Post on 09-Feb-2022
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Another great year!Pilots cast thousands of votes and chose their favorite FBOs,
ATC Towers & Centers, and CBP locations. Congratulations to all of our
winners! Our pilots couldn’t do their jobs without your support!
MERIDIAN#1 U.S. FBO, #1 Northeast U.S. FBO
Anthony Banome (above center) of Meridian accepted the #1 U.S., # 1 Northeast U.S. FBO Pilots’ Choice trophy from Sarah Wilson of FltPlan.com at the NBAA Regional Forum in White Plains.
Sarah Wilson (center) of FltPlan.com presented the trophy for #1 Caribbean FBO to Odyssey Aviation’s Zelda Evans, Guest Services Manager (left) and Jill Case, Director of Marketing and Branding (right).
odyssey#1 Caribbean FBO
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I n addition to earning the top Small FBO Chain spot, Wilson Air Center’s individual FBO locations earned the following accolades:
• Memphis,KMEM–#9U.S.FBO,#3Southeast U.S. FBO, Top 25 Star FBO
• Chattanooga,KCHA–Top50U.S.FBO
• Charlotte,KCLT–#10U.S.FBO,#4 Southeast U.S. FBO
• Houston,KHOU–#21U.S.FBO
Wilson Air Center – Memphis staff members proudly display the awards for Wilson Air Center’s Memphis location. From left to right, Lindsey Chambers - CSR, Kourtney Little - CSR, Jason Downs – Line Supervisor, Tyrone Tidwell - Concierge.
The painting in the background is the original Memphis Belle B-17 painting, on display at Wilson Air Center – Memphis.
The Chattanooga Customer Service team (above) was voted a Top 50 U.S. by FltPlan users who appreciate their attention to detail and unwavering focus on customer service.
Dave Ivey, Vice President (above left) and Bob Wilson, President and Founder (above right) have expanded the chain to its current 4 locations and secured Wilson’s reputation for excellence.
WILSON AIR CENTERTop Small FBO Chain
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BANYAN AIR SERVICE
Banyanwasonhandtoaccepttheirtrophyfor#3U.S.FBO, #1 Southeast U.S. FBO. Sarah Wilson (left) andLisaKessler(right)ofFltPlan.compresented
the trophy at the NBAA regional forum in June. Banyan also earnedthe#3StarFBOspotinthesurveythisyear.
#3U.S.FBO,#1SoutheastU.S.FBO#3StarFBO
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DUPAGE FLIGHT CENTERTop50U.S.FBO,#4EastCentralU.S.FBO
DuPage Flight Center boasts a great location and an array of professional amenities and
services. This, along with their friendly and attentive customer service reps, has made them a top FBO with FltPlan.com users.
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U.S. CUSTOMS &BORDER PROTECTION
The dedicated U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at
FortLauderdaleExecutiveAirportKFXE(left),andFortLauderdale/HollywoodAirportKFLL(below)securedthe#2and#3spotsinthis year’s survey.
Manythanks,alongwithvotes of appreciation, from FltPlan.com users for their dedication and service.
FortLauderdale/HollywoodAirport,#2FortLauderdaleExecutiveAirport,#3
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MARATHON JET CENTERTop 25 Star FBO
S tarAwardwinnerMarathonJetCenteroffersabeautifulsetting and a team of highly professional customer service reps.Marathonspecializesinmakingthetriptothebeautiful
Florida’sKeysasseamlessandenjoyableaspossible.
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EPPS AVIATION
Partofthe170-strongwhotaketheEppsAviationexperience“Above&Beyond”are(fromlefttoright)SophiaBeale,NickPotgieter,MeganStewart,PatEpps,CindiPlott,German
Cienfuegos,JeffDonahoo,andOscarRuis.Eppsspansatotalof21acresatKPDKandhasbuilttheirreputationasaworld-classFBObyofferingtrueSouthernhospitalityforover40years.
#7 U.S. FBO#2 Southeast U.S. FBO
Top 25 Star FBO
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P referredJetCenteratKRYYplacedamongtheTop50ofallU.S. FBOs in this year’s survey.
The team is passionate about aviation andfocusesonbuildinglong-termrelationships with their customers.
