New Airport Service Center Is Coming To Casper, Wyoming

Coming soon! Fixed-Based Operator, (FBO), Aero Center Casper is under construction at the Casper/Natrona County Airport!

Sounds great. But many people are now wondering what a Fixed Base Operator is. (FBO).

It is a business located at the Airport that provides services to aircraft (think aircraft parking, maintenance, catering, deicing, etc.).

When a private airplane lands, from a small two-seater to a big corporate jet, this facility takes care of them.

Maybe even a courtesy car to help them get around town for a couple of hours.

It means more jobs, competitive pricing, and added convenience for pilots and airlines coming through C/NCIA.

Aero Centers in Casper Wyoming is now leasing! They have 28,000 square feet of available hangar space and coming soon 80,000 square feet of ramp space.

With their concierge services and available amenities, Aero Center Casper will be the perfect place to park a private aircraft.

Atlantic Aviation is the only FBO currently operating at Casper Airport. It sits in the center of all the action. A very convenient location.

The new FBO will be on the far west end. That's a long way for an airplane to taxi. But it will be a much bigger facility.

Their new General Manager is Jennifer McGraw.

Jennifer previously held various FBO positions, Jennifer joins Aero Center Casper as a General Manager with over a decade of aviation experience—a Casper, Wyoming native.

She is well-versed in GSE maintenance troubleshooting, and repairs. A skill set that has proved valuable over the years for completing large-scale arrival and departure events.

The official opening of this new FBO will be at the end of March. The line manager referred to it as a "Soft opening."

That 28,000 square feet of available hangar space coming soon 80,000 square feet of ramp space is a big deal for local pilots.

Currently, more pilots want to rent hanger space at the Casper/Natrona airport than they have hanger space.

There is a long waitlist.

At the moment the only fuel service is at Atlantic Aviation. It's common to see Atlantic Aviation fuel trucks driving around the airport, refueling planes of all sizes.

Aero hopes to also have fuel at some time in the future.

That's not all the exciting news from Casper/Natrona Airport.

Casper/Natrona County Airport makes shortlist to host world-famous RENO AIR RACES!

Airplane racing in Casper Wyoming?

It's actually been done before.

It's a great idea. The landscape is perfect for it.

Casper is on the shortlist to be the new home of the National Championship Air Races, formally known as the Reno Air Races. But Reno Nevada no longer wants the race due to their increasing population and the noise of the race, among other issues.

Casper is one of three possible new locations for the race.

Air racing is just like NASCAR but with planes.

That could bring in an estimated $100 million in revenue from fans alone.

If this happens it would not be the first time there were air races in Casper/Natrona County.

Wyoming's most famous aviator Jim Good brought aviation to the public as organizer of the 1989 Flying Cowboy Air Show & Air Races in Casper.

Good's airplane from the old Reno Air Race hanger at the Casper airport. It's one of the most famous planes from the Reno Air Races. Good was based out of Casper Wyoming, back in those days.

James C. “Jim” Good, who represented Wyoming at the prestigious National Championship Air Races in Reno for decades, was a 2016 inductee into the Wyoming Aviation Hall of Fame.

Good died in Casper on April 24 at the age of 83. The current owner of his famous plane still flies the famous craft out of the Casper Airport.

Good began racing in the National Championship Air Races in the early 1980s, piloting a North American T-6, a World War II-era advanced trainer he christened “Wyoming Wildcatter.”

He used his understanding of flight and airframes to make numerous modifications to the T-6 to increase speed and efficiency.

He also developed race standards that were adopted to ensure a safer racing environment, and he advised and assisted other racers with specialized aircraft modifications and repairs.

After earning his airline transport pilot license in 1972, Good became a full-time pipeline patrol pilot for Amoco Oil Corp. in Casper, logging more than 34,000 hours flying various types of aircraft at low levels and often under extreme conditions. He retired in 1995.(WYDOT).