Recipients › Tennessee › Tri-Cities Airport Authority
Recipient organisation · UEI DNFDTGU5MHD8
Tri-Cities Airport Authority
USAspending caveat. Figures are obligations reported by federal agencies to USAspending.gov, not payments. In USAspending's words: "An outlay occurs when federal money is actually paid out, not just promised to be paid ('obligated')." "Every agency has a Senior Accountable Official who must officially certify that the quarterly financial data submitted by their agency is accurate and complete." "If there are any discrepancies in procurement data, FPDS is the authoritative source." Contract data for the Department of Defense and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is published with a 90-day delay. Data loaded 30 Sep 2026. View the USAspending recipient profile.
USAspending records $18M in award obligations to Tri-Cities Airport Authority (Blountville, TN) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024, 2025).
Tri-Cities Airport Authority ranks 271 of 439 listed organisations located in TN by five-year obligations, and 19,168 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Transportation: 7 awards worth $18M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $1,816,752 | under $1.0M | $1,816,752 | — |
| FY2024 | $8,784,841 | under $1.0M | $8,784,841 | +384% |
| FY2025 | $7,701,695 | under $1.0M | $7,701,695 | -12% |
| FY2026 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in TN | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $18M | $43B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | under $1.0M | $12B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $18M | $43B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 19,168 of 30,000 | 1 of 439 in TN | 1 |
Largest in state: Finance & Administration Tennessee Depar. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Transportation | 7 | $18M | 100% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Sullivan County, TN $18M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of TransportationFederal Aviation Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.106 Airport Improvement Program, COVID-19 Airports Programs, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs | $5.3M | 5 Sep 2024 | TN | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Aviation Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.106 Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs | $3.5M | 25 Jul 2025 | TN | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Aviation Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.106 Airport Improvement Program, COVID-19 Airports Programs, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs | $2.2M | 5 Sep 2024 | TN | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Aviation Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.106 Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs | $2.1M | 24 Aug 2025 | TN | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Aviation Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.106 Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs | $2.0M | 24 Aug 2025 | TN | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Aviation Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.106 Airport Improvement Program, COVID-19 Airports Programs, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs | $1.3M | 15 Aug 2023 | TN | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Aviation Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.117 Airport Infrastructure Grants | $1.1M | 12 May 2026 | TN | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $5.3M, Department of Transportation, 5 Sep 2024: PURPOSE: SHIFT TAXIWAY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT REALIGNS APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FEET OF TAXIWAY A TO STRAIGHTEN AND SIMPLIFY THE
- $3.5M, Department of Transportation, 25 Jul 2025: PURPOSE: EXPAND TERMINAL. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT EXPANDS THE EXISTING TERMINAL BY 9,231 SQUARE FEET, INCLUDING THE CONCOURSE
- $2.2M, Department of Transportation, 5 Sep 2024: PURPOSE: CONSTRUCT/EXTEND SAFETY AREA; REALIGN TAXIWAY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT EXTENDS RUNWAY 5 SAFETY AREA 250 FEET TO ENHA
- $2.1M, Department of Transportation, 24 Aug 2025: PURPOSE: EXPAND TERMINAL. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT EXPANDS THE EXISTING TERMINAL BY 9,231 SQUARE FEET, INCLUDING THE CONCOURSE
- $2.0M, Department of Transportation, 24 Aug 2025: PURPOSE: EXPAND TERMINAL. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT EXPANDS THE EXISTING TERMINAL BY 9,231 SQUARE FEET, INCLUDING THE CONCOURSE
- $1.3M, Department of Transportation, 15 Aug 2023: PURPOSE: UPDATE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN OR STUDY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT UPDATES THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN NARRATIVE REPORT AND AI
- $1.1M, Department of Transportation, 12 May 2026: PURPOSE: OBSTRUCTION MARKING/LIGHTING/REMOVAL. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT REMOVES TREE OBSTRUCTIONS IDENTIFIED AS OBSTRUCTIONS B
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Tri-Cities Airport Authority receive?
$18M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $1.8M; FY2024: $8.8M; FY2025: $7.7M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Tri-Cities Airport Authority?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Transportation ($18M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs (20.106) and Airport Infrastructure Grants (20.117).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: TN ($18M).
Is Tri-Cities Airport Authority a large federal recipient?
It ranks 19,168 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 271 of 439 located in TN. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.