Loyd’s Aviation, an aircraft charter and management provider based out of California’s Meadows Field Airport (KBFL) since the late 1950s, has won the bid process to take over the lone FBO at Paso Robles Municipal Airport (KPRB) currently managed by ACI Jet.
Loyd’s—which owns and operates the Bakersfield Jet Center at KBFL—will assume control of the facility, located in the airport terminal in the fourth quarter. The company will then begin a 5,200-sq-ft, two-story addition to the existing terminal to add a conference room, crew lounge, private lobby, and customer reception area.
The $9 million project will also include the construction of a hangar complex for small to midsize business aircraft, featuring individual private-use hangars. Meanwhile, a new maintenance shop will occupy an existing 10,000-sq-ft hangar.
“We’re honored by the support of the city of Paso Robles and the local aviation community that we’ve received,” said Loyd’s president Ryan Crowl. “We look forward to bringing great service and additional capacity to an already active and diverse aviation environment.”