J.A. Air Center at KARR Sports 11,000 Square Foot Terminal

Feb 11, 2009 3:53 PM

Longtime Chicago-based fixed base operator J.A. Air Center will celebrate the incoming new year in some new digs. The FBO, formerly based in DuPage, recently opened its new facility at Chicagoland's Aurora Municipal Airport (KARR).

Open as of December 1, the four-building campus features a 20,000 square foot arrival/departure canopy large enough to handle large cabin corporate aircraft, more than 90,000 square feet of hangar space, 60,000 square feet of office space and a separate, secure VIP arrival terminal.

The 11,000 square foot FBO terminal has amenities including a coffee café, conference rooms, business center, WSI weather, VIP lounge, sleep rooms, private showers, game rooms, multiple TV viewing areas and an exercise room. A 60,000 gallon fuel farm features Conoco Phillips products.

J.A. Air Center notes rental space is also available for corporate flight departments and aviation-related tenants in the facility's Corporate Complex, which offers a number of secure offices for rent, lobby, conference rooms, secure VIP arrivals and departures, passenger lounge with flat-screen TV, locker and shower rooms, WSI, WiFi, full kitchen, lunch room, training room, storage areas, machine shop, car wash, and support equipment including GPUs, tugs, de-ice machine, and ice maker.

In addition to offering FBO services, aircraft sales and acquisitions, charter, flight instruction, aircraft detailing, mail-order avionics and consumer GPS sales, J.A. Air Center is a Part 145 repair station offering aircraft maintenance and parts sales, instrument sales and service, and award-winning avionics installation and service. Aurora lies just outside the Class B Chicago airspace with direct tollway access to the Loop.

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