Fly Arkansas is preparing to open its third fixed-base operation in October in a portion of the former Hawker Beechcraft complex at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Ark. The Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission earlier this year approved the planned lease of a 55,882-sq-ft section of the more than 406,000-sq-ft former Hawker Beechcraft facility. Fly Arkansas, which this month took possession of the space, will occupy hangar and office space that were previously part of the Hawker Beechcraft jet completions facility. The company is renovating the facility and plans to install a new 50,000-gallon-capacity fuel farm.

Commercial real estate firm Sage Partners has been shopping the site, which was taken over by the airport after Hawker Beechcraft vacated the property in late 2013. The complex had housed both completions and maintenance activities. “Fly Arkansas is an excellent fit for the space, and its opening will build leasing momentum for this tremendous facility, which has a lot to offer a variety of companies,” said Sage Partners managing partner Mark Saviers.  

Fly Arkansas, which also operates FBOs at Arkansas’ Baxter County and Boone County Airports, provides a range of services from aircraft leasing and management to flight training and light maintenance. Sage Partners, working with Jones Lang and LaSalle on the property, said the remainder could be subdivided or leased in full.