NBAA’s Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference (SDC), which returns next month after a one-year Covid-induced hiatus, will be in San Diego, and making its SDC debut there will be Coast Air Center, the area’s newest FBO. Prior to the opening of its $10 million facility earlier this year, Coast existed at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport (KMYF) as a flight school and Part 145 maintenance provider.

The second service provider at KMYF, which has a 4,598-foot main runway, Coast occupies nine acres and offers a two-story, 6,000-sq-ft terminal. The building incorporates a business center; eight-seat, glass-walled conference room overlooking the ramp; pilot lounge; shower facilities; flight-planning area; and Wi-Fi service extended onto the apron.

For hangar space, it has 30,000 sq ft capable of sheltering aircraft up to the size of a Cessna Citation Latitude. The Titan Fuel-branded dealer also added a tank farm with a capacity of 20,000 gallons of jet-A and 12,500 gallons of avgas. Coast does not charge facility, ramp, or handling fees. It is open weekdays from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and from 7 a.m. to 7 pm. on weekends, with after-hours callout available. According to operations manager Ronnie Greathouse, the FBO’s central location means guests can be at San Diego's popular destinations within 15 minutes.