Atlantic Aviation held the grand opening of its new FBO at Utah’s Salt Lake City International Airport yesterday. The service provider has had a presence at the airport since 2015, when it purchased the former Salt Lake Jet Center, one of two FBOs on the field.

Since then the chain has spent approximately $30 million there on projects that include ramp reconstruction, renovation of an adjacent vacant hangar to use as a temporary FBO while the old terminal was demolished, a new fuel farm, and, now, a brand-new FBO complex that was completed in February after 16 months of construction.

The new facility features a 12,700-sq-ft terminal with a vaulted lobby and gas fireplace, pilots' lounge with en-suite restroom and shower, snooze room, flight-planning area, refreshment bar with ramp observation lounge, two conference rooms (seating 16 and eight), and on-site car rental. A pair of new 30,000-sq-ft heated hangars that can shelter aircraft up to a Gulfstream G650 bring the location to more than 100,000 sq ft of aircraft storage.

“This is a growing market,” noted Jay Hamby, Atlantic’s vice president of Midwest operations. “We wanted to build a facility that can accommodate today’s traffic, and that of the future.”