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Hudson Valley Regional Airport
FLIGHTLEVEL AVIATION
Hudson Valley Regional Airport is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The airport is an FAA-approved, Part 139-certi ed airport, which signi es it has attained high operational and safety standards. Nearly 35 FAA Airport Certi cation Safety Inspectors annually conduct inspections for Part 139 certi cation, which include timed- response drills for aircraft rescue and re ghting, administrative review of airport les and paperwork, and evaluations of both morning and night operations.
The airport has a FAA-operated control tower sta ed by FAA-certi ed controllers. “It adds a whole new measure of safety,” says John Mouris, director of Hudson Valley Regional Airport. The FAA also trains personnel
in the tower. Plus, West eld Flight Academy and Dutchess Community College train student pilots at the airport.
FlightLevel Aviation, the xed-base operator at the airport, is always on call. It facilitates rental car and limousine pickup, plus hotel and restaurant reservations for pilots and passengers. There’s also a pre ight resting room, lounge, and conference room on site.
Since opening its Hudson Valley Regional Airport location in 2015, FlightLevel has leveraged its relationships with charter jet companies to bring their planes to Hudson Valley Regional. As a result, FlightLevel has increased jet fuel sales 10 percent in its rst year at the airport.
FlightLevel is also devoted to working with the community to bring
jobs to the airport. The company is partnering with Dutchess Community College to provide its Airframe and Powerplant program on small and midsize planes.
One result of this initiative is construction of a 30,000-square-foot facility for classroom space and aircraft maintenance. This addition, along with a new hangar that is projected to open in 2018, positions Hudson Valley Regional for growth in the small and midsize corporate jet market.
“One of the things you need to attract a corporate ight department is you have to have a maintenance o ering,” says FlightLevel Aviation President Peter Eichlay. “So now that we’re bringing that, the hope is there’s one more box the corporate ight department can check o its list.”
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