CAMDEN — During a meeting Friday, the Camden Airport Commission announced a new Fixed-Base Operator for The Camden Municipal Airport.
Renaissance Air owner Dale Clarke attended Friday’s meeting and spoke to the Camden Airport Commissioners about tentative plans for the airport.
A fixed-base operator (FBO) is an organization granted the right by an airport to operate at the airport and provide aeronautical services such as fueling, hangaring, tie-down and parking, aircraft rental, aircraft maintenance, flight instruction, and similar services.
Under the agreement a portion of fuel sales would go to the commission.
Previously the commission had advertise for an FBO seeking for a company that would:
• Provide aircraft sales, leasing and charter services
• Provide aircraft rentals and flight instruction
• Provide courtesy car/rental vehicles
• Full-service aircraft refueling
• Hangar administration
• Mowing services
• Normal building maintenance service
• Runway/Taxiway lighting, beacon maintenance
• Seven day per week service
• After hours call-out service
• Liaison with FAA for grant submission and administration
Renaissance Air General Manager Klayton Thorpe said the plan is to “basically make it a service center and home base for the jets that Renaissance Air already has, and then potentially any minor services for aircraft that are already around and anyone that wants to drop in and have services done.”
Clarke said that the idea of charter flights has been discussed, but that the business is looking “to give that opportunity to a third party.”
In other business, a bid for $68,500 was accepted from L&M mowing for cleaning up an overgrown area. The commission hopes to use a 50/50 Department of Aeronautics grant to fund the cleanup.