About APP Jet Center
APP Jet Center is an owner-managed business started in 2009, during one of the FBO industry’s deepest downturns. The Company was formed through the acquisition of a small group of FBOs in the San Francisco, Washington DC and Florida Treasure Coast markets. We’ve added new facilities at all of our original locations and in 2015 we expanded to include hangars at Denver’s Centennial Airport. In 2022 we acquired an FBO at Stuart, FL’s Witham Field.
We focus on quality, safety and customer service first. We’re not a small company—but we maintain small company values. We know our customers, our employees know each other. We like working for APP, and we think it shows.
- We were the first FBO to be placed on the NATA Safety 1st Audit Registry.
- Our Manassas FBO was voted the number one FBO in the Washington DC metro area by AIN. Our line staff at Manassas has been voted #1 in AIN surveys for providing ground service to our customers.
- Our Fort Pierce, Florida base was voted the #1 location in the US for customs clearance.
- All four of our APP FBOs isare the designated CAA providers.
- We own nearly one million square feet of hangars in more than 60 buildings.
- We built 20,000 sq ft of hangar at SUA in 2025 with a 40,000 sq ft hangar to be completed at HWD in 2026.
Organization and Management
APP Jet Center is majority owned by Bain Capital, LLC, one of the world’s leading private investment firms.
Our GMs have over 50 years combined tenure with APP, and we are in constant communication with each other. If there is an issue at any of our locations, we know about it right away and we fix it.
Our general managers all started in the business as line techs, and they’ve each been at it for more than 15 years. We think safety and service at an FBO begins on the ramp, and we like having GMs who know the job from the ground up.
Our goal is to grow APP intelligently. We aren’t looking to grow for growth’s sake. If we can enter markets where we can make a contribution we will—but not at the cost of quality.