Hangar Complex Set To Open at St. Louis Airport

Spirit Sky Club—a $13 million, 28-hangar private members’ community for aviators—will hold the grand opening of its first phase of construction on Friday at Missouri’s Spirit of St. Louis Airport (KSUS). According to its developers, the eight-acre complex on the north end of KSUS directly targets a hangar capacity gap on the field. KSUS had a hangar waitlist of more than 150 parties at the project’s groundbreaking a year ago.

“The model is also a bit different from most of what’s going up around the country—it’s not an FBO-attached or operator-leased build, but a country-club-style community of approximately 30 owner-operator members storing aircraft ranging from Cirrus single-engine pistons up through Cessna Citation light jets,” said company founding partner Alex Martin.

With that focus on smaller aircraft, each 3,472-sq-ft private hangar has an 18-foot-high door and is insulated and climate-controlled, with private bathrooms and 24/7 security. The company has not yet detailed further phases of development.

“What we tried to do with Spirit Sky Club is build for the way owner-operators actually use their aircraft today—not just storage, but a place they want to spend time,” Martin told AIN.