Million Air Breaks Ground on New HPN Digs

Million Air CEO Roger Woolsey (l), is joined by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino (second from left), and other dignitaries, to celebrate the start of construction on the company's new $70 FBO complex at New York's Westchester County Airport.

SOURCE: AIN, by Curt Epstein - October 18, 2016, 11:10 AM

A ground-breaking ceremony held yesterday under blue skies at New York’s Westchester County Airport signaled the start of construction of Million Air's new $70 million FBO complex at the metro New York City airfield.The first phase of the 23-acre project consists of a 54,000-sq-ft hangar with heated floor, expected to be completed by mid-2017. According to the company, the structure, which will be able to accommodate ultra-long-range or smaller business jets, is already more than half pre-sold.

Before year-end, Million Air expects to begin building a new 20,000-sq-ft terminal to LEED specifications, with an enclosed climate-controlled four-lane porte cochere. Designed in the Adirondack style, the building will feature stone, timber and fireplaces, and among its amenities will be a full-time coffee barista.

In May, the Houston-based FBO network received unanimous approval for the plan from the county’s Board of Legislators, including a new 30-year lease. “There has not been any new construction at the nation’s second-busiest corporate airport in more than 20 years,” company CEO Roger Woolsey told AIN. “The new Million Air expansion is designed to truly be one of the first six-star FBOs in the country.”