Tyler Jet founder and owner Tim Beverley believes that it’s smart business for pilots to back-load fuel rather than tanker with full loads from home base. The extra wear on engines, tires and brakes is only part of the reason for buying inexpensive fuel on the way home from a round-robin trip, rather than on the way out. Tyler Jet is located at Tyler (Texas) Airport (TYR), with its 7,200- by 150-ft Runway 4/22 and ILS-equipped 5,200- by 150-ft Runway 13/31.
Tyler Jet’s near-term goal is to do more than $100,000 per month in gross revenues on general aviation, airline and military fuel sales, as well as charter and flight school operations, said Orville Winover, brought out of retirement by Beverley to expand Tyler Jet. Despite the disruption of September 11, Tyler Jet last year reached its marketing goal of pumping more than 100,000 gal of aviation fuels. “Actually, corporate traffic has increased since September 11, and we believe this trend will continue through this year,” said Winover.
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