Story ID: 515SignatureSanJose
Signature San Jose Open For Business
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: Signature San Jose Open For Business
Word Count: 167
Signature Flight Support’s newly built FBO at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley took the first steps toward full operation with the announcement that it conducted the first fueling of a tenant aircraft in early October. The service provider has been accepting office and hangar tenants at the facility, which occupies 29 acres of real estate atSJC. FullFBOservices began earlier this month, when the facility opened its doors to transient traffic.

With a price tag of $82 million, the location was developed in cooperation with Blue City Holdings, the private aviation arm of Google’s founders and one of the anchor tenants. TheFBO, which was built toLEED environmental specifications, offers a 10,000-sq-ft terminal along with a 7,500-sq-ft “technology garden” that highlights the advances achieved by companies in the area. Its 240,000 sq ft of hangar space can accommodate ultra-long-range business jets, and the apron can handle bizliners up to a Boeing 767, with direct passenger ramp-sideaccess.