Mott Municipal Airport Authority

Mott Municipal Airport Authority, a U.S. local government entity and child of the City of Mott, North Dakota, receives federal grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration for airport infrastructure, maintenance, and emergency relief as a prime recipient under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117).

The Authority operates a nonprimary airport facility in Mott, North Dakota and receives all its federal funding from a single customer: the FAA's Great Lakes Region, which issued 12 awards to the Authority and 10 additional awards directly to the FAA over the documented award period. Combined obligated dollars across all 22 awards total $5.3 million. Recent grant work includes a $170,000 project grant awarded June 23, 2026, for design and construction engineering on pavement rehabilitation across Runway 10/28, Taxiway A, taxilanes, and the General Aviation apron, with a performance period extending through June 22, 2030. Earlier work included a $285,000 project grant (awarded June 2, 2023, completing June 1, 2027) for obstruction removal construction, a multi-phase terminal building reconstruction funded through grants awarded May 1, 2023 (engineering services, completing April 30, 2027) and January 24, 2023 (construction phase, completing January 23, 2027), obstruction removal design funded by a grant awarded August 11, 2022 (completing August 10, 2026), and American Rescue Plan Act economic assistance awarded January 24, 2022 (completing January 23, 2026) for operational relief during COVID-19. An August 23, 2021 grant funded runway lighting installation, snow removal equipment acquisition, and runway marking rehabilitation under the Airport Improvement Program with a 100 percent federal cost share.

Activity has been episodic rather than sustained: two awards in 2021 and 2022 each, three in 2023, one in 2024, and one in 2026, with no visible trajectory of growth or decline. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The Authority operates as a 100 percent prime recipient with no sub-award footprint; it does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles, and receives funding exclusively through FAA project grants for airport capital improvements and maintenance at a nonprimary facility.