FBOs
Ohio Airport Takes Over FBO Operations
Start Aviation, which had operated the FBO at Middletown Regional Airport/Hook Field for a decade, will be replaced by a city-run FBO.

The city of Middletown, Ohio, is taking over management of the lone FBO at Middletown Regional Airport/Hook Field (MWO) on January 1. Earlier this year, the city notified 10-year incumbent operator Start Aviation, which also runs a skydiving business at the airport, that it would not be renewing its ground-handling contract. The city will begin its FBO operations from a temporary trailer, while Start’s skydiving operation will continue to occupy the 8,000-sq-ft terminal—which includes a pilot lounge, snooze room, and showers—until the two sides agree where on the airport Start will relocate.