Recipient of federal assistance · FORT MYERS, FL

LEE COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY

LEE COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY received $20.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 8 actions, −21% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $150M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Aviation Administration ($20.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$20.5M
New awards
7
Actions
8
Since FY2021
$150M
UEI
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Location
FORT MYERS, FL
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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. 13.9MFY2021
  2. 37.5MFY2022
  3. 12.3MFY2023
  4. 40MFY2024
  5. 25.8MFY2025
  6. 20.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$20.5M100.0%
  2. Direct payments$6,9480.0%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants$13M63%
  2. 20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$4.9M24%
  3. 20.118 · Airport Terminal Program$2.6M13%
  4. 21.016 · Equitable Sharing$6,9480.0%
  5. 20.106 · Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs-$98.000.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Aviation Administration$20.5M100.0%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Departmental Offices$6,9480.0%
    Department of the Treasury

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: CONSTRUCT TAXIWAY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT CONSTRUCTS NEW 2,500 FOOT TAXIWAY E TO ACCOMMODATE…$11.4M
    20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Sep 14, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026· 31201350732026
  2. PURPOSE: REHABILITATE RUNWAY LIGHTING; REHABILITATE RUNWAY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT REHABILITATES 12,000…$4.9M
    20.116 · Airport Improvement Program· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026· 31201350722026
  3. PURPOSE: EXPAND TERMINAL. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT EXPANDS THE EXISTING TERMINAL E BY 297,000 SQUARE…$2.6M
    20.118 · Airport Terminal Program· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Feb 24, 2026 – Feb 24, 2026· 31201350712026
  4. PURPOSE: EXPAND APRON. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT EXPANDS EXISTING WEST APRON AN ADDITIONAL 19,618 SQUARE…$1.6M
    20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Jun 16, 2026 – Jun 16, 2026· 31200270292026
  5. IMPROVE EXISTING AIRPORT$91.1K
    20.106 · Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Mar 30, 2021 – Nov 12, 2025· 31200270232021
  6. PURPOSE: THE EQUITABLE SHARING PROGRAM ENHANCES COOPERATION AMONGST FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BY PROVIDING VALUABLE…$4,843
    21.016 · Equitable Sharing· Departmental Offices· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 24, 2026 – Aug 24, 2026· 346811DEMFQH4TSDC5

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $116.7K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. STATE OF FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY M$116.7K100%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $87K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $791.7K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $116.7K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.