Syracuse Regional Airport Auth

Syracuse Regional Airport Authority, a local government-owned airport authority based in Syracuse, New York, acts as a federal grant recipient for airport infrastructure modernization and repair work funded primarily by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106 and 20.116, 20.117). The authority operates as a prime recipient on nearly all of its federal awards (98% of recent activity) and does not compete under any SBA set-aside categories; its work is funded through direct federal grant channels administered by the FAA Eastern Region.

The authority's federal footprint centers on concrete airport infrastructure projects at Syracuse Hancock International Airport. Recent representative work includes a $20.8 million Airport Infrastructure Grants award (CFDA 20.117) to construct and reconstruct deicing pad and containment facilities (Phase 3, awarded July 2026, completing July 2030), a $10.6 million Airport Improvement Program grant to reconstruct and rehabilitate Taxiway A East (235 linear feet of pavement reconstruction plus 5,065 linear feet of rehabilitation, lighting, and signage work, awarded September 2024, completing September 2028), a $9.3 million award to reconstruct Taxiway B pavement, lighting, and signage plus 1,760 linear feet of taxiway rehabilitation (awarded August 2025, completing August 2029), and a $3.83 million grant to expand the terminal apron by 22,500 square yards (final construction phase, awarded August 2025, completing August 2029). The authority also received a $1.48 million grant in August 2025 to replace one Class V Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting vehicle reaching the end of useful life, and a $2.78 million grant in July 2024 for security equipment acquisition, an emergency operations console, and replacement of 220 security cameras to comply with 49 CFR Part 1542 requirements. Two small purchase orders from the Army Forces Command (August 2023 and September 2024) totaling approximately $69 thousand funded the display and installation of signage at the airport.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward FAA Eastern Region grants. The FAA (combining FAA Eastern Region and FAA proper) accounts for 59 awards across the source data; the Department of Transportation TSA accounts for 2 awards valued at $869 thousand; the Army Forces Command accounts for 2 awards valued at $69 thousand; and a single Justice Department Bureau of Justice Assistance grant supports concession economic relief. The authority receives no federal contract prime awards and sits on no GSA Schedules, GWACs, or IDIQs; all federal funding flows through direct grant awards.

Activity has remained steady at three to five awards annually over the past five years (2022 through 2026), with three awards reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and therefore facing potential renewal or pipeline shifts. The authority's obligated dollars significantly exceed potential value reported ($186.3 million obligated against $938 thousand in combined potential value across the dataset), reflecting the massive scope of multi-year, multi-phase infrastructure reconstruction projects whose full appropriations have been obligated but which span multiple fiscal years and phases of work performance. A single sub-award relationship appears in the data: a 2026 Byrne JAG grant interest sub-award from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, indicating minimal sub-recipient footprint.