FBOs
FBO Profile: Redbird Skyport
The FBO is a small portion of the training school operation.
Visitors to the FBO often drop by the other side of the facility to check out the company's simulators. (Photo: Redbird)
Visitors to the FBO often drop by the other side of the facility to check out the company's simulators. (Photo: Redbird)

Many FBOs have a small flight school as part of their operation, but Redbird Skyport, one of two service providers at San Marcos (Texas) Regional Airport, is a flight school with an FBO. Parent company Redbird is well known in the flight training sector for affordable motion simulators and other training devices, and the flight school/simulator showroom occupies half of the 17,000-sq-ft terminal. That is a plus for the FBO’s customers, as most will take the tour over to the other side of the building and spend some time looking at the equipment.