Gallery: Sky Harbour Opens 'Home-Basing' Hangar Campus

Sky Harbour has plans for similar facilities at the Nashville International Airport and at Centennial Airport near Denver. It also recently signed a land lease agreement to begin development in Phoenix. Each will be constructed to the same design and plan. Credit: Sky Harbour

The idea to offer a model focused on “home basing” was derived from time spent in the military, says Tal Keinan, Sky Harbour CEO and a former F-16 pilot and air combat instructor for the Israel Air Force. When you’re a guest and another base far from home, sometimes maintenance issues arise that don’t get addressed. “And when you finally do come home, you appreciate what it is to have an actual home base…. The airplane is just happier when it’s at home.” Credit: Sky Harbour

A small campus with private hangars means no one else touches the aircraft once it’s inside. It’s not stacked or moved to make room for other aircraft, it is in a humidity-controlled environment and services are available. It also allows for spontaneity for last-minute trips, which can be a problem during busy times at other facilities when the aircraft needs pulled out and fueled. Here, that isn’t a problem, Keinan says. Credit: Sky Harbour

“We think it is the highest end product in the industry by far,” says Tal Keinan. “They’re beautiful. There’s no skimping on anything.” Credit: Sky Harbour