Jacksonville Aviation Authority

Jacksonville Aviation Authority, a local government airport authority headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, operates as a prime recipient of federal infrastructure grants from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), funding airport construction, rehabilitation, and safety improvements at Jacksonville International Airport. The Authority receives nearly all of its federal awards (99%) as a direct prime recipient rather than as a subrecipient, with a portfolio concentrated in FAA Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and Airport Infrastructure Grants (CFDA 20.117) funding for runway, taxiway, apron, terminal, electrical, and wildlife hazard mitigation work.

The Authority's recent grant activity has accelerated: two awards in 2023, four in 2024, eight in 2025, and five through August 2026, generating a combined potential value of $387.2 million across 273 total awards since 2001, with $245.6 million obligated to date (63% of potential value). The FAA Southern Region dominates customer concentration by award count (42 awards) but represents only a portion of the Authority's dollars; the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Central Office Office of Leasing accounts for 41 awards valued at $192.7 million combined potential value, reflecting a separate portfolio of real-estate leasing work unrelated to airport operations. The Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration holds 14 awards valued at $37.8 million. The Authority also receives sub-awards from the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management for post-hurricane disaster recovery (four sub-awards in 2024–2025 for Hurricane Helene and Milton emergency protective measures and debris removal).

Recent prime grant work includes a $47.9 million FAA Airport Improvement Program award (July 2025) for Phase 1 design and construction of Concourse B apron expansion and Taxiway W realignment; a $1.512 million award (July 2025) for Phase 2 construction of Terminal Concourse B expansion (193,000 square feet) and Runway 8/26 lighting reconstruction; a $11.203 million award (August 2026) for construction of 1,100 feet of new paved Taxiway W to meet FAA standards; and a $440 thousand award (August 2026) for Phase 1 design of Taxiway A and B reconstruction. Supplementary work includes electrical emergency generator replacement, runway and taxiway lighting rehabilitation, passenger boarding bridge reconstruction, wildlife perimeter fencing (6,000 linear feet), and wildlife hazard wetland mitigation (13 acres in the Runway 26 approach, funded at $9.778 million in Phase 1 construction).

The Authority's federal customer base spans eight distinct agencies, with three awards (combined potential value unspecified) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The portfolio is structured entirely around capital infrastructure delivery at Jacksonville-area airports; the Authority does not compete for contracts as a vendor service provider but receives funding as the public-use airport owner and operator responsible for infrastructure development, environmental compliance, and FAA coordination on all Airport Improvement Program grant management and closeout obligations.