Omaha Airport Authority

The Omaha Airport Authority, doing business as Airport Authority Of The City Of Omaha, is a U.S. local government airport authority that operates as a federal grant recipient funding infrastructure reconstruction and modernization at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska. The authority is structured as a public-sector entity and does not hold federal prime contracts; its federal footprint consists almost exclusively of Federal Aviation Administration grants under the Airport Improvement Program, Airport Infrastructure Grants program, and related IIJA funding mechanisms, supplemented by a single $6,084 purchase order for event equipment rental from Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 in 2022.

Omaha Airport Authority's concrete capability scope centers on airport infrastructure reconstruction, terminal modernization, taxiway and taxilane rehabilitation, and airfield equipment installation. Representative recent grants include a $13.88 million FAA Airport Infrastructure Grants award (CFDA 20.117) issued June 10, 2026, for reconstruction of passenger boarding bridges at Gates 1, 2, 11–14, and 17–21 as Phase 10 of a comprehensive 35,000-square-foot terminal reconstruction project scheduled for completion by June 9, 2030; a $9.33 million FAA Airport Improvement Program grant (CFDA 20.116) issued May 22, 2026, for pedestrian walkway construction as the final phase; and a $4.18 million FAA Airport Improvement Program award (CFDA 20.106) issued September 6, 2024, for acquisition and installation of three passenger boarding bridges as Phase 7 of the terminal modernization initiative. The authority also received a $7.16 million FAA Airport Improvement Program grant (CFDA 20.106) issued February 7, 2024, for construction of a glass canopy and terminal entrance road widening, and a $26.2 million award issued January 26, 2023, funding the first phase of canopy construction with steel structure, cladding, and lighting. Earlier-phase work included construction of a central utility plant, taxilane widening, runway rehabilitation, taxiway lighting rehabilitation, airfield guidance sign installation, airport beacon replacement, and precision approach path indicator installation.

The Federal Aviation Administration, specifically the FAA's Central Region office, dominates the customer base, accounting for 62 of 313 total awards in the source data, with the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration placing 22 awards ($5 million combined potential value) and the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Central Office Office of Leasing placing 31 awards ($25.2 million combined potential value) for facility leasing arrangements. The authority's award activity has remained modest in recent years—two awards in 2022, seven in 2023, four in 2024, six in 2025, and six in 2026—with a combined potential value across all awards of $71.4 million but obligated dollars of $435.4 million, reflecting multi-year grant project lifecycles. Two awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.

The authority acts as prime recipient on 308 of 313 awards (98%) and sub-recipient on five grant sub-awards from the Department of Military Nebraska for hangar repairs, facility equipment damage, emergency protective measures, and airfield infrastructure. The top parent vehicles in the source data are GSA Basic Ordering Agreements for facility leasing services (96 task orders under GS06B00032, 63 under GS06B20038, and 31 under GS06B80122 carrying $47.8 million combined potential value), reflecting the authority's role as lessor of nonresidential building space under 208 NAICS-coded awards in the Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings category. This leasing portfolio sits distinct from the grants-driven infrastructure modernization work; the authority simultaneously manages airport operations, terminal reconstruction, and real-estate leasing to federal tenants occupying airport facilities.