Guthrie County Regional Airport Authority

Guthrie County Regional Airport Authority, a U.S. local government entity and DOT-certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise headquartered in Panora, Iowa, is a federal grant recipient focused exclusively on airport infrastructure and master plan development at Guthrie Center Regional Airport in Iowa. The Authority operates as a prime recipient only; it does not hold federal contracts or sit as a subcontractor on federal awards.

The Authority's recent federal footprint consists entirely of grants from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Central Region under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106 and 20.116). Since 2008, the Authority has received fourteen grant awards totaling $7.3 million in obligated dollars. Recent representative work includes a $1,081,482 project grant awarded August 29, 2024, to reconstruct 5,000 square yards of transient parking apron pavement at end of useful life (completion August 28, 2028); a $373,333 associated award under the same program on the same date for apron reconstruction (the combined apron project is funded across multiple FAA and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grants); a $160,000 formula grant dated July 25, 2023, for fuel farm design and apron reconstruction (completion July 24, 2027); and a $368,000 project grant dated July 7, 2026, to update the airport layout plan with master plan narrative (completion July 6, 2030). The Authority also received pandemic economic-relief grants under the American Rescue Plan Act and Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act in December 2021, covering operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, and debt service costs.

Activity has averaged fewer than two awards per year over the past five years, with concentration in 2024 and 2026. All customers are the FAA Central Region; the Authority holds no active contracts, GWACs, BPAs, or multi-year IDVs and is not positioned as a subcontractor for any federal work. The Authority's mission is regional airport operations and capital facility development in rural Iowa, funded through federal infrastructure and economic-relief grants rather than competitive federal service procurement.