Meridian Airport Authority

Meridian Airport Authority, doing business as Meridian Aviation, supplies aviation turbine fuel (Jet Aviation A-1) to the Department of Defense via the Defense Logistics Agency Energy as a prime contractor, with nearly 99.4% of its recent federal award volume and dollar value concentrated in micro-transactional delivery orders under a single-award indefinite delivery contract (SPE607-23-R-0202). The entity is a U.S. local government agency—a municipal airport authority based in Meridian, Mississippi—and therefore does not hold small business certifications or set-aside eligibility.

Meridian Airport Authority's federal footprint is extraordinarily narrow and specialized. The vendor holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract valued at $52.2 million running through March 31, 2027, which authorizes delivery of approximately 192.7 million gallons of Jet Aviation A-1 turbine fuel to commercial airports across nine states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas). Delivery orders issued under this contract are characteristically micro-transactional, with individual ceiling values typically ranging from $660 to $23,000, reflecting daily or weekly fuel procurement calls rather than large task orders. The parent contract generated 23,202 awards in the vendor's recent history, with nearly all concentrated in the July 2023 through July 2026 period. Customer concentration is absolute: Defense Logistics Agency Energy accounts for 23,202 of 23,344 total awards and $192.2 million of the $207 million combined potential value. The vendor holds no parent vehicles other than the single DLA Energy indefinite delivery contract and maintains no subcontract footprint across any federal work.

Recent activity shows explosive growth in delivery order volume. The vendor recorded 67 awards in 2022, 1,578 in 2023, 270 in 2024, 1,262 in 2025, and 3,031 in 2026 through mid-August—reflecting the operational tempo of DLA Energy's daily fuel distribution operations. Only one award faces recompete completion within the next twenty-four months. A secondary line of business includes facility maintenance and leasing: the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Central Office Office of Leasing has awarded 15 contracts valued at $8 million, and the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration has issued 4 awards totaling $421 thousand. These represent less than 5% of the vendor's federal activity.

In addition to federal contracts, Meridian Airport Authority received a $1,826,635.79 project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region in August 2026 under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116) to rehabilitate runway, taxiway, and drainage infrastructure at Meridian Regional Airport, with performance extending through August 11, 2030. Meridian Airport Authority operates as a pure fuel supplier with no federal subcontracting relationships and no prime-contractor teaming outside its single DLA Energy indefinite delivery contract vehicle.