Tunica Airport Administrator Dept

Tunica Airport Administrator Dept (doing business as Tunica County Municipal Airport), a county-level airport authority and child entity of the Tunica County Administrators Dept in Tunica, Mississippi, is a federal grant recipient that receives project grants from the Federal Aviation Administration for airport infrastructure development and maintenance, with all recent awards issued as prime recipient grants rather than contracts or subcontracts.

The airport is a DOT Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise registered in SAM since August 2006. Its federal grant footprint centers exclusively on FAA Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116) and Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117) awards from the FAA Southern Region. Recent grants include a $6.06 million project grant (June 2026) for rehabilitation of 7,000 feet of existing paved Runway 17/35, a $239,777.89 award (July 2026) to expand the existing South Agricultural Apron by 16,500 square feet, a $154,000 award (July 2026) to construct a new 15,000 square-foot sponsor-owned hangar for aircraft storage and maintenance, and a $363,305.26 design-phase grant (July 2025) for runway rehabilitation planning. Earlier awards include a $1.27 million project grant (August 2022) for reconstruction of runway and taxiway lighting systems, a $388,404.44 award (September 2024) for airport rotating beacon replacement and perimeter fencing reconstruction, and land acquisition grants from July 2023 and September 2024. The airport also received American Rescue Plan Act economic assistance (December 2021) for COVID-19 pandemic relief operations.

The vendor's award portfolio reflects 93 total awards across the source period, though the vast majority (92 awards, 99%) are held as prime recipient grants with only one sub-grant award recorded. The portfolio shows concentrated customer engagement with the FAA Southern Region (18 awards on record) and the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Central Office Office of Leasing (18 awards, $1 million combined potential value), though the GSA activity appears to stem from a separate basic ordering agreement (GS04B46099) under 59 task orders with $2.2 million combined potential value — a property-leasing relationship distinct from the FAA airport infrastructure grants. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $28.1 million against $2.4 million in combined potential value, reflecting the completion and closure of older infrastructure grants. Only one award (ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months) faces recompete exposure in that window. Performance on all FAA grants occurs at Tunica County Municipal Airport in Tunica, Mississippi, with multi-year completion windows extending through 2029 and 2030 for current active projects.