Pickaway County Airport Authority

Pickaway County Airport Authority, a not-for-profit public entity headquartered in Circleville, Ohio, is a federal grant recipient (100% prime recipient status) that receives Airport Improvement Program and related FAA infrastructure funding to develop and maintain airport facilities serving regional aviation needs. The authority operates as a municipal airport sponsor rather than as a federal contractor, and all twenty of its recent federal awards are FAA grants administered through the Department of Transportation's Great Lakes Region office.

The authority's grant footprint centers exclusively on two FAA programs: the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117), with one formula grant under the same vehicle. Over the past five years, awards have remained modest in volume — two awards in 2021, two in 2022, one in 2023, and two in 2024, with two more arriving in June 2026 — for a combined obligated total of $6.5 million across all twenty grants since 2007. The authority serves two customer entities within FAA: the FAA Great Lakes Region (13 awards) and the FAA headquarters organization (7 awards), accounting for 100% of activity.

Recent work reflects a multi-phase hangar development program at Circleville airport designed to generate revenue and enhance financial self-sufficiency. The authority received $288,421.05 on June 9, 2026, under CFDA 20.117 to fund Phase 4 construction of approximately 3,321 square feet of non-exclusive aircraft storage hangar space as part of a 16,000 square foot facility (completion June 8, 2030); the same date brought a $403,661.05 award under CFDA 20.116 for the final phase, delivering approximately 4,648 square feet of hangar. Earlier phases included a $573,913.33 award on September 10, 2024, for Phase 3 site preparation and building utilities, a $497,777.78 award on September 3, 2024, for Phase 2 structural construction, and a September 5, 2023, formula grant funding design work for a separate 10,500 square foot T-hangar project. The authority also holds runway rehabilitation grants: a $118,600 design-phase award from August 2, 2021, and a construction-phase award from June 29, 2022, both for runway 1/19 pavement and lighting replacement under American Rescue Plan Act funding at 100% federal share. One award (ultimate completion June 28, 2026) falls due within the next twenty-four-month window; all other active grants run through 2028 or 2030, with no near-term recompete exposure.