City Of Oneonta

City of Oneonta, operating as Albert S. Nader Regional Airport, is a municipal government entity and federal grant recipient that receives funding for airport infrastructure, safety, and operational improvements under FAA grant programs. The city serves as prime recipient on 95% of its federal awards (20 of 21 recent grants), with one sub-award through the New York State Department of Health. City of Oneonta is a child entity within municipal government; the parent organization is City of Oneonta (City Hall).

The city's federal footprint is narrowly concentrated on airport infrastructure. Over the past five years, City of Oneonta has received 21 federal grants totaling $11.1 million in obligated dollars, all routed through two primary FAA programs: the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116) and the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117). Recent project work includes a $4.164 million grant awarded July 17, 2026, to construct Phase 2 of a new partial parallel taxiway (1,630 feet of a 3,350-foot taxiway designed to bring the airport into conformity with FAA standards); a $203,134.74 grant, also awarded July 17, 2026, to fund Phase 1 design of a terminal access road reconstruction project (2,500 feet of road at end of service life); and a $430,482.22 grant awarded August 15, 2024, to remove on-airport vegetation obstructions identified by the FAA as non-conforming. The city also received a $430,482.22 Formula Grant in May 2023 for obstruction marking and lighting design and a Project Grant under the American Rescue Plan Act in December 2021 for COVID-19 pandemic relief (operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, and debt service).

Customer concentration is absolute: the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region funded 15 awards; the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration funded 5 awards; and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 funded 1 award. All 20 primary awards flow from FAA grant programs serving Albert S. Nader Regional Airport in Oneonta, New York. Award activity has been episodic — three awards in 2020 and 2021, one in 2023, two in 2024, and two in 2026 — with the recent July 2026 awards representing the largest capital infusion. The city's single sub-award came through the New York State Department of Health in September 2024 for a lead service line inventory project. All grant work is performed in Oneonta, New York, with performance periods typically extending three to four years from award date.