Federal contractor · GRAND CANYON, AZ

PAPILLON AIRWAYS INC

PAPILLON AIRWAYS INC received $4.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 33 awards (−29% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $50.3M. Its largest customer was Departmental Offices ($3.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$4.8M
New awards
33
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
8.9%
UEI
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Parent company
PAPILLON AIRWAYS INC
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.9MFY2017
  2. 4.6MFY2018
  3. 4.8MFY2019
  4. 5.5MFY2020
  5. 4.4MFY2021
  6. 5.8MFY2022
  7. 5.2MFY2023
  8. 5.3MFY2024
  9. 6.9MFY2025
  10. 4.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Departmental Offices$3.9M80%
    28 awards
  2. Forest Service$974.1K20%
    5 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Transportation & logistics$3.9M80%
  2. Facilities & utilities$974.1K20%

Where the work was performed

  1. Coconino County, AZ$2.4M51%
  2. Tulare County, CA$1.1M22%
  3. Navajo County, AZ$900.4K19%
  4. Morgan County, UT$545.7K11%
  5. Mariposa County, CA$12K0.2%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition8.9%
    US 39% · $428.4K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions8.9%
    US 8.7% · $428.4K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. HSS MATOC TYPE 3 MORGAN UT 1 N841PA$2.5M
    Forest Service· Morgan County, UT· Facilities & utilities· May 31, 2024 – Sep 24, 2026· 1202SA24K9336
  2. EU HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICES, GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ$1.6M
    Departmental Offices· Coconino County, AZ· Transportation & logistics· Jan 14, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 140D0426FP016
  3. EXCLUSIVE USE HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICES, GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ITEM 0001 MD900$1.2M
    Departmental Offices· Coconino County, AZ· Transportation & logistics· Jan 13, 2025 – Apr 9, 2026· 140D0425FP034
  4. EU HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICES SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS$1.2M
    Departmental Offices· Tulare County, CA· Transportation & logistics· Jan 13, 2026 – Jan 13, 2026· 140D0426F0124
  5. EU HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICES, GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ$1.1M
    Departmental Offices· Coconino County, AZ· Transportation & logistics· Jan 9, 2026 – Jan 30, 2026· 140D0426F0122
  6. ON-CALL TYPE III HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICES FIRE$1M
    Departmental Offices· Tulare County, CA· Transportation & logistics· Nov 14, 2024 – Dec 15, 2025· 140D0425F0018
  7. TASK ORDER FOR THE 2026 WILDLAND FIRE SEASON UNDER CONTRACT 140D0426D0050 FOR AN EXCLUSIVE USE (EU) TYPE III HELICOPTER FOR THE BIA BASED IN WHITERIVER, AZ.$900.4K
    Departmental Offices· Navajo County, AZ· Transportation & logistics· May 14, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· 140D0426F0537
  8. EU HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICES, GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ$773.3K
    Departmental Offices· Coconino County, AZ· Transportation & logistics· Jan 21, 2025 – Feb 24, 2026· 140D0425F0168

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. KENN BOREK AIR LTD$21.2M−12% in FY2026
    CALGARY, CAN · 82% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportation
  2. TEMSCO HELICOPTERS INC$24M−4% in FY2026
    KETCHIKAN, AK · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportationForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportation
  3. ASPEN HELICOPTERS INC$14.4M−49% in FY2026
    OXNARD, CA · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportationForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportation

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.