While its initial start may have been rocky, Luxivair SBD, the lone FBO at California’s San Bernardino International Airport (SBD) has seen nothing but smooth skies of late. SBD’s roots took hold when the former Norton Air Force base closed in 1994 after half a century of military ownership and was transferred to municipal use. Given the facility’s tired infrastructure, $250 million was spent on rehabilitation: replacing the 10,000-foot-long, 200-foot-wide main runway, bringing the control tower back on line, building a new taxiway, ramp areas and fuel farm, constructing new domestic and international terminals, rewiring the airfield and renovating hangars with new roofs and fire-suppression systems, all this coming after massive environmental cleanup, a legacy from its former owners.
The $20 million FBO opened as a Million Air franchise, part of one of the companies run by airport developer Scot Spencer, who had his hands in many of the businesses on the field. His control of the FBO lasted barely two years and ended soon after a February 2012 incident when the FBO ran out of fuel.
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