Raleigh County Memorial Airport

Raleigh County Memorial Airport, doing business as Raleigh County Airport Authority, is a U.S. local government airport authority entity owned by Raleigh County Commission that receives federal grants from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for airport infrastructure development and maintenance at its facility in Beaver, West Virginia, serving the Beckley area.

The airport authority operates exclusively as a grant recipient under the FAA's Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106, 20.116) and related infrastructure funding streams, with no contract prime or subcontract activity in the federal footprint. Recent grant work spans taxiway reconstruction and rehabilitation, terminal building expansion, airfield signage and markings rehabilitation, taxiway construction, runway pavement sealing, aircraft rescue and firefighting equipment acquisition, and pandemic-related operational relief funding. Representative awards include a $4.756 million grant (August 2026) for Phase 1 reconstruction of 2,885 feet of Taxiway E under the Airport Improvement Program running through August 2030; a $3.388 million grant (January 2023) under the American Rescue Plan Act for construction of a 2,000-foot Taxiway F with 100-percent federal share; a $1.508 million grant (August 2023) for terminal building expansion; a $537 thousand grant (September 2025) for HVAC and seating installation as the final phase of terminal expansion; and a $485 thousand Phase 1 design grant (July 2025) for rehabilitation of 7,000 linear feet of Taxiway E. All recent grants funnel through the FAA's Eastern Region.

Grant activity shows minimal recent volume — one award in 2026, three in 2025, two in 2023, two in 2022, and five in 2021 — reflecting the discrete, project-based nature of airport infrastructure funding. Historical awards (145 total since 1990) carry combined potential value of $5 million against obligated dollars of $31.5 million, indicating significant construction completion across multiple phases. The FAA Eastern Region and FAA national office dominate the customer base by award count (16 and 15 awards respectively), with secondary exposure to the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Central Office for leasing arrangements and the Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration. The airport authority does not compete for federal contracts, sit on GWACs or IDIQs, or subcontract to private vendors; it operates as a direct federal grant recipient for infrastructure projects at a regional airport facility.