County Of Humboldt

County Of Humboldt Aviation Division, doing business as Department Of Aviation, is a U.S. local government entity (county-owned airport operator) that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient for airport infrastructure modernization and operates as a lessor of nonresidential real estate to federal agencies, with minimal contract activity and no subcontract footprint.

The organization operates six airports across Humboldt County, California — including the Arcata-Eureka Airport (McKinleyville), Eureka Airport, and Garberville Airport — and serves exclusively as a prime recipient on federal grants; it holds no federal contract prime awards or IDVs with meaningful ongoing transaction volume. Its customer agencies cluster tightly around the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Western Pacific Region (45 awards by count, though dollar magnitude on these grants is substantial) and the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Central Office (17 awards, $3.4 million combined potential value). A secondary customer set includes the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration (4 awards, $2.1 million) and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 5 (4 awards, $92 thousand). The FAA's Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116 and 20.106) dominates the grant portfolio.

Recent grant work reflects phased airport modernization. The County received a $3.9 million Project Grant from FAA Western Pacific Region on August 24, 2026 (awarded this year) to rehabilitate 4,005 feet of existing paved Runway 11/29 at Arcata-Eureka Airport, with construction completing through August 23, 2030. A $13.5 million Project Grant awarded August 18, 2026 funds Taxiway A relocation at Arcata Airport (150-foot shift to bring the facility into conformity with current standards), also completing August 17, 2030. A $616,981 Project Grant awarded the same date funds installation of a precision approach path indicator system for Runway 12. These three awards represent the most recent major procurements. Earlier grant phases include a $7 million COVID-19 Relief / IIJA grant (March 26, 2024) for airport parking lot improvements at Arcata, $5.7 million (September 14, 2023) for runway lighting vault reconstruction (Phase 2, covering 76.3% of eligible costs), and $1.8 million (September 14, 2023) for runway 14/32 lighting rehabilitation. The County also holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the U.S. Forest Service Region 5 (ceiling $50,000, July 2023 through July 2028) for use of Rohnerville Airport to support helicopter take-off, landing, staging, and maintenance for incident operations in Six Rivers National Forest.

Activity volume shows a declining trajectory: seven awards in 2022, declining to three in 2026 year-to-date. The combined potential value across all awards in the source (187 total, all prime) reaches $7.5 million, though obligated dollars across the award portfolio total $112.5 million — indicating that prior-year grants have been drawn down substantially. The County's award portfolio is dominated by GSA building-lease task orders (99 awards across NAICS "Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings") placed under Basic Ordering Agreement GS09B01254 (95 task orders, $3.4 million combined potential value), a GSA real-property leasing vehicle. This lease activity is distinct from its aviation operations and grant work and reflects the County's role as a landlord of federal office space.