Ellendale Municipal Airport Authority

Ellendale Municipal Airport Authority, a U.S. local government entity and airport authority based in Ellendale, North Dakota, is a recipient of federal infrastructure and relief grants from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration. The Authority operates exclusively as a prime grant recipient (100% of awards); it does not hold federal contracts, contract vehicles, or subcontractor relationships.

The Authority has received sixteen federal grants totaling $3.7 million obligated over the past two decades, with all awards funded by the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration, split between the Great Lakes Region office (9 awards) and the agency parent level (7 awards). Recent work centers on airport infrastructure projects under the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117), funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Authority received a $130,000 project grant on July 23, 2026, for reconstruction of 2,200 feet of hangar-area airport access road and design of airfield signage and markings (apron, runway, and taxiway markings across three phases) at Ellendale Municipal Airport, with performance through July 22, 2030. Two prior Airport Infrastructure Grants awards, issued in June 2023 and August 2023, totaling performance through mid-2027, funded pavement sealing, crack repair, and joint filling on taxiway and runway surfaces, as well as reconstruction of 300 feet of Taxiway B. The Authority also received American Rescue Plan Act economic relief funding ($130,000 obligated) on January 31, 2022, for airport operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, and debt service related to COVID-19 response, with ultimate completion January 30, 2026.

Activity is sparse and cyclical — one award in 2021, one in 2022, two in 2023, and a single award in 2026 — reflecting the episodic nature of federal infrastructure funding to small municipal airports. One grant (the 2022 American Rescue Plan Act award) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.