Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority

Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority, a U.S. local government entity and airport authority based in Huntsville, Alabama, serves as a federal grant recipient funding airport infrastructure modernization and air service development at Huntsville International Airport through the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary.

The Authority operates exclusively as a prime grant recipient across federal sources; recent awards span fourteen project and formula grants totaling approximately $44.7 million in combined potential value, with $321.6 million already obligated across 173 total awards in the source dataset. The Authority does not hold federal contracts or seats on government-wide contract vehicles; its federal footprint consists entirely of grants administered by the FAA Southern Region and the DOT Office of the Secretary.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward aviation infrastructure funding. The FAA Southern Region anchors the portfolio with thirty awards, followed by the FAA proper at twenty awards, while the Federal Emergency Management Agency, General Services Administration Public Buildings Service, and the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration account for supplementary work. Within the top five funding relationships, the GSA Public Buildings Service Central Office Office of Leasing holds fifteen awards worth $13.4 million in combined potential value (concentrated in lease and rental of office buildings under NAICS 4859 and PSC codes 7410 and 7420), and TSA holds five awards worth $2 million.

The Authority's recent grant activity centers on multi-phase terminal reconstruction and airfield infrastructure rehabilitation. Representative awards include a $14.69 million project grant from the FAA (CFDA 20.106) dated August 25, 2025, to construct a new 19,388 square-foot Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting building to meet Federal Aviation Regulation Part 139 safety requirements; a $7.96 million project grant from the FAA (CFDA 20.106) dated September 15, 2025, to reconstruct 47,074 square feet of existing terminal concourse and passenger waiting hall; a $14.28 million project grant from the FAA (CFDA 20.106) dated July 30, 2024, to rehabilitate runway infrastructure and taxiway assets; and a $1 million project grant from the DOT Office of the Secretary (CFDA 20.930) dated April 18, 2025, under the Payments for Small Community Air Service Development Program to support minimum revenue guarantee agreements and marketing activities. All grants carry ultimate completion dates between 2027 and 2030. The Authority also received COVID-19 pandemic relief grants, including a $7.63 million American Rescue Plan Act award from the FAA in December 2021 for airport operations and sanitization. The Authority acts as prime recipient on all named awards and does not subaward funds under the active grant portfolio, though historical federal grant sub-awards to the Alabama Emergency Management Agency appear in the source for emergency protective measures work.