Charter/management specialist Reynolds Jet has signed a long-term exclusive lease on “Hangar 4,” the former Procter & Gamble corporate flight headquarters at Cincinnati’s Lunken Field. Reynolds Jet will offer its charter and managed-aircraft clients an array of services at the facility, including controlled hangar space of more than 27,000 sq ft; direct fueling from the on-site fuel farm; on-site third-party maintenance up to major inspections and repairs; ground-handling service such as offloading luggage, handling and positioning, fueling and servicing.
“We are now in complete control of the customer’s experience,” said Allan Mann, v-p of operations for Reynolds Jet. “And we wouldn’t have it any other way.” In addition to the hangar space under roof, the Hangar 4 site includes 60,000 sq ft of ramp area; more than 20,000 sq ft of passenger lounge and shop space; garage parking for 16 cars; and a secure, gate-coded 17,000-sq-ft outdoor parking lot. Total footprint of the site is 217,355 sq ft.
Hangar 4 was built in the 1920s as the Aeronca Aircraft factory, builders of one of the first successful light aircraft in the U.S., the C-2 “flying bathtub.” Procter & Gamble acquired the site in 1950 and it became home to its fleet of corporate DC-3s. It has been upgraded and enlarged several time since then, and Procter & Gamble left the site in 2006. Reynolds signed a lease last month that gives it control of the facility until 2037.