Fargo Jet Center, Weather Modification Provide Cloud Seeding and Atmospheric Research

Mark Twain is said to have remarked, “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it,” but Fargo Jet Center (FJC) and Weather Modifica

Fargo Jet Center, a full-service FBO located at Hector International Airport, is an Avfuel dealer and operates an FAA Part 145 repair station offering aircraft maintenance and avionics services.

By Harry Weisberger • Contributor

October 11, 2011

Mark Twain is said to have remarked, “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it,” but Fargo Jet Center (FJC) and Weather Modification, Inc. (WMI) qualify as exceptions. The two, joined at the hip on Hector International Airport, Fargo, N.D., are actually doing a lot about the weather.

Representatives of FJC and WMI are at the Fargo Jet exhibit at the Avfuel booth (No. N5121). The sister companies work closely together, according to Darren Hall, FJC marketing vice president. WMI partners with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) on a variety of weather research and modification programs and also fields aircraft for customers needing cloud seeding and other special-mission applications. Fargo Jet Center evolved out of WMI in 1995. “WMI is Fargo Jet Center’s largest customer,” he said. “We do all its aircraft maintenance and modifications. The FJC presence around the world builds its business, and WMI projects generate work for FJC.

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