Pembina Municipal Airport Authority

Pembina Municipal Airport Authority, a non-profit airport operator based in Pembina, North Dakota, acts as a federal grant recipient focused on airport infrastructure modernization and maintenance funded by the Federal Aviation Administration. The organization has received eleven FAA grants totaling $3.2 million obligated across the past thirteen years, competing exclusively under full-and-open grant competitions rather than set-aside categories; all awards are prime grants with no sub-award activity.

The vendor's customer base is entirely concentrated within the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration, specifically the Great Lakes Region office, which accounts for 100% of recent awards. Nine of the eleven grants flow through the FAA Great Lakes Region directly; two awards route through the FAA main office. This concentration reflects the organization's singular focus on securing federal infrastructure funding for a single regional airport asset.

Pembina's capability portfolio centers on airport infrastructure renewal and safety compliance. Recent work includes a $917,305.26 grant awarded June 22, 2026, under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116) to reconstruct Runway 15/33 lighting, Taxiway A lighting, and Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) systems across a four-year performance period ending June 21, 2030; a $443,780 grant awarded the same date under the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117) for reconstruction of an airport lighting vault building and replacement of an airport rotating beacon; and a $146,000 grant awarded August 15, 2024, under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) funding design-phase runway and taxiway lighting reconstruction, wind cone installation, and beacon replacement. An earlier $705,000-range grant from July 2023 funded pavement surface sealing and crack repair across runway, taxiway, and apron infrastructure. The organization also received American Rescue Plan Act economic-relief funding ($220,000 range) in February 2022 to cover operations, personnel, cleaning, and debt service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Activity has been sparse — one award per year from 2021 through 2024, ramping to two awards in 2026. One grant (the February 2022 American Rescue Plan award) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and faces expiration in February 2026, with no recompete cliff exposure beyond that single award. The organization operates as a pure infrastructure grant recipient with no commercial contracting footprint.