Danville Boyle County Airport

Danville-Boyle County Airport Board, a U.S. local government airport authority based in Danville, Kentucky, is a federal grant recipient that receives funding from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region to design and construct airport infrastructure improvements, operating as a prime recipient (100% of awards) with no subcontract or sub-recipient engagement.

The airport's federal footprint is entirely concentrated with a single grantor agency — the FAA Southern Region — across fifteen federal grant awards totaling $4.7 million obligated since 2018. All awards fall under two FAA grant programs: the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117). Recent activity shows steady engagement with two to three awards per year from 2022 through 2025, declining to one award in 2026. The airport's grant work centers on airfield infrastructure development and operational planning. Representative projects include a $1.352 million Airport Improvement Program project grant awarded August 22, 2024, to construct a 1,000-foot access road to the terminal building with completion targeted for August 21, 2028; a $652,222 project grant from July 5, 2023, to construct 2,783 square yards of east apron expansion; and a $515,060 formula grant from July 5, 2023, to construct 550 square yards of apron as the first phase of a larger taxiway and apron initiative. The airport also received American Rescue Plan Act economic assistance of undisclosed amount in April 2022 to cover operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, and debt service costs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Current-year activity includes two Airport Infrastructure Grants — one for $300,000 awarded August 15, 2026, to construct Phase 3 of an 11,000 square-foot revenue-generating aircraft hangar (completion August 14, 2030), and one for $184,386 awarded May 21, 2025, to fund Phase 2 of an airport master plan update (completion May 20, 2029). Two awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, exposing the airport to potential recompete activity in that window. All work occurs in Danville, Kentucky, supporting the airport's self-sustainability through revenue-generating infrastructure and long-term operational planning.