Signature's Silicon Valley FBO Moves Closer to Opening

Signature Flight Support’s newly built FBO at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley has taken the first steps toward full operation with the announcement that it conducted the first fueling of a tenant aircraft this week. The service provider is now accepting office and hangar tenants at the facility, which occupies 29 acres of real estate at SJC.

With a price tag of $82 million, the location was developed in cooperation with Blue City Holdings, the private aviation arm of Google’s founders and one of the anchor tenants. The FBO, which was built to LEED environmental specifications, offers a 10,000-sq-ft terminal along with a 7,500-sq-ft “technology garden” that highlights the advances achieved by companies in the area. Its 240,000 sq ft of hangar space can accommodate ultra-long-range business jets, and the apron can handle bizliners up to a Boeing 767, with direct passenger ramp-side access.

Full FBO services are expected to start early next month, when the facility opens its doors to transient traffic. While Atlantic Aviation, which operates the other FBO on the field, still has lingering legal questions about how the approval process for the new facility was conducted by the local authorities, the Texas-based company said that won't affect the planned opening of the Signature location.