Virginia FBO Closes after Running Afoul of Airport Standards

Richmond Executive Aviation at Virginia’s Richmond Executive Airport has seen its lease terminated due to failure to adhere to minimum standards.

Richmond Executive Aviation, the second FBO at Virginia's Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport had its lease terminated by the county after several unmitigated violations of the airport's minimum standards. (Photo: Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport)

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

July 25, 2022

Just a year after its heralded opening, Richmond Executive Aviation (REA), one of two FBOs at Virginia’s Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport (KFCI), had its 30-year lease terminated by the county authority due to multiple defaults of the airport’s contracted minimum standards. In a letter sent to REA’s leadership, airport manager Jeremy Wilkinson detailed the violations including not employing a sufficient number of FAA-certified aircraft mechanics and flight instructors, running out of fuel, unsafe fueling practices, and not having an airworthy multi-engine aircraft available for flight training.

A county spokesperson told AIN that REA was required to satisfy minimum standards of operation applicable to all FBOs in business at the airport. Despite being given multiple opportunities and ample time to achieve compliance, it had defaulted on many of those minimum standards and other terms of the agreement.

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