FBOs

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to the city FBO at Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (KSPA) in Spartanburg, South Carolina. AVweb reader Jacquelyn Balish explains how the KSPA FBO staff went above and beyond to bring a smile to her face: I fly with very young […]

Here at the virtual airport, a number of the regulars in the Pilot’s Lounge fly charter under Part 135 of the regs. Having done so as well, I greatly enjoy spending time with charter pilots and listening to them tell of some of the more, ah, interesting trips they have. As I listen, I find […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Ideal Aviation at St. Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) in Cahokia, Illinois. To explain why Ideal is so great, we need to invoke a couple of very similar acronyms: First up is NIFA, the National Intercollegiate Flying Association, which held […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Lane Aviation at CMH in Columbus, Ohio. Apparently AVweb reader Josh Johnson didn’t get much exercise on his visit to Lane, but he seemed pretty happy with that: We were in town for two days of business meetings in […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to First Aviation Services at Teterboro, New Jersey’s KTEB. AVweb reader Stan Ross tells how he and his Lifeguard transplant flight team “were treated like VIPs from touchdown to take-off”: “Outstanding customer service” is truly an understatement for the quality […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Fairfield Air Ventures at Fairfield County Airport (KLHQ) in Lancaster, Ohio. AVweb reader Bruce Sturt recommended the FBO after spending a little more time in Lancaster than he’d planned: The family and I flew into Fairfield County Airport to […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs We love to hear stories about FBOs going above-and-beyond to make things happen for pilots and their passengers, and our latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Utah Jet Center at KLGU in Logan, Utah, where “above and beyond” are just another day at the office. […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Greenwood Executive Air at KHFY (Greenwood Municipal Airport) in Greenwood, Indiana. AVweb reader Bill Foraker recently gave the Greenwood team lemons and was delighted with the lemonade they served up: I needed to recon the area for family reunion […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Century Aviation at George W. Bush Airport (KGWB) in Auburn, Indiana. AVweb reader Joe Kobiela recommended the FBO: Lara (a CFI) and her husband Tony (an A&P) took over a rundown FBO and have worked hard to make this […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs “It’s easy to look good when things go smoothly,” writes AVweb reader Jim Wholey, “but Jet Air [at KSEE in El Cajon/San Diego] still looks good when problems arise.” Jim explains the stellar service that makes Jet Air our “FBO of the Week”: I arrived [at Gillespie […]