Federal contractor · SAFFORD, AZ

PONDEROSA AVIATION INC

PONDEROSA AVIATION INC received $13.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 29 awards (+34% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $77.6M. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($10.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$13.8M
New awards
29
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
8.7%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.6MFY2017
  2. 3.3MFY2018
  3. 4.2MFY2019
  4. 5.2MFY2020
  5. 2.8MFY2021
  6. 9.7MFY2022
  7. 10.5MFY2023
  8. 13.2MFY2024
  9. 10.3MFY2025
  10. 13.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$10.7M78%
    24 awards
  2. Departmental Offices$3.1M22%
    5 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$13.8M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Graham County, AZ$13.8M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition8.7%
    US 39% · $1.2M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions8.7%
    US 8.7% · $1.2M
  • 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. 2022 NATIONAL AIR ATTACK, LIGHT FIXED WING ATGS BASE AND 4 OPTION YEARS ALBUQUERQUE$5.6M
    Forest Service· Graham County, AZ· Facilities & utilities· Apr 12, 2022 – Sep 8, 2026· 1202SA22K9133
  2. 2022 NATIONAL AIR ATTACK, LIGHT FIXED WING ATGS BASE AND 4 OPTION YEARS KLAMATH FALLS$5.3M
    Forest Service· Graham County, AZ· Facilities & utilities· Apr 20, 2022 – Sep 29, 2026· 1202SA22K9142
  3. 2022 NATIONAL AIR ATTACK, LIGHT FIXED WING ATGS BASE AND 4 OPTION YEARS SIERRA VISTA$4.9M
    Forest Service· Graham County, AZ· Facilities & utilities· Apr 12, 2022 – Sep 28, 2026· 1202SA22K9132
  4. PROVIDE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT SERVICES FOR ATGS MISSION, FIRE$4.3M
    Forest Service· Graham County, AZ· Facilities & utilities· Mar 26, 2024 – Sep 28, 2026· 1202SA24K9402
  5. 2022 NATIONAL AIR ATTACK, LIGHT FIXED WING ATGS BASE AND 4 OPTION YEARS SISKIYOU$4.3M
    Forest Service· Graham County, AZ· Facilities & utilities· Apr 27, 2022 – Sep 24, 2026· 1202SA22K9147
  6. 2022 NATIONAL AIR ATTACK, LIGHT FIXED WING ATGS BASE AND 4 OPTION YEARS CHESTER$4.2M
    Forest Service· Graham County, AZ· Facilities & utilities· Apr 22, 2022 – Sep 28, 2026· 1202SA22K9144
  7. PROVIDE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT SERVICES FOR ATGS MISSION, FIRE$3.4M
    Forest Service· Graham County, AZ· Facilities & utilities· Mar 25, 2024 – Sep 24, 2026· 1202SA24K9401
  8. ATGS WENATCHEE$3.4M
    Forest Service· Graham County, AZ· Facilities & utilities· Apr 24, 2024 – Aug 19, 2026· 1202SA24K9410

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. SPUR AVIATION SERVICES, LC$48.3M+12% in FY2026
    TWIN FALLS, ID · 100.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportationDepartmental Offices · Support activities for forestry
  2. KIT HELICOPTER OPERATIONS LLC$30.1M+16% in FY2026
    TERRETON, ID · 78% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportation
  3. C.C. CALZONE, LLC$30.8M−5.1% in FY2026
    SANTA ANA, CA · 78% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest 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.