FBOs
FBO Profile: Sky Harbor Aviation's Staying Power in Jacksonville
Keeping it in the family
Sky Harbor Aviation Hangar
Under the same ownership for nearly five decades, Sky Harbor Aviation at Jacksonville Executive Airport at Craig Field offers 300,000 sq ft of hangar space. Its 39-acre leasehold offers ample opportunity for expansion.

In an age where some FBO owners are choosing to cash out and sell their companies to chains because of a lack of succession plan, Sky Harbor Aviation (not to be confused with the Sky Harbour chain of turnkey luxury hangar complexes), one of two service providers at Florida’s Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport (KCRG), is steadfastly refusing to take that course.

The business has been under the control of the Edwards family—now in its third generation—for the past 48 years. In 1977, former naval aviator Spence Edwards purchased the company, which at the time offered a wide variety of services, including maintenance and flight instruction. Over the years, he parted those ancillary businesses out to concentrate on core FBO services.

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