Loup City Airport

Loup City Airport, a locally owned airport authority in Loup City, Nebraska, receives federal grants from the Federal Aviation Administration to fund pavement preservation, runway reconstruction, and pandemic-relief operations at a nonprimary airport serving Sherman County and surrounding rural areas. The airport operates as a grant recipient (100% of recent awards) and does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; all federal funding flows through FAA project grants under the Airport Improvement Program and related infrastructure initiatives.

Loup City Airport is a public entity structured as an Other Not For Profit Organization. Its customer base is concentrated entirely within the Federal Aviation Administration's Central Region, which has issued all twelve awards in the source portfolio. The airport has received eight awards under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116), four awards under related FAA programs (including the Airport Infrastructure Grants program, CFDA 20.117), two pandemic-relief grants under the American Rescue Plan Act and Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (both issued in 2021), and one runway reconstruction grant in 2025. Combined obligations across all awards total $5.1 million.

Recent grant work centers on pavement and runway preservation. In May 2026, the FAA awarded the airport $304,105 under the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117) and $210,526 under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116) for a single integrated project resealing 1,200 linear feet of Taxiway A, 3,900 linear feet of Runway 16-34, and 4,800 square yards of apron pavement, with ultimate completion scheduled for May 7, 2030. In June 2025, the airport received $278,000 under the Airport Improvement Program to reconstruct 700 feet of turf Runway 22, due June 9, 2029. Earlier pandemic-relief awards from 2021 funded operations, personnel, cleaning and sanitization, debt service, and pathogen-mitigation activities. Activity shows two awards in 2026 and one in 2025, after a two-year gap; the airport does not serve as a subrecipient or subcontractor on other federal programs.