Louisville Winston County Airport

Louisville Winston County Airport, a local government-owned airport authority in Louisville, Mississippi, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient under the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and related pandemic-relief and infrastructure-investment programs, with no federal contracting activity.

The airport's federal grant footprint centers entirely on FAA funding for regional aviation infrastructure development. The FAA Southern Region has awarded fifteen grants since 2008, with the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration national office providing nine additional awards. A small Appalachian Regional Commission grant presence rounds out the customer base. All twenty-seven awards in the source represent prime recipient work; the airport receives no sub-awards. Combined obligated dollars across all grants total $15.6 million, with activity concentrated in the past four years: two awards in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026.

Recent grant work spans runway safety infrastructure, apron expansion, hangar construction and rehabilitation, airport master planning, and land acquisition. A July 2026 grant of $122,570.53 funds Phase 1 (hangar design) and Phase 2 (aerial mapping) for an 8,000-square-foot non-exclusive hangar intended to generate revenue and enhance airport self-sufficiency; performance runs through July 8, 2030. An August 2025 award of $158,981.05 installs a Runway End Identifier Lights system for Runway 17/35 at both thresholds to meet FAA standards, with completion by August 25, 2029. Two August 2024 awards totaling $561,714.44 fund Phase 2 apron expansion (6,900 square yards, including earthwork, drainage, and fencing) with completion by August 25, 2028. Two August 2023 awards totaling $343,334 fund Phase 1 apron expansion and hangar rehabilitation, with completion by August 27, 2027. An August 2023 award of $176,667 covers apron expansion and hangar rehabilitation. A July 2022 award of $166,667 funds acquisition of 18 acres within the Runway 35 protection zone, completing July 17, 2026. A November 2021 American Rescue Plan Act grant provided pandemic economic relief for operations, personnel, cleaning, and debt service through November 4, 2025.

The airport operates as sole recipient and intended beneficiary across all awards, with no contractors or subcontractors named in the grant structures. Activity has stabilized at one to two awards annually in recent years after higher frequency in 2023–2024. No awards face completion within the next twelve months, though two grants (the July 2022 land acquisition and the November 2021 pandemic-relief award) complete by October 2025 and November 2025 respectively.