August/September Business View Magazine

120 121 Ltd. completed a 120,000-square-foot facility at the Airport. “They make the aircraft in Switzer- land, and then fly them here to Colorado to com- plete them,”Anslow explains. “They do the custom interior and the avionics for their customers here. The other news we’re very excited about and have been working for, for almost two-and-a-half years to make this happen, is we are getting a second FBO. Sheltair, the third largest FBO in the nation, is going to be building a new FBO with a large parking ramp at our Airport.We’ve had a single FBO for about ten years (Signature Flight Support), so it’s exciting to know that we’re going to have a second FBO to ex- pand our service and growth here at the Airport.” “We are a relatively small, but growing air- port, and we believe that our 12 percent annual growth over the last several years will continue,” says Anslow in summation. “We have four flight schools; we’ve got the land to develop; we’ve got the staff that works hard; and we’ve got a strong GA community that’s constantly growing.We are located in a perfect position, geographically, in one of the fastest-growing areas in the nation, and we are looking to support that growth with corporate hangars and a business park. So,we think that we currently are, and will be, the destination for aviation and aviation business for the next 15 to 20 years.” business and aviation park. “Our vision is that companies that build on our non-aviation parcel can then utilize our aviation parcel to build their hangars for their corporate flight department,” Anslow relates. “I’m also working to expand our flight school operations, because we want to help fill the severe shortage of pilots, while bringing in a new generation of young pilots to the avia- tion world. That’s going to be a crisis in the near future and we want to be ahead of that curve.” Anslow reports that the Airport is extremely proactive in promoting itself to outside parties.“We are having the RockyMountain Metropolitan Air and Ground Festival on August 4th to showcase the Air- port,”he notes.“We host the Colorado Aviation Busi- ness Association (CABA) monthly luncheon where I give an Airport update, and we attend National Business Aviation Association NBAA functions and conventions to get the word out about RMMA.And my development team reaches out to local, nation- al, and international businesses to inform them of the unlimited possibilities here at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport.” While looking to the future, RMMA is also grow- ing in the here and now. Recently, Pilatus Aircraft ROCKY MOUNTAIN METROPOLITAN AIRPORT Your trusted partner on the ramp Twenty-five years strong, Signature Flight Support has grown to become the largest FBO network worldwide with more than 200 global locations on five continents. We proudly provide consistent, exceptional support services for business and private aviation. Our sustained growth and success is powerful testimony to the financial resources providing stability and the long-term vision that is the foundation of our community partnerships. You can trust Signature to be your partner today and beyond. For stories on Signature’s role with airports and the communities we serve, please visit: www.signaturesoars.com PREFERRED VENDOR n Signature Flight Support www.signatureflight.com Signature Flight Support, a BBA Aviation plc company, is the world’s largest fixed-base operation (FBO) and distribu- tion network for business aviation services. Signature services include fueling, hangar and office rentals, ground handling, maintenance and a wide range of crew and passenger ameni- ties at strategic domestic and international locations. Head- quartered in Orlando, Florida, Signature currently operates at more than 200 locations in the United States, Europe, South America, Africa and Asia.