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Speedboat Maker StanCraft Opens Upgraded Idaho FBO
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: StanCraft Jet Center, one of two FBOs at Idaho’s Coeur d'Alene Airport-Pappy Boyington Field has opened its permanent facility.
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StanCraft Jet Center, one of two FBOs at Idaho’s Coeur d'Alene Airport-Pappy Boyington Field has opened its permanent facility. Idaho-based StanCraft, the same company that has produced a line of high-end wooden speedboats for nearly a century, purchased the former Southfield FBO in 2018 and began plans to transform the business, which was based out of a 2,000-sq-ft hangar.

The new $15 million Avfuel-branded complex on the north side of the field consists of a 15,000-sq-ft, two-story terminal, with an atrium lobby displaying one of the company’s mahogany boats; a 14-seat conference room; a golf simulator; a “crew club” with private communication pods, bathroom with showers, and a pair of snooze rooms; business center; concierge; coffee shop; tenant offices; and even a dog park for those traveling with their pets. It adjoins a new 30,000-sq-ft heated hangar that can accommodate the latest large-cabin business jets.

StanCraft president Cory Mendenhall told AIN the company will break ground in the fourth quarter of this year on another 30,000-sq-ft hangar that will incorporate a user fee-funded U.S. Customs facility, built to Customs and Border Protection department specifications. A third 30,000-sq-ft hangar, which will house the company’s aircraft maintenance business, is planned for next year.