Louisiana’s Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport will be gaining a third FBO with the announcement of groundbreaking by the Williams Jet Center. Aimed primarily at the owner-flown community, the new five-acre complex under construction on the northwest side of the airport will be the only source for fuel in that area of the airport. At the start, the facility will offer only self-serve jet-A and avgas. “We’re not going to initially have fuel trucks, but we might get into that down the road,” said co-owner Luke Lewis, adding the company plans to offer its based customers a fuel discount incentive.

With a price tag of several million dollars, the location will include 34 hangars for based tenants only, the largest of which will be 8,000 sq ft, enough to shelter aircraft up to an Embraer Phenom 300. Twelve available for purchase have already been mostly pre-sold, while the remaining hangars will be available for lease.

A 1,500-sq-ft terminal will be “lightly staffed,” according to Lewis, and serve mainly as a clubhouse for the aircraft owners, with a stocked refreshment bar, pool table, lounge chairs, television, restrooms, computer terminal, and possibly a classic car from the company owner’s personal collection.

The first phase—which includes three of the larger hangars, the terminal, and the fueling system—is expected to be finished by mid-2020.