New York's Sky Harbour To Develop New Hangar Campuses at Love Field, Dallas Executive Airport, and FW Meacham

New York-based Sky Harbour Group (NYSE: SKYH, SKYH WS), an airport infrastructure company building “the first nationwide network” of Home Base Operator (HBO) campuses for business aircraft, has received approval from the Dallas City Council to authorize the execution of ground lease agreements for the development of Sky Harbour HBO campuses at Dallas Love Field and Dallas Executive Airport. The company has also received approval from the city of Fort Worth for a Sky Harbour HBO campus at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport.

The Sky Harbour campuses will serve as DFW home bases for the region’s top corporate and private business aircraft, the company said, providing state-of-the-art hangars, adjoining office and lounge suites, and Sky Harbour’s proprietary line-service offering, which is dedicated exclusively to based tenants.

Rendering of a Sky Harbour SH-37 exterior. [Image: Sky Harbour]

The developments are expected to create or sustain hundreds of local jobs and generate meaningful economic benefits for the city of Dallas, Dallas County, and Fort Worth, Sky Harbour said.

The three developments will be Sky Harbour’s latest HBO campuses in Texas following two earlier ones elsewhere in the state—including one in Addison—and will expand its network to 23 nationwide, joining nine campuses currently in operation and 14 more in development, with additional sites expected to be announced soon.

“Dallas is already one of the most robust business aviation markets in the United States, and is also among the fastest growing,” Sky Harbour CEO Tal Keinan said in a statement. “Sky Harbour’s three Dallas locations, Love Field, Dallas Executive, and our already-operating campus at Dallas Addison, serve distinct segments of the Dallas market.”

Sky Harbour CEO Tal Keinan [Photo: Sky Harbour]

“We see advantages in clustering Sky Harbour campuses in the nation’s deepest business aviation markets,” Keinan added, “manifesting in more tailored solutions to the respective business aviation communities and in significant opex and capex benefits.”

Impact on Southern Dallas noted

Patrick Carreno, director of aviation for the city of Dallas, said the new HBO developments in Dallas will create vital infrastructure that has “a positive, long-term economic impact on the city, especially in Southern Dallas.”

“We look forward to welcoming Sky Harbour to our airports and having them as a valued partner in the aviation ecosystem,” Carreno added in a statement.

More on the three campuses

Sky Harbour’s Dallas campuses will feature a total of six 37,000-square-foot SH37 hangars designed to accommodate late-model business aircraft of all sizes, with adjacent suites and services tailored to the needs of each operator, providing Sky Harbour residents with \”unparalleled security, efficiency, and control,” the company said.

Sky Harbour’s Fort Worth campus is expected to feature two 32,000-square-foot hangars designed to accommodate late-model business aircraft of all sizes, also with adjacent suites and services tailored to the needs of each operator.

Keinan called Fort Worth “a robust and high-growth market with a unique aviation heritage.”

“Fort Worth Meacham International Airport [FTW] specifically enjoys outstanding management, and we’re grateful for FTW’s partnership along the road that has brought us here,” Keinan added. “Sky Harbour is committed to creating new and unique value for Fort Worth business aviation, for FTW, and for the citizens of Fort Worth.”

Aaron Barth, assistant aviation director for the city of Fort Worth, said Sky Harbourg’s “white-glove concierge service not only aligns with our best-in-class vision but will be a valuable addition to our considerable portfolio of services available at FTW. As Fort Worth continues to grow, so too must the quality and range of experiences we provide to travelers and partners.”

Sky Harbour currently operates campuses at Dallas Addison Airport (ADS), Denver Centennial Airport (APA), Houston’s Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR), Miami Opa-Locka Executive Airport (OPF), Nashville International Airport (BNA), Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (DVT), San José Mineta International Airport (SJC), Seattle’s King County International Airport – Boeing Field (BFI), and Southern California’s Camarillo Airport (CMA).

Campuses in development include Atlanta’s Peachtree-DeKalb Airport (PDK), Chicago Executive Airport (PWK), Connecticut Bradley International Airport (BDL), Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (FTW), New Jersey Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN), New York Hudson Valley Regional Airport (POU), New York Stewart International Airport (SWF), Orlando Executive Airport (ORL), Portland Hillsboro Airport (HIO), Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), Southern California’s Long Beach Airport (LGB) and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).