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FBO Profile: Summit Aviation (VBT)

Not every FBO can offer paddleboards and kayaks from its own dock, but this Ozarks backcountry gateway can.

The 22,000 sq ft newly-built Thaden Fieldhouse at Bentonville Municipal Airport/Louise M. Thaden Field, houses Summit Aviation's new FBO, flight school, café, museum hangar, backcountry shop and flying club lounge. Located on the shore of Lake Bentonville, the FBO also offers pilots the use of aquatic equipment such as paddleboards and kayaks from its very own dock.

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

January 30, 2019

While many FBOs in the U.S. are similar, it comes as a surprise to find one that breaks the mold. One of them is Summit Aviation, the lone service provider at the Arkansas Bentonville Municipal Airport/Louise M. Thaden Field (VBT), which recently relocated across the airport to the brand new Thaden Fieldhouse. Summit has been the FBO at the 1940s-era, dedicated GA airport for more than a decade, ever since VBT was ravaged by a tornado to the point that its future was in jeopardy. Dave Powell, the company’s owner, decided to take on the aircraft servicing at that point and began to build infrastructure.

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