B. Coleman Aviation (named for pioneering Chicago-area resident and aviatrix Bessie Coleman) opened last month in a newly built $9 million facility at Indiana’s Gary/Chicago International, making it the second service provider at the airport. The 18,000-sq-ft terminal–open 24/7–offers concierge service, onsite car rental, complimentary Starbucks coffee and high-speed Wi-Fi connectivity, a pair of conference rooms, pilots’ lounge complete with a 105-inch TV, snooze room, flight planning and weather briefing room, fitness room with shower facilities, crew cars and Type I and Type IV deicing. The 20,000-sq-ft heated hangar can accommodate aircraft up to a Global.

The FBO’s fuel farm consists of a 12,000-gallon jet-A tank and an 8,000-gallon avgas tank, and as a Shell-branded dealer, its line service personnel have been certified through the fuel provider’s Ace program. While the location offers rampside vehicle access, a 12,500-sq-ft arrivals canopy with ground heat adjoins the lobby and provides shelter for deplaning passengers.

The full-service location provides aircraft management and charter service as well.

The company also operates a MRO facility at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida, and it has plans to expand that service to the new location with the construction of another maintenance hangar.