Maintenance and Modifications
From Datsun to Hangars, Propel Aviation Keeps on Trucking
30 years and growing in Southern Florida
Propel Aviation's maintenance hangar packed with bizjets
Despite moving to a 60,000 sq ft facility little more than a year ago, Propel Aviation finds itself in need of more space to handle its growing workload.

 In 1996, a young airline mechanic began an aircraft maintenance business at Miami Executive Airport (KTMB, then known as Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport), out of the back of his Datsun pickup truck. This year, that company—celebrating its 30th anniversary—now occupies a 60,000-sq-ft hangar that can handle the latest ultra-long-range business jets and expects to do more than $15 million in business.

Propel Aviation has always had a presence at KTMB, moving from a 1,200-sq-ft hangar to a 12,000-sq-ft one, and having outgrown that facility on the southeast corner of the field, is now in its purpose-built home on the northeast corner, part of a new $30 million complex that also houses its sister FBO, International Flight Center.