Recipient of federal assistance · RALEIGH, NC

AVIATION DIVISION

AVIATION DIVISION received $40.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 15 actions, −41% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $189.5M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Aviation Administration ($40.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$40.5M
New awards
8
Actions
15
Since FY2021
$189.5M
UEI
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Location
RALEIGH, NC
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 21.2MFY2021
  2. 20MFY2022
  3. 13.7MFY2023
  4. 25.5MFY2024
  5. 68.6MFY2025
  6. 40.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$40.5M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$31.9M79%
  2. 20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants$11.7M29%
  3. 20.106 · Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs-$3M0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Aviation Administration$40.5M100%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: STATE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM NONPRIMARY/CARGO/STATE APPORTIONMENT ALLOCATION. THIS GRANT IS FUNDED BY THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF…$22.1M
    20.116 · Airport Improvement Program· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 337SBGP0982026
  2. IMPROVE EXISTING AIRPORT$18.6M
    20.106 · Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· May 18, 2026 – May 18, 2026· 337SBGP0592020
  3. PURPOSE: DESIGNATED FOR NONPRIMARY AIRPORTS IN THE STATE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. THIS GRANT IS FUNDED BY THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND…$10.4M
    20.106 · Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs· Federal Aviation Administration· Formula grant· Aug 10, 2023 – Jun 4, 2026· 337SBGP0702023
  4. PURPOSE: REHABILITATE ACCESS ROAD; CONSTRUCT TERMINAL; REHABILITATE TERMINAL ACCESS ROAD; CONSTRUCT/EXPAND HANGAR; REHABILITATE APRON…$8M
    20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Jul 17, 2026 – Jul 17, 2026· 337SBGP0962026
  5. PURPOSE: CONSTRUCT/EXPAND HANGAR. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT AWARDS A STATE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM GRANT TO…$7M
    20.116 · Airport Improvement Program· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Jul 23, 2026 – Jul 23, 2026· 337SBGP0992026
  6. PURPOSE: RECONSTRUCT APRON. THIS GRANT IS FUNDED BY THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT TO INCREASE THE FEDERAL SHARE TO…$2.8M
    20.116 · Airport Improvement Program· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 337SBGP1012026

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $69.1M (166 subawards)

55 sub-recipients

  1. CITY OF HICKORY$13.9M20%
    HICKORY, NC · 8 subawards
  2. AERONAUTICS AUTHORITY CITY OF HENDERSON & OXFORD CO GVILLE VANCE$9M13%
    OXFORD, NC · 2 subawards
  3. TOWN OF EDENTON$5.4M7.8%
    EDENTON, NC · 2 subawards
  4. FOOTHILLS REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY$5.4M7.8%
    MORGANTON, NC · 3 subawards
  5. COUNTY OF FORSYTH$3M4.3%
    WINSTON SALEM, NC · 7 subawards
  6. DAVIDSON COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY$2.4M3.5%
    LEXINGTON, NC · 8 subawards
  7. WILKES COUNTY$1.8M2.6%
    WILKESBORO, NC · 5 subawards
  8. ROCKY MOUNT WILSON REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY$1.7M2.5%
    ELM CITY, NC · 5 subawards
  9. COUNTY OF JOHNSTON$1.6M2.3%
    SMITHFIELD, NC · 4 subawards
  10. HARNETT, COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA$1.3M1.9%
    LILLINGTON, NC · 3 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $20.4M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $21.6M paid out · $650K received
  • FY2023: $19.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $10.9M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $17.4M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $69.1M paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.