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Rectrix Bedford Earns DCA Gateway Approval
By: Gordon Gilbert
Caption: Approved operators may now use Rectrix BED as their departure point for non-stop flights to DCA.
Word Count: 169
Rectrix Commercial Aviation Services FBO at Hanscom Field Airport (BED) in Bedford, Massachusetts, is now an approved gateway facility for general aviation flights to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). Approved operators may use Rectrix BED as their departure point for nonstop flights to DCA.

The recent approval by the TSA was the culmination of an 18-month process initiated by Rectrix. To qualify, the company had to develop an approved security program tailored to the Rectrix BED facility. “Once the passenger screening flow and sterile aircraft location were determined, a plan needed to be created to maintain the security of those perimeters,” a company spokesman told AIN. “All employees involved also needed to complete training specific to the program.”

Rectrix estimates that flights to DCA from BED currently average “about one a month, and the number will likely increase” as a result of the gateway provision. Rectrix also is approved for gateway operations from its FBO at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport in Florida.