Department Of Transportation State Of Hawaii

The Department of Transportation State of Hawaii, Airports Division (a child division of the State of Hawaii, a U.S. state government entity) operates as a federal grant recipient and prime contractor providing airport infrastructure development, safety system modernization, utility services, and terminal reconstruction at Hawaiian airports. The Airports Division acts exclusively as a prime recipient on federal grants and carries no SBA certifications; it competes on full-and-open basis across federal agencies.

The Airports Division's federal footprint centers heavily on Federal Aviation Administration grants under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116), Airport Infrastructure Grants (CFDA 20.117), and Airport Terminal Program (CFDA 20.118) funding. Recent representative grant awards include $80.736 million (July 2026, FAA Western Pacific Region) to reconstruct 9,550 feet of Taxiway C at Honolulu International Airport; $55.159 million (August 2024, FAA) to rehabilitate 11,000 feet of Runway 17/35 at Kailua-Kona; $29.3 million (July 2024, FAA) to expand the Kahului Airport terminal with new security screening checkpoints; and $28.75 million (September 2024, FAA) to rehabilitate 318,860 square feet of Terminal 2 at Honolulu. Beyond FAA grants, the Airports Division holds a $75,000 purchase order (July 2024, Transportation Security Administration) to procure secure identification display area badges for five Hawaiian airports and recurring water and sewer utility contracts with the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Detention Center Honolulu, totaling roughly $41,000 per month across 2022 and 2023.

Customer concentration sits with federal aviation and facilities-management agencies. The FAA dominates by award count (267 awards across the parent agency and Western Pacific Region) and places the majority of the division's grant volume. The Transportation Security Administration and General Services Administration Public Buildings Service rank second and third by potential value ($154.5 million and $71.4 million combined, respectively), with TSA focused on airport security infrastructure and GSA tied to real-estate lease and facilities-management purchase orders under five GSA Basic Ordering Agreements (GS09B10003, GS09B01843, GS09B01818, GS09B01335, GS09B01303), carrying 355 task orders across roughly $83.5 million in combined potential value. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Detention Center Honolulu places recurring monthly purchase orders for water and sewer services.

Activity has remained relatively flat year over year at 7 to 12 awards annually over the past five years, with 1,143 total awards in the source data spanning from 1994 to August 2026. The division's primary NAICS profile reflects its airport and facilities role: 754 awards fall under Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (NAICS 531120), six awards under Water Supply and Irrigation Systems and Other Airport Operations, and five awards under Sewage Treatment Facilities. PSC coding shows 256 awards for lease/rental of office buildings, 22 for housekeeping and guard services, and 16 for water utilities. The recompete cliff in the next twenty-four months carries minimal exposure — two awards with combined potential value of one dollar face completion in that window, reflecting the long tail of FAA grant performance periods (typically four years to 2029 or 2030).

The Airports Division operates no significant subcontractor role; the source lists four sub-awards (0.3% of portfolio), including a 2025 microgrid feasibility study sub-award and a 2024 Hawaii Department of Defense sub-award for cost increase authority. The division's federal customer base spans eleven distinct agencies, though GSA, FAA, TSA, and DOJ dominate both transaction volume and dollar value. As a state government entity within Hawaii's DOT structure, the Airports Division pursues airport modernization, terminal reconstruction, runway and taxiway rehabilitation, and utility provisioning to maintain safe and efficient operations across Honolulu, Kahului, Hilo, Kona, Lihue, and secondary facilities statewide.