Arizona's Scottsdale Airport began the demolition of its terminal building last week to make room for a $27 million redevelopment project that will include a 24,000-sq-ft aviation business center and more than 67,000 sq ft of hangar and support space. In addition to a new restaurant, veterans’ memorial, U.S. Customs office, meeting rooms and public plaza, the project includes two 30,000-sq-ft hangars, each with direct runway access and 28-foot-high and 120-foot-wide doors to accommodate tall-tail aircraft such as the Gulfstream G650 and Bombardier Global Express.
Aircraft management and charter company Gemini Air Group will lease and operate the entire hangar complex and private fuel facility, offering hangar space for lease with on-site Part 145 repair station capability and reduced fuel prices. Because Gemini will not operate as an FBO, aircraft must lease hangar space for a minimum of six months to receive reduced fuel prices, according to Gemini owner Tim Carpay, who expects to fill the hangars by the time construction finishes in May.
Business aircraft operators can soon enjoy upgraded facilities and new executive hangar space at Scottsdale Airport (KSDL) in Arizona. The city-owned airport celebrated a “wallbreaking” this summer to begin demolition of the current airport terminal and administration building as part of a $27 million redevelopment project that will provide a 24,000-sq-ft aviation business center and 67,000 sq ft of hangar and support space.
“This building was designed as a terminal, but that’s no longer the vision here,” said Scottsdale Airport aviation director Gary Mascaro during the ceremony. “As an airport with no scheduled service, we need to maintain our ranking as a premier general aviation facility. The redevelopment project will enhance this prime area, offering some of the largest hangars on the airfield and other amenities like a new restaurant, veterans’ memorial, U.S. Customs office, meeting rooms and public plaza.”
Large-aircraft Housing
The project will create two 30,000-sq-ft hangars, each with direct runway access and 28-foot-high/120-foot-wide doors that can accommodate tall-tail jets such as the G650 and Global Express. Gemini Air Group, an aircraft management and charter company currently leasing space from KSDL FBO Signature Flight Support, will lease and operate the entire hangar complex and a private fuel facility. In addition to housing its Challengers, Global Expresses and Hawkers, Gemini will offer hangar space for lease with on-site maintenance service availability and reduced fuel prices.
“We see a lot of owners wanting to move their aircraft from California to Arizona, and there was nothing left here at Scottsdale with doors high enough and wide enough to handle the larger jets,” said Gemini owner Tim Carpay. “We have about 25,000 square feet already leased and another 35,000 square feet available.”
Carpay expects to fill the hangars by the time construction finishes in May, which means that he might keep his Part 145 repair station in its current facility at Signature. Because Gemini will not operate as an FBO, tenants must lease hangar space for a minimum of six months to receive reduced fuel prices in accordance with airport regulations, said Carpay.