How big are federal contracts in Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation nationwide?

3,851 awards made FY2024–FY2026 under NAICS 481212. Each award counts once, at its value now (base plus exercised options). Contracts, purchase orders, orders under contract vehicles and vehicle ceilings are shown apart: mixing them would put $5K orders next to $500M ceilings.

By kind of award

Award values by kind
KindAwards10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pct
Definitive contracts9$23.8K$1.05M$8.90M$14.98M$48.50M
Purchase orders19$4.6K$10.2K$23.3K$47.4K$224.8K
Orders under contract vehicles3,734$62.5K$230.0K$472.2K$814.4K$1.49M
Contract vehicles (ceilings)89$50.0K$50.00M$50.00M$395.00M$1.42B

Definitive contracts are stand-alone contracts; purchase orders are mostly simplified acquisitions (under $350K since October 2025, $250K before). Orders are task and delivery orders and BPA calls placed under a vehicle. A vehicle's ceiling is what it may be worth with every option, often shared by many companies, not what was spent.

By set-aside

Contract and purchase-order values by set-aside
Set-aside (contracts and purchase orders)Awards10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pct
No set-aside22$7.0K$11.4K$23.6K$1.05M$14.98M
Small business6$23.4K$48.8K$96.0K$8.90M$41.29M

Competed or not

Award values by competition
How it was bought (all but vehicles)Awards10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pct
Competed3,742$57.6K$230.0K$471.6K$814.4K$1.49M
Not competed20$9.2K$80.6K$200.3K$935.0K$2.33M

By state

Contract and purchase-order values by state
Where the work is (contracts and purchase orders)Awards10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pct
GU4too few to show percentiles
MA3too few to show percentiles
MI3too few to show percentiles
HI2too few to show percentiles
AK2too few to show percentiles
CA1too few to show percentiles
GA1too few to show percentiles
MD1too few to show percentiles
DE1too few to show percentiles
WA1too few to show percentiles
OR1too few to show percentiles

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From USAspending.gov prime award data: the base action of each award (modification 0) in the fiscal years shown, with its industry, place, set-aside and competition; values as of the latest action. Percentiles are actual awards' values; with fewer than 5 awards only the count is shown. This page shows what was awarded; it is not a suggested price for any bid.

Typical federal contract size: Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation (NAICS 481212) nationwide · SpendQuery