Sheltair held the official grand opening of its new hangar complex on the west side of Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport yesterday. The $30 million expansion adds 145,000 sq ft of hangar and office space to the FBO—one of four service providers on the field—and brings it to more than 457,000 sq ft of hangar, office, and FBO terminal space on the west side and 91,000 sq ft of hangars and offices on the north side of the airport.

“We have paid particular attention to projecting the future needs of our clients,” noted Todd Anderson, the Florida-based FBO chain’s senior vice president for real estate and development. “As a result, the new hangars can accommodate the newer, larger-cabin aircraft operators because of a deliberate design that includes 28-foot-tall hangar doors and an infrastructure that can meet their maintenance, repair, and overhaul needs.”

The FBO, a member of the DASSP program offering direct access to Washington Reagan National Airport, is open 24/7 and has an on-site U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility to process international arrivals.