Meadow Lake Airport Association

Meadow Lake Airport Association, a Colorado-based non-profit and DOT-certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, operates Meadow Lake Airport in Peyton, Colorado, and serves as a direct federal grant recipient for airport infrastructure improvements and maintenance funded by the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration.

The organization holds exclusively prime-recipient status across twelve federal grants awarded since 2011, with no subcontract or prime-contractor roles in its federal footprint. All twelve awards originate from the FAA's Northwest Mountain Region, distributed across two distinct FAA grant programs: the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117). Recent work spans pavement preservation, runway and taxiway sealing, snow removal equipment infrastructure, and runway lighting systems. Representative projects include a $1.21 million Airport Infrastructure Grants award (August 2026) for reconstructing 6,400 square yards of the east transient apron pavement with performance through August 2030; a $220,554 Airport Improvement Program grant (May 2024) for sealing and crack repair on the west transit apron, Runway 15/33, and Taxiway A surfaces, completing May 2028; a $220,554 project grant (April 2023) for constructing a 2,000 square-foot snow removal equipment building, finishing April 2027; and a runway lighting system installation grant (February 2023) for new Runway 15/33 end identifier lights. The organization has received federal airport improvement grants consistently since February 2011, demonstrating a sustained relationship with FAA regional funding mechanisms for critical infrastructure preservation.

Activity frequency has been modest and episodic — two awards in 2021, one in 2022, two in 2023, one in 2024, and one in 2026 — with combined dollars obligated across all awards totaling $4.2 million. The organization engages exclusively with the FAA and does not compete for or hold contracts with other federal agencies or prime-contractor vehicles such as GWACs or IDIQs. As a tax-exempt non-profit airport operator, Meadow Lake serves a local beneficiary population and operates outside federal procurement competition frameworks.