Wright Air Service Inc.

Wright Air Service Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Fairbanks, Alaska, provides fixed-wing on-call aircraft transportation and emergency fire support services to federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing predominantly on small business set-asides and unrestricted competitive task orders under Department of the Interior vehicles.

Wright Air Service is a small business with deep specialization in Alaska remote aviation logistics. The company holds a $18.6 million multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded by the Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center on April 1, 2026, designated as a total small business set-aside and running through March 31, 2031, alongside a $500,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement (September 2024–September 2029) for fixed-wing on-call transportation services. The firm's prior work anchors on a $20 million predecessor IDIQ with Interior, awarded in April 2021 and extending through March 2025, which seeded the company's current footprint across federal land management agencies. Recent representative awards include a $192,770 delivery order from the Department of the Interior, Idaho Region for fixed-wing fire support flights (October 2025), a $42,459 purchase order from USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service for charter flights supporting soil survey operations in the Willow NPR-A area (July 2024), a $244,473 delivery order from the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Region for the BLM ARCFO North Slope 2023 project (May 2023), and a $201,259 delivery order from the Department of the Interior for Arctic fixed-wing on-call services (May 2024). A $9,745 delivery order from USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service for SNOTEL maintenance flights at Bettles and Dahl Creek (June 2026) demonstrates continued work in small-magnitude logistics missions.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of the Interior's Alaska-based bureaus. The Interior Business Center dominates by potential value at $60.6 million across 21 awards (89% of combined potential value), while the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Region accounts for 161 awards valued at $2.9 million (4% of combined potential value) and the National Park Service Alaska Region represents 53 awards at $477,000 (1%). Across the top five customer entities, Wright Air Service addresses 72% of its award volume but only 98% of potential dollars—a stark concentration signal driven by the single large IDV ceiling with Interior Business Center against many smaller task orders placed by regional bureaus under predecessor vehicles.

Wright Air Service operates primarily under two parent vehicles: a legacy Blanket Purchase Agreement (IND12PA00159) supporting 187 task orders valued at $2.7 million combined, and a series of Interior-issued fixed-wing flight services IDIQs and BPAs. The company's prior performance on the $20 million April 2021 IDIQ generated over fifty delivery orders across National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Geological Survey, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Forest Service units, establishing the foundation for the new $18.6 million 2026 recompete award. Subcontracting is minimal; the source identifies only two sub-awards, both modifications under a Battelle Memorial Institute prime for fixed-wing support to NSF research camps (Kavik River Camp in March 2023 and hyperlink updates in April 2024), representing negligible volume relative to the prime footprint.

Activity trajectory has been episodic. Awards per year averaged 10–15 over 2022–2024, then dropped to 3 in 2025 and 3 in 2026 (through June), a pattern reflecting task-order velocity on stable IDIQs rather than organic pipeline growth. The recompete cliff is immaterial: only one award (valued at $10,000) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating Wright Air's primary exposure centers on the April 2026 Interior Business Center IDIQ recompete and the September 2029 BPA maturity. The source does not identify federal grants, sub-prime relationships to other contractors, or teaming arrangements.

Capability framing is narrow and specialized. Wright Air Service delivers fixed-wing passenger charter, on-call flight logistics, and emergency fire support—NAICS 481211 (Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation) accounts for 373 of 406 awards, with PSC code S-5510 (Passenger Air Charter) dominating at 386 awards. Services span personnel and equipment transport, aerial surveys, wildlife monitoring, field research logistics, emergency fire response, and resource assessments across Alaska's remote terrain. The company operates under 14 CFR Part 121 or Part 135 certification requirements and explicitly excludes direct fire suppression or tactical fire support operations, positioning itself as a logistics enabler rather than firefighting platform.

Since 1982 we at Wright Air Service have had a commitment to safety in all our flight operations. We have continued our tradition of flight excellence now carrying more than 40,000 passengers a year on our scheduled flights and a growing volume of freight, while continuing to serve our many diverse needs of our chartered air customers. With 19 pilots, 12 mechanics and 65 support staff; we have become a sizable business over the last 4 decades! For more information, please visit us at wrightairservice.com