Paso Robles Municipal Airport

Paso Robles Municipal Airport, a U.S. local government entity and airport authority based in Paso Robles, California, operates as a federal grant recipient and occasional service vendor, providing land rental services to the Department of Agriculture and receiving infrastructure funding from the Federal Aviation Administration. The airport holds no SBA set-aside certifications and competes on an unrestricted basis.

The airport's federal footprint splits between three distinct customer relationships. The Federal Aviation Administration's Western Pacific Region has issued 16 grants totaling approximately $1.1 million for airport infrastructure projects including taxiway rehabilitation design ($297,460 awarded March 5, 2026, with Phase 1 design work and ultimate completion in March 2030), airport master plan updates ($589,567 awarded August 27, 2024, through August 26, 2028, including updated airport layout drawings, spaceport planning, aeronautical surveys, and sustainability planning), runway pavement sealing and crack repair ($award amount not specified, awarded September 13, 2023, through September 12, 2027), and pavement management studies ($134,000 awarded July 12, 2023, through July 11, 2027). The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 5 Pacific Southwest Region has placed three purchase orders for land rental services in 2025 and 2026 totaling $185,000 in combined potential value — including a $77,500 purchase order awarded August 3, 2025, for completion September 2, 2025, a $62,500 purchase order awarded August 9, 2026, and a $45,000 purchase order awarded August 26, 2026, both for land rental services in Solvang, California. All three USDA awards carry firm fixed pricing and no set-aside designation.

Activity has been episodic rather than consistent — three awards in 2021, followed by gaps in 2022, then two in 2023, one each in 2024 and 2025, and three in 2026. The airport holds no active subcontract relationships and no parent contract vehicles. One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The gap between combined potential value ($185,000) and combined dollars obligated ($7.1 million) reflects prior grant awards to the airport dating to 2006 that have accumulated substantial reimbursable expenses over their multi-year performance periods, with cumulative obligations substantially exceeding initial project values due to phased funding and cost realization over extended timelines.