FBOs
Bohlke International Aviation Bounces Back on St. Croix
Like the legendary phoenix, Bohlke International Aviation has risen again.
The new terminal at the Bohlke International Aviation FBO on TISX
Five years after the destruction of its FBO by Hurricane Maria, Bohlke International Aviation's new terminal at St. Croix's Henry E. Rohlsen Airport is now operational. (Photo: Curt Epstein/AIN))

On Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria, one of the most devastating and costly storms to hit the Caribbean, passed near the U.S. Virgin Islands and destroyed much in its path, including the Bohlke International Airways FBO, the lone service provider at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport (TISX) on St. Croix. 

While its facility was decimated, the company swiftly pivoted and received permission to occupy a vacant, less damaged facility to the east of its existing leasehold, where it set up shop. Bohlke remained there for the next five-plus years, while it wrangled with insurance providers and architects on a replacement facility.