Federal contractor · ANCHORAGE, AK

PATHFINDER AVIATION LLC

PATHFINDER AVIATION LLC received $8.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (−17% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $45M. Its largest customer was Departmental Offices ($9.4M). It also received $428.1K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$8.4M
New awards
7
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 543.1KFY2017
  2. 586.5KFY2018
  3. 2MFY2019
  4. 1.1MFY2020
  5. 2.7MFY2021
  6. 3.5MFY2022
  7. 3.7MFY2023
  8. 12.2MFY2024
  9. 10.2MFY2025
  10. 8.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Departmental Offices$9.4M100%
    6 awards
  2. Forest Service-$992.9K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Transportation & logistics$9.4M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$6.8M80%
  2. Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK$1.8M22%
  3. Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK$849.9K10%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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. TO PROVIDE LIGHT AND MEDIUM UTILITY HELICOPTER AVIATION SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IN ANTARCTICA FOR OCT-2026 - FEB 2027 FLIGHT SEASON AND REMAIN ON ICE UNTIL NEXT SEASON.$6.8M
    Departmental Offices· Transportation & logistics· Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026· 140D0426F0927
  2. EXCLUSIVE USE (EU) HELICOPTER (HELO) TYPE II FIRE FLIGHT SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM). THE DESIGNATED BASE OF OPERATION IS GALENA, ALASKA - BLM EU HELO FIRE - EU PERIOD$1.8M
    Departmental Offices· Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK· Transportation & logistics· May 19, 2026 – Aug 18, 2026· 140D0426F0533
  3. TO PROVIDE LIGHT AND MEDIUM UTILITY HELICOPTER AVIATION SERVICES AND REMAIN ON ICE FUNDING IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IN ANTARCTICA FOR THE REMAINDER OF FY2024-2025 SEASON.$1.4M
    Departmental Offices· Transportation & logistics· Jan 30, 2025 – Apr 14, 2026· 140D0425F0098
  4. TYPE II EXCLUSIVE USE FOR CHESTER, CA$1.4M
    Forest Service· Plumas County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Apr 3, 2024 – Oct 15, 2025· 1202SA24K9231
  5. AK EU HELO FIRE T2$1.3M
    Departmental Offices· Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK· Transportation & logistics· May 6, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026· 140D0425F0499
  6. AK EU HELO FIRE T3 GALENA$1.1M
    Departmental Offices· Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK· Transportation & logistics· May 5, 2025 – Dec 10, 2025· 140D0425F0492
  7. EXCLUSIVE USE (EU) TYPE III HELICOPTER - GALENA FIRE ZONE$1M
    Departmental Offices· Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK· Transportation & logistics· Apr 27, 2026 – Aug 27, 2026· 140D0426F0415

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.

PATHFINDER AVIATION LLC received $428.1K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 13 actions (1 new awards), −70% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 20.901 · Payments for Essential Air Services ($428.1K).

Assistance · FY2026
$428.1K
New awards
1
Actions
13
Since FY2021
$5.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 2MFY2021
  2. 594.5KFY2022
  3. 672.8KFY2023
  4. 696.3KFY2024
  5. 1.4MFY2025
  6. 428.1KFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$428.1K100%

Top programs

  1. 20.901 · Payments for Essential Air Services$428.1K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$428.1K100%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBSIDY AWARD FOR ASSISTANCE IS TO PROVIDE AIR SERVICE FOR ELIGIBLE ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE COMMUNITIES…$910.8K
    20.901 · Payments for Essential Air Services· Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 30, 2025 – Sep 14, 2026· 69A3452660431
  2. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBSIDY AWARD FOR ASSISTANCE IS TO PROVIDE AIR SERVICE FOR ELIGIBLE ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE COMMUNITIES…$885.7K
    20.901 · Payments for Essential Air Services· Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 4, 2024 – Nov 6, 2025· 69A3452560431
  3. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBSIDY AWARD FOR ASSISTANCE IS TO PROVIDE AIR SERVICE FOR ELIGIBLE ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE COMMUNITIES…$729.6K
    20.901 · Payments for Essential Air Services· Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 30, 2023 – Nov 13, 2025· 69A3452460431

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.

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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TEMSCO HELICOPTERS INC$24M−4% in FY2026
    KETCHIKAN, AK · 78% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportationForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportation
  2. BRIDGER AEROSPACE GROUP, LLC$46.5M+32% in FY2026
    DOVER, DE · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportationForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportation
  3. KENN BOREK AIR LTD$21.2M−12% in FY2026
    CALGARY, CAN · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportationUSTRANSCOM · Nonscheduled air transportation

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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.