Misty Fjords Air And Outfitting, Inc.

Misty Fjords Air And Outfitting, Inc. Airline Division, a veteran-owned small business based in Ketchikan, Alaska, provides fixed-wing on-call air transportation services to federal agencies operating in remote Alaska as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open vehicles. The firm operates as a Subchapter S corporation and competes across total small business set-aside Indefinite Delivery Contracts and smaller delivery orders, with 100% of its 188 recent awards in the prime contractor role.

The vendor's capability footprint centers on nonscheduled chartered fixed-wing air transportation for personnel, equipment, and cargo movement to inaccessible locations; stream gage maintenance support flights; aerial survey and reconnaissance missions; and wildland fire management logistics. Representative work includes a $1.12 million fixed-price delivery order from the National Interagency Fire Center for call-when-needed exclusive-use fixed-wing services in Ketchikan through December 31, 2029; a $33,640 delivery order from the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center for stream gage maintenance and service flights with an October 31, 2025 completion date; and a $25,440 delivery order from USGS for fixed-wing on-call flight services supporting Unuk salmon fish research operations concluding October 31, 2026. All work is self-performed; Misty Fjords Air operates aircraft certified under FAA Part 121 or Part 135 with no identified subcontractors across the award footprint.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center, which accounts for 106 awards (56% of the award count) and $18.4 million in combined potential value. However, dollar concentration shifts to the Department of the Interior Departmental Offices Interior Business Center, which holds 10 awards representing $58.6 million in combined potential value (74% of total dollars), driven by two large IDVs: an $18.6 million multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded April 1, 2026, and a $9 million single-award National Light Fixed Wing Services contract awarded July 1, 2025. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R10-Alaska Region, USGS Alaska Science Center, and USGS Office of Acquisitions and Grants round out the active set at $1.7 million, $223 thousand, and $20 thousand respectively.

Parent vehicles anchor the work. The Basic Ordering Agreement 1202SA21G5703 carries 103 task orders worth $808 thousand combined potential value; the Blanket Purchase Agreement AG0116B159033 carries 16 task orders worth $373 thousand; and Indefinite Delivery Contract 140D8121D0019 carries 13 task orders worth $140 thousand. The two recently awarded IDVs—the $18.6 million Interior Business Center total small business set-aside contract extending through March 31, 2031, and the $9 million National Interagency Fire Center single-award contract extending through December 31, 2033—establish a multi-year base for task order activity across Alaska. Awards are structured as firm-fixed-price delivery orders with economic price adjustment provisions, standard for remote aviation logistics.

Activity has remained stable at 27 to 30 awards per year across 2022 through 2025; 2026 shows only five awards to date, reflecting the source's August 2026 snapshot. Only two awards (combined potential value $41 thousand) face completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The vendor's specialization in Alaska fixed-wing air transportation and its dual IDV positions on both wildland fire support and USGS scientific research contracts position it as the incumbent operator for federal aviation logistics in Alaska's remote terrain where conventional transportation is unavailable.