Story ID: 520
StandardAero Committing Millions to Springfield Base
By: Gregory Polek
Caption: Investment will come in three stages over 2.5 years
Word Count: 336
StandardAero plans to invest $10 million to $12 million in leasehold improvements at the company’s business aviation MRO facility in Springfield, Illinois, the company said Monday at NBAA-BACE. StandardAero said the investments—under a partnership with Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (KSPI)—will come in three phases over a 2.5-year period.
The investments will pay for major building improvements and modernization, including hangar door overhaul, interior door replacement, resurfacing of hangar floors, exterior and interior paint, HVAC replacements, flat-roof replacements, paint facility equipment upgrades, and parking area and road resurfacing.
“We have already started the repair and overhaul process for our hangar doors and we’re proceeding with the other phased improvements,” said StandardAero Springfield v-p and general manager Dave Pearman. “We are grateful to the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport for their support, and once all of the upgrades are completed, we’ll essentially have a ‘like new’ operation.”
Earlier this year, KSPI finished installing a 2.88-MW solar project that consists of six solar arrays with more than 6,500 panels on 7.5 acres of the airport property.  Now in full operation, the arrays generate nearly 4,000,000 kWh annually. StandardAero now gets 100 percent of its electrical power from the solar arrays, making it one of the greenest facilities in the industry.
“We are grateful for StandardAero’s continued commitment to the Springfield community,” said Springfield Airport Authority executive director Mark Hanna. “We are excited to share this opportunity with StandardAero to pursue these facilities improvements, which will enhance their operation upon completion, but will also provide prospects for future growth.”
StandardAero Springfield provides airframe maintenance for business aviation aircraft. including scheduled maintenance, avionics installations, interior refurbishments, and aircraft paint.
The company also operates MRO facilities in Van Nuys, California; Dallas and Houston; Augusta, Georgia; and in the U.K. It also operates regional service centers in the U.S., Brazil, the UK, South Africa, and Singapore, in addition to mobile service teams around the world.