The Barkley Regional Airport Authority (BRAA) in Paducah, Kentucky, has issued an RFP for its lone FBO at Barkley Regional Airport (KPAH) because the lease for incumbent Midwest Aviation is due to expire. According to executive director Dennis Rouleau, the airport authority wishes to evaluate market interest in the location before it awards its next long-term lease for the facility, which includes a 5,300-sq-ft terminal and 31,000 sq ft of hangar space that can handle up to midsize business jets.
Rouleau added that BRAA is in the process of a multi-million-dollar renovation of the facility that includes updating both the exterior and interior of the FBO offices, as well as adding additional customer amenities such as a conference room, pilot quiet room, and shower. In addition, the authority is planning to replace the existing fuel farm’s 20,000-gallon jet fuel and avgas tanks with a pair of 12,000-gallon jet-A tanks and one 8,000 avgas tank, the latter of which will include self-serve capability. It expects the project to be completed by year-end.
The RFP window will close at 3 p.m. on October 31. Midwest Aviation, which has operated the FBO for nearly 40 years, informed AIN that it will indeed be among those submitting proposals.