PREFERRED JET CENTERTop50U.S.FBO
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J.A. AIr Center
I n just over two years, J.A. Air Center’s location at Aurora Airport has grown in popularity and gained recognitionforitsdedicationtoexcellence.TheFBO
earned a Top 25 Star FBO spot in this year’s survey.
Top 25 Star FBO
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Best year ever!
This year our pilots cast more votes than ever. We garnered over 37% more ballots than last year. With over 120,000 active
pilots on our site, FltPlan.com truly represents over 65% of all business aviation. Winners were determined in the following categories:
• U.S.FBOs
• U.S.FBOsbyRegion
• Star&AceFBOs
• SmallFBOChains
• LargeFBOChains
• CanadianFBOs
• MexicanFBOs
• CaribbeanFBOs
• ATCCenter
• ATCTower
• Customs&Border Protection
Congratulationsto all!
Meridian Teterboro was voted #1 U.S. FBO for the fourth time.
1 Meridian KTEB2 Business Jet Center KDAL3 Banyan Air Service KFXE4 Texas Jet KFTW5 Executive Air KGRB6 Million Air KADS7 Epps Aviation KPDK8 X Jet KAPA9 Wilson Air Center KMEM
10 Wilson Air Center KCLT11 Hangar 10 KMKC12 GalaxyAviation KPBI13 Destin Jet KDTS14 MillionAir KHOU15 DenverJetCenter KAPA16 MillionAir KSAT17 TampaJetCenter KTPA18 JetAviation KPBI19 GlobalSelect KSGR20 PanoramaFlightService KHPN21 WilsonAirCenter KHOU22 MiamiExecutiveAviation KOPF23 SheltairAviation KFLL24 AtlanticAviation KLAS25 AtlanticAviation KMDW
Top 50U. S. F B O s
#1 US FBO, Meridian at KTEB.
#3 US FBO, Banyan Air Service at KFXE.
#2 US FBO, Business Jet Center at KDAL.
#4 US FBO, Texas Jet at KFTW.
#5 US FBO, Executive Air at KGRB.
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1 X Jet KAPA2 DenverJetCenter KAPA3 AtlanticAviation KLAS4 TACAir KAPA5 ScottsdaleAirCenter KSDL
Southwest
26 National Jets KFLL27 TACAir KAPA28 JetAviation KTEB29 GalaxyFBO KCXO30 AtlanticAviation KAUS31 ScottsdaleAirCenter KSDL32 ShowalterFlyingService KORL33 LandmarkAviation KNEW34 MillionAir KIND35 DuPageFlightCenter KDPA36 VailValleyJetCenter KEGE37 JetscapeServices KFLL38 HenriksenJetCenter KEDC39 TACAir KSLC40 LandmarkAviation KSDL41 ProJetAviation KJYO42 WilsonAirCenter KCHA43 NaplesAirportAuthority KAPF44 TraditionAviation KTRM45 MillionAir KTLH46 StuartJetCenter KSUA47 MontereyJetCenter KMRY48 MillionAir KHPN49 FargoJetCenter KFAR50 PreferredJetCenter KRYY
Top 50U. S. F B O s
1 Galvin Flying Service KBFI2 ClayLacyAviation KBFI3 AeroFlightExecutiveServices KBFI4 WesternAircraft KBOI5 YellowstoneJetCenter KBZN
Northwest
#6 US FBO, Million AIr at KADS
#7 US FBO, EPPS Aviation at KPDK
#8 US FBO, X Jet at KAPA. #9 US FBO, Wilson Air Center at KMEM
#10 US FBO, Wilson Air Center at KCLT.
Regional Winners
Regional Winners
1 Business Jet Center KDAL2 TexasJet KFTW3 MillionAir KADS4 MillionAir KHOU5 MillionAir KSAT
South Central
1 Hangar 10 KMKC2 FargoJetCenter KFAR3 AeroCharterJetCenter KSUS4 TACAir KOMA5 SignatureFlightSupport KSTP
North Central
1 Banyan Air Service KFXE2 EppsAviation KPDK3 WilsonAirCenter KMEM4 WilsonAirCenter KCLT5 GalaxyAviation KPBI
Southeast
1 Executive Air KGRB2 AtlanticAviation KMDW3 MillionAir KIND4 DuPageFlightCenter KDPA5 WisconsinAviation KMSN
East Central
1 Meridian KTEB2 PanoramaFlightService KHPN3 JetAviation KTEB4 ProJetAviation KJYO5 MillionAir KHPN
Northeast
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Tradition Aviation atKTRM, #4 ACE FBO
1 Galaxy FBO KCXO2 Henriksen Jet Center KEDC3 ProJet Aviation KJYO4 Tradition Aviation KTRM5 Redbird Skyport KHYI
Ace FBOsU. S. F B O sPilots’Choice StarFBOawardwinnersare
determined using votes received and
airportarrivaldatatogeneratearanking
thattakesintoaccountthetrafficatanairportand
theamountofcompetitiononthefield.
