Nebraska’s Chadron Municipal Airport is in the market for a new FBO operator after lease renewal discussions with the incumbent A&M Aviation, which had served the airport for a decade, faltered. According to city manager Greg Yanker, who oversees the airport, A&M will vacate the FBO by the middle of this month, while legal activities centered around delinquent fuel-flowage payments by the FBO operator continue.

Yanker noted that the airport will assume control of the fueling operations while an RFP for a new service provider is prepared and issued. The airport expects the window for proposals to close in mid to late December and to announce the winning bid by the end of January.

The FBO terminal is located in a 4,900-sq-ft hangar, which is used for maintenance operations and can accommodate aircraft as large as a King Air. The airport plans to break ground next spring on a 6,400-sq-ft hangar, which will be completed in the fall.

In addition to its general aviation traffic, the Part 139 municipally owned airport also sees some commercial traffic in the form of boutique airlines.