{"id":61560,"date":"2017-01-18T19:44:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T19:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/?p=61560"},"modified":"2023-11-23T10:28:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:28:11","slug":"glossaryfbo-charter-flight-operator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/glossary\/fbo-charter-flight-operator\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixed-Base Operator (FBO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FBO is a commonly used aviation acronym that stands for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/blog\/industry-lingo-commonly-used-jet-charter-companies\/\"><strong>Fixed-Base Operator<\/strong><\/a>. FBOs are companies that provide a range of essential aeronautical services for general, private and commercial aviation. Many provide jet charter service for things like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Onsite aircraft maintenance<\/li>\n<li>Fuel service<\/li>\n<li>Catering<\/li>\n<li>Ground transportation<\/li>\n<li>Aircraft parking, tie down and hangar services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In most cases, FBOs operate right at the airport. In order to do so they must permitted by the airport operator. That could be a government body, such as a municipal or county airport, or one that\u2019s privately owned. In some cases, the government body will provide its own FBO facilities and services.<\/p>\n<p>For obvious reasons, having the ability to provide jet charter service at an airport is a major convenience, as this is where aircraft live when they\u2019re not in service.<\/p>\n<h2>Range of Jet Charter Service<\/h2>\n<p>The volume of traffic flowing through an airport has a tremendous impact on the success of an FBO. The bigger and busier an airport is, the better it is for the company. Also, you\u2019ll tend to find a wider range of jet charter service options at larger airport. Smaller ones airport tend to offer the basic necessities, such as fueling services.<\/p>\n<p>Other useful service options that FBOs provide include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lavatory service<\/li>\n<li>Wi-fi access<\/li>\n<li>Ground power units (GPUs)<\/li>\n<li>And like any commercial enterprise, most FBOs keep regular business hours to meet the demand of peak travel periods. This will usually coincide with the airport operating hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBO is a commonly used aviation acronym that stands for Fixed-Base Operator.","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1402],"tags":[978],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94123,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61560\/revisions\/94123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}