TheACEawardrecognizesthoseFBOswho
received the most votes at airports with less than
3,100arrivalsperyear.Congratulationstoallof
the winners in these categories.
#2 Star FBO, Texas Jet at KFTW
#3 Star FBO, Banyan Air Service at KFXE.
#4 Star FBO, Redbird Skyport at KHYI.
#5 Star FBO, Galaxy FBO at KCXO.
#6 Star FBO, Business Jet Center at KDAL.
#7 Star FBO, JFI Jet Center at KLGB.
#1 Star FBO, Executive AIr at KGRB
Henriksen Jet Center atKEDC, #2 ACE FBO
Galaxy FBO atKCXO, #1 ACE FBO
ProJet Aviation atKJYO, #3 ACE FBO.
Redbird Skyport atKHYI, #5 ACE FBO
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1 Executive Air KGRB2 Texas Jet KFTW3 Banyan Air Service KFXE4 Redbird Skyport KHYI5 Galaxy FBO KCXO6 Business Jet Center KDAL7 JFI Jet Center KLGB8 Meridian KTEB9 Capital City Jet Center KTZR
10 X Jet KAPA11 AirFlite KLGB12 Hangar 10 KMKC13 Destin Jet KDTS14 DenverJetCenter KAPA15 MarathonJetCenter KMTH16 PanoramaFlightService KHPN17 MillionAir KADS18 GeneralAviationServices KCXO19 APPJetCenter KHEF20 J.A.AirCenter KARR21 MontereyJetCenter KMRY22 NashuaJetAviation KASH23 WilsonAirCenter KMEM24 SheltairAviation KFLL25 EppsAviation KPDK
Star FBOsU. S. F B O s
Top Mexican FBOs
Top Caribbean FBOs
Top Canadian FBOs1 Skyservice CYYZ2 Gateway CYHZ3 MillionAir CYVR4 Landmark CYYZ5 IrvingFBO CYQX
#8 Star FBO, Meridian at KTEB.
#9 Star FBO, Capital City Jet Center at KTZR.
#10 Star FBO, X Jet at KAPA.
1 CSL International MMSL2 Uvavemex MMTO3 Asertec MMTO4 Asur MMUN5 Uvavemex MMSD
1 Odyssey MYNN2 BohlkeInt’l.Airways TISX3 ExecutiveFlightSupport MYNN4 MillionAir TJIG5 ProvoAirCenter MBPV
1 St. Lucie County International Airport KFPR2 FortLauderdale/HollywoodAirport KFLL3 FortLauderdaleExecutiveAirport KFXE4 WilmingtonInternationalAirport KILM5 PalmBeachInternationalAirport KPBI6 Opa-LockaExecutiveAirport KOPF7 LaredoInternationalAirport KLRD8 BrownfieldMunicipalAirport KSDM9 Teterboro KTEB
10 BangorInternationalAirport KBGR
Best U.S. Customs & Border Protection
1 Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport KFXE2 DallasLoveField KDAL3 Teterboro KTEB4 AddisonAirport KADS5 FortLauderdale/HollywoodAirport KFLL6 SpiritofSt.Louis KSUS7 WilliamP.HobbyAirport KHOU8 CentennialAirport KAPA9 ConcordRegionalAirport KJQF
10 Dekalb-PeachtreeAirport KPDK
Best ATC Towers
St. Lucie County International Airport, KFPR was voted #1 U.S. Customs & Border Patrol.
KFXE Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport was a repeat winner
earning the #1 ATC Tower spot in this year’s survey.
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Best ATC Centers
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Wilson Air Center, with 4 locations, earned First Place honors in the Small FBO Chain category.
Congratulations to Houston ARTCC who moved from the #3 spot last year to #1 this year.