FBO Profile: Capital Jet Center, West Virginia International Yeager Airport

The singular FBO at West Virginia's Yeager International Airport is owned and operated by the local airport authority.

Capital City Jet Center, the airport-operated FBO at West Virginia International Yeager Airport, recently renewed its entire fleet of aircraft tanker trucks. The facility provides fueling service to the airport's general, commercial, and military clients and pumps more than 2 million gallons a year. (Photo: West Virginia International Yeager Airport)

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

May 1, 2022

It’s been four years since West Virginia International Yeager Airport (KCRW) suddenly found itself in the FBO business. Back in 2018, the airport board voted to void its contract with its long-time service provider after the president of that company pled guilty to federal charges of illegally storing hazardous waste from the FBO, thus paving the way for the airport to take over the facility. At the time, the airport director noted the trend of airports of KCRW's size reclaiming their FBOs for self-management and indicated that the decision to buy back the FBO did not hinge entirely on the legal matter.

The airport originally opened in 1947 as Kanawha Airport and was renamed in 1985 to honor native son and aviation legend Chuck Yeager. Upon assuming FBO operations, it rebranded the facility as Capital Jet Center (CJC), befitting its role as the private aviation gateway to the state’s capital of Charleston.

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