Clark County Airport System

Clark County Airport System, doing business as the Department of Aviation, is a local government entity and child of Clark County, Nevada, that acts as a direct federal grant recipient for airport infrastructure modernization and operates multiple public-use airports across the Las Vegas metropolitan area, including Harry Reid International Airport, North Las Vegas Airport, Henderson Airport, and regional facilities in Overton and Jean, Nevada.

The Department of Aviation's federal footprint is dominated by airport infrastructure grants from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Western Pacific Region, administered through two primary grant programs: the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117), funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Recent grant work spans runways, taxiways, apron pavement, terminal reconstruction, baggage handling systems, aircraft rescue and firefighting facilities, perimeter security fencing, apron lighting, wildlife hazard assessments, pavement management planning, and environmental impact statements. Representative awards include a $36.74 million project grant for terminal reconstruction at Harry Reid International Airport (awarded July 18, 2025, completion July 17, 2029), a $28.761 million grant for aircraft rescue and firefighting building reconstruction (awarded August 19, 2026, completion July 8, 2030), a $13.5 million grant for an environmental impact statement for a proposed southern Nevada supplemental airport (awarded September 16, 2025, completion September 15, 2029), and a $7.25 million grant for environmental impact statement Phase 2 work (awarded June 16, 2026, completion June 15, 2030). The Department has also received $21.2 million in American Rescue Plan Act economic relief funding through January 2026 for airport concessions support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Terminal improvement work includes a $3.73 million grant for 24,000 square feet of terminal modernization (awarded August 21, 2025, completion August 20, 2029) and a $2.59 million grant for baggage handling system reconstruction in Terminal 3 (awarded August 21, 2025, completion August 20, 2029).

The Department's recent activity shows consistent annual volume — eight awards in 2022, ten in 2023, seven in 2024, eleven in 2025, and fifteen in 2026 — with a combined potential value of $87.9 million across 131 total awards since 1998. However, obligated dollars of $1.13 billion substantially exceed potential value, reflecting multi-year project execution and incremental funding across phases. The FAA Western Pacific Region accounts for 80 of the 131 awards (95% of award count), with the broader FAA organization accounting for 30 additional awards. The Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration holds eleven awards valued at $87.2 million combined potential value, representing the second-largest customer concentration. Five awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating near-term recompete exposure. One parent vehicle, an Indefinite Delivery Contract (NCL990060), carries four task orders worth $491 thousand combined potential value. Award categories are dominated by lessors of nonresidential buildings and professional support services, reflecting the airport facilities and management scope.