FBOs
Aero Charter: Five Decades of Independence in St. Louis
Offering full FBO services in the Gateway to the West
CSR desk at Aero Center FBO
Aero Charter’s FBO terminal at Spirit of St. Louis Airport is kept in immaculate condition following a major renovation in 2017.

While Aero Charter may be an unusual name for the FBO at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (KSUS), it harkens back nearly a half century to the start of the family-owned company. John Morgenthaler Jr.’s father started it in 1978 as an aircraft charter and management provider, and over the ensuing years, it expanded to encompass more services, including FAA Part 145 maintenance, a full avionics shop, hangarage, and finally FBO services in 2008.

“We kind of just added on more pieces as we saw a need for it,” said Morgenthaler, who joined the family business in 1988 and serves as its CEO. “We’re the only full-service FBO in St. Louis,” he told AIN. “Everybody has known us over the years, so if we changed our name, we’d kind of lose who we were.”

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