Coshocton County Regional Airport Authority

Coshocton County Regional Airport Authority, doing business as Richard Downing Airport, is a U.S. local government entity and county airport authority based in Coshocton, Ohio, that receives federal grants for airport infrastructure improvement and operates as a grant recipient (96% of awards) rather than as a federal contractor. The Authority is a child entity of the County of Coshocton and does not hold federal contracts or IDVs.

The Authority's federal footprint is entirely grant-based and concentrated in the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Great Lakes Region, which accounts for 100% of its 27 awards spanning the past five years. Work is performed at Richard Downing Airport in Coshocton, Ohio. The Authority has received $6.8 million in combined obligation across all awards, with recent activity showing two awards in 2026, one in 2025, two in 2024, and three in 2023. Representative grant work includes a $386,427 Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116) award in July 2026 to reconstruct runway visual guidance systems and resurface apron pavement through July 2030; a $365,751 Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117) award, also in July 2026, to construct a new 200-foot terminal area south hangar taxilane through July 2030; a $427,194 Airport Improvement Program award in September 2024 to reconstruct runway lighting, rehabilitate runway markings, and reconstruct the runway visual guidance system through September 2028; and a taxiway lighting reconstruction grant in August 2024. Earlier awards include design-phase grants for taxiway lighting (September 2023) and runway visual guidance system installation (July 2023), a pavement crack-sealing reimbursement grant (September 2022), and an American Rescue Plan Act economic relief grant (February 2022) to cover airport operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, and debt service costs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Authority holds one grant sub-award: a multipurpose hangar construction project on airport property, sub-granted by the Department of Natural Resources in May 2023. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The Authority's grant program activity is anchored to FAA infrastructure funding and does not extend into federal contracting.