City Of Cynthiana

The City of Cynthiana, operating through its Cynthiana-Harrison County Airport division, receives federal grant funding as the prime recipient under the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106 and 20.116) to fund airport infrastructure development and operational support in Cynthiana, Kentucky. The airport authority competes exclusively under federal grant programs — 100% of awards are prime grants, with no contract or sub-award activity — and operates as a U.S. local government entity (child division of the City of Cynthiana municipality).

The City of Cynthiana Cynthiana-Harrison County Airport division has received eighteen federal grants over the past sixteen years, with $3.6 million obligated across all awards. The Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region is the sole funding source, accounting for 12 awards directly and 6 awards through the broader FAA organization. Recent grant work reflects a portfolio focused on airport infrastructure and pandemic relief. In July 2026, the airport received $162.7 thousand under the Airport Improvement Program for Phase 1 environmental assessment work to remove 24 FAA-identified obstructions and bring the facility into conformity with current standards (completion June 2030). In July 2025, the FAA awarded $195 thousand for a master plan update including revised airport layout plans and a solid waste recycling plan (completion July 2029). Infrastructure construction grants include a $692.754 thousand combined award from September 2023 for 430 feet of taxilane construction and a new 7,800 square foot six-bay T-hangar building (completion September 2027), along with a related $337.778 thousand taxilane-construction grant from the same date. An earlier T-hangar construction grant from July 2024 funded the final 1,500 square feet of an 8-bay T-hangar building (completion July 2028). A December 2021 American Rescue Plan Act grant funded pandemic-related operational relief, including personnel, cleaning, sanitization, and debt service costs (completion December 2025).

The award trajectory has been episodic rather than continuous: three awards in 2021, then a two-year gap, followed by isolated awards in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (the American Rescue Plan grant by December 2025). The airport's federal grant strategy emphasizes self-sustainability through revenue-generating facilities; multiple project descriptions cite hangar construction as intended to generate lease revenue and reduce operational dependence on federal support. Place of performance is Cynthiana, Kentucky, with performance periods extending through 2030.