City Of Prescott

City Of Prescott Airport Division, doing business as Prescott Airport-Ernest A Love Field, is a municipal airport operator providing landing fees, airport operations and maintenance, hangar leasing, and airfield infrastructure to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Federal Aviation Administration as a prime contractor and grant recipient. The entity is a child division of the City of Prescott (U.S. Local Government, Municipality), headquartered in Prescott, Arizona, with no SBA designations — it competes on a full-and-open, non-set-aside basis.

The airport's federal customer footprint is heavily concentrated in aviation and natural-resources support. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for the largest share of contract awards by volume: Forest Service Region 3–Southwestern Region holds 51 delivery orders with $155 thousand combined potential value, and the broader Forest Service organization (including the National Interagency Fire Center) carries 37 additional orders with $17 thousand potential value. However, the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Central Office Office of Leasing dominates the dollar ranking, with 14 awards carrying $1.4 million combined potential value — reflecting leasing of the airport's facilities and buildings. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy ranks second by dollars with a single $738 thousand award, followed by the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration at $360 thousand across two awards. The Federal Aviation Administration has issued 28 grants and program awards but dollar magnitudes are typically embedded in multi-phase infrastructure projects rather than listed as direct potential-value figures in the contract awards pool.

Prescott Airport holds delivery orders against two primary parent vehicles: an indefinite delivery contract (1202RZ22T0004) issued by the Forest Service with 95 task orders worth $124 thousand combined potential value, and a Basic Ordering Agreement (GS09B02149) issued by the General Services Administration with 38 task orders worth $3.8 million combined potential value. The airport also holds single-order IDCs with Defense Logistics Agency Energy ($738 thousand) and another vendor-specific IDC (SP060004D0090).

The airport's federal grant portfolio centers on FAA Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116) and Airport Infrastructure Grants (CFDA 20.117) awards issued by the Federal Aviation Administration Western Pacific Region. Recent grants include $1.018 million for Phase 1 environmental assessment of a runway extension (August 2026); $3.125 million for Phase 2 hangar construction (August 2026); $2.327 million for Phase 2 taxiway F construction (June 2026); $3.16 million for runway approach land acquisition (August 2025); $1.75 million for a revenue-generating hangar (July 2025); and $1.157 million for runway approach land protection (August 2025). Earlier American Rescue Plan Act COVID-19 relief grants of $1.1 million (December 2021) and $255 thousand (December 2021) funded operations and pandemic response costs. The airport acts as prime recipient in all grant awards; there are no sub-award relationships noted in the source.

Forest Service delivery orders for landing fees, airport maintenance, and materials support wildland fire management, research, and public land operations across western U.S. locations, with places of performance documented in Albuquerque, Boise, Phoenix, and regional Forest Service offices. Contract values under the Forest Service IDC typically range from $29 to $13,620, with most orders completing within a single fiscal year. GSA Basic Ordering Agreement task orders reflect real-estate leasing activity, where the airport functions as landlord to federal tenants.

Prescott Airport's activity cycle shows concentrated Forest Service work in 2022 and 2023 (42 and 45 awards respectively), with sharply reduced contract volume in 2024 (2 awards) and modest rebound in 2025–2026 (9 and 13 awards). The recompete cliff in the next twenty-four months is minimal — only one award with $340 combined potential value reaches ultimate completion before October 2028. However, the airport's FAA grant awards carry multi-year project schedules extending through 2029–2030, representing sustained federal investment in runway extension, taxiway construction, hangar development, and approach-zone land acquisition to support long-term operational modernization and revenue sustainability.