Western Reserve Port Auth

Western Reserve Port Authority, a U.S. local government port authority managing the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Vienna, Ohio, operates as a federal grant recipient (100% of recent awards) delivering airport infrastructure development and maintenance services to the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense. The authority does not hold federal prime contracts or subcontracts; all awards are grants rather than procurement contracts.

Western Reserve Port Authority's federal footprint is dominated by FAA airport infrastructure grants under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and Economic Adjustment Assistance awards from the Economic Development Administration. The authority has delivered runway rehabilitation across multiple phases—a $4.35 million Phase 2 runway pavement rehabilitation grant (August 2025, completion August 2029), a $6.48 million Phase 3 runway pavement rehabilitation grant (August 2025, completion August 2029), a $1.93 million final-phase runway rehabilitation grant (August 2025, completion August 2029), a $967 thousand Phase 1 runway design grant (August 2024, completion August 2028), and a $427 thousand snow removal equipment reconstruction grant (July 2026, completion July 2030). Additional recent infrastructure work includes a $1.76 million new hangar construction grant for non-exclusive aircraft storage (August 2026, completion August 2030), a $567 thousand apron A9 pavement reconstruction grant (August 2025, completion August 2029), and a $195 thousand apron pavement resealing grant (September 2024, completion September 2028). The authority also holds an $8.92 million Department of Defense Community Investment Program grant (CFDA 12.600) to rehabilitate Taxiway H, awarded September 2023 with completion by October 2025. Workforce development grants include a $335 thousand EDA Economic Adjustment Assistance award (September 2022) for aviation and aerospace sector market analysis and a recent EDA coal-community economic adjustment grant for establishing the YNG Flight School and Aviation Training Center, a 12,000 square-foot facility housing Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics airplane mechanic training and aviation operations training targeting 76 graduate pilots annually.

The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Great Lakes Region dominates the authority's award portfolio, with 19 grants comprising infrastructure and equipment projects, while the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service accounts for 16 awards focused on building lease operations. Two earlier Air Force Reserve Command BPA calls for security services and information technology support (2022–2023, $40 thousand each) represent the authority's minimal federal procurement footprint. Activity has been sparse in recent years—four awards in 2022, two in 2023, three in 2024, four in 2025, and two through August 2026—with only one award scheduled for completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure.