Sioux County Regional Airport Agency

Sioux County Regional Airport Agency, a U.S. local government entity and county airport authority headquartered in Sioux Center, Iowa, receives federal infrastructure grants from the Federal Aviation Administration to expand and develop aviation facilities at Maurice Regional Airport in Maurice, Iowa. The organization operates as a grant recipient (100% of recent awards are prime grants with no subcontracting activity) and holds no federal contracts or contract vehicles.

The agency's entire federal footprint derives from two FAA grant programs administered by the FAA's Central Region. Since 2011, Sioux County Regional Airport Agency has received 24 project grants totaling $27 million in combined obligation across the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117). Recent work spans apron expansion, land acquisition, and pandemic-relief operations. Between June 2023 and June 2027, the agency received three staggered grants—$337,777.78, $233,264.44, and $135,613.33—to acquire 23.95 acres of land adjacent to the existing airport property for future eligible airport improvement development, collectively funding phases of a larger land acquisition project. More recently, the agency received successive grants for apron expansion: a $166,666.67 award in July 2024 for Phase 1 grading work on a 4,000-square-yard general aviation apron expansion, a $167,313.68 award in June 2025 for south-apron expansion, a $315,789.48 award in July 2025 for general-aviation apron expansion under the Airport Improvement Program, and a $144,210.53 award in May 2026 for grading and drainage work as the final phase of the apron expansion, bringing the airport into conformity with current FAA design standards. Each apron-expansion grant funds a phased portion of the total project, with remaining eligible costs covered through coordinated Airport Improvement Program and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act grants. The agency also received pandemic-relief funding in December 2021 under the American Rescue Plan Act to cover operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, and debt service. All grants are issued by the FAA's Central Region and target Maurice Regional Airport as the intended beneficiary, supporting regional transportation infrastructure and general aviation services in Sioux County.