.