Contra Costa County Airports

Contra Costa County Airports Buchanan Field Airport Division, operating as Public Works, is a public airport authority serving federal grant recipients in Northern California, funded exclusively through Federal Aviation Administration airport infrastructure and safety grants from the Department of Transportation. The entity is a U.S. government agency (county-owned, not a contractor) operating as a division of Contra Costa County and competing only as a prime recipient on federal grants — no federal contracts as prime, no subcontract work.

The organization's federal footprint centers on the FAA Western Pacific Region's Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106), Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117), and related infrastructure investment initiatives. Recent representative grants include a $1.787 million project grant (August 2026) to reconstruct an Index B Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting vehicle at Buchanan Field in Concord, California, to meet 14 CFR Part 139 safety requirements through August 2030; a $403,624 project grant (August 2026) to conduct a new airport drainage study at Buchanan Field through August 2030; a $212,347 project grant (September 2025) to develop a pavement management plan and conduct a pavement study through September 2029; and two prior grants totaling $4.467 million (awarded July and August 2022) to reconstruct 16,500 feet of perimeter fencing required by 49 CFR 1542, funded through the Airport Improvement Program and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs. The entity also received a grant for airport wildlife hazard assessment and site visit in Byron, California (August 2026).

Customer concentration is narrow and singular — 100% of awards (28 total, $36.8 million obligated) derive from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Western Pacific Region, split between 17 awards under the FAA's Western Pacific Region designation and 11 awards under the broader FAA line. Recent activity shows two awards in 2020, six in 2021, two in 2022, two in 2025, and three in 2026 (as of August 2026). The entity operates under the parent structure of County Of Contra Costa (U.S. Local Government entity) and functions exclusively as a prime recipient on federal airport infrastructure and safety grants — it does not bid on federal contracts, manage contractor relationships, or operate as a subrecipient.