Grafton Municipal Airport Authority

Grafton Municipal Airport Authority, a municipality and U.S. local government entity based in Grafton, North Dakota, receives federal grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration to support airport infrastructure modernization and revenue-generation facility construction. The authority is a prime recipient of FAA grants under the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117) and the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106), with no federal contracting activity as a prime or subcontractor.

Grafton Municipal Airport Authority's grant footprint is entirely concentrated with a single customer agency — the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration Great Lakes Region, which has awarded all four grants in the recent portfolio. The authority has received $1.7 million in combined obligated dollars across three phases of a single capital project: an aircraft storage hangar construction initiative designed to enhance airport revenue generation and operational self-sustainability. The first phase, awarded May 8, 2025, funded 3,682 square feet of hangar construction. The second phase, awarded August 6, 2025, funded site preparation, electrical service installation, and construction engineering for an additional 298 square feet, with completion scheduled by August 5, 2029. The final phase, awarded February 24, 2026, funded the concluding 848 square feet of the 4,828 square-foot facility, with a completion deadline of February 23, 2030. A fourth award, dated August 6, 2024, funded apron pavement reconstruction (2,490 square yards) and taxilane rehabilitation (800 feet) and is scheduled for completion by August 5, 2028. Both projects are eligible under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act's expanded eligibility provisions. The authority operates as a self-funded airport entity and does not hold federal contracts, place orders on government-wide vehicles, or partner as a subcontractor on federal awards.