FPDS Query Library
About Us
Contact Us

Is Airport Authority

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor entity is classified as an airport authority in the IDV vendor site details. It is a type-of-government-entity indicator tied to the vendor record, not a contract action outcome.

Family: IDV
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isAirportAuthority
Title
Is Airport Authority
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isAirportAuthority
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor entity is classified as an airport authority in the IDV vendor site details. It is a type-of-government-entity indicator tied to the vendor record, not a contract action outcome.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving airport authorities, which can be relevant for market segmentation, public-entity vendor analysis, and jurisdictional or compliance review. It is useful when assessing which government-linked organizations receive federal obligations and how procurement spend is distributed across entity types.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isAirportAuthority
FPDS XML Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isAirportAuthority
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isAirportAuthority' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isAirportAuthority'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter IDVs involving airport authorities
  • Segment vendor populations by government entity type
  • Support compliance or reporting analysis for public-sector recipients

Common Mistakes

  • Using it as a measure of award amount or contract performance
  • Assuming all falsey or null values mean the vendor is definitively not an airport authority

Query Guidance

Use it in WHERE clauses to isolate airport-authority vendors, for example `WHERE isAirportAuthority = 1` when the field is stored as a boolean-style flag. If the column is coded text or numeric, confirm the actual stored values and include null-handling logic only when needed for your analysis.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isAirportAuthority AS is_airport_authority
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isAirportAuthority IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isAirportAuthority AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isAirportAuthority IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.