Airport rent to remain half-price for another 6 months

County Commissioners last week agreed to extend the reduced lease payments for the Fixed Base Operator at the Apalachicola airport.

Crystal Air is the company that manages the airport; Commissioners agreed about 6 months ago to lower the monthly rent for the airport from 5000 dollars a month to 2500 dollars.

The county also gets 3 cents for every gallon of fuel sold at the airport as part of the deal.

Last week the board agreed to continue the reduced rent for another 6 months.

The Fixed Base operator makes money by selling fuel, and renting space at the hangars at the airport as well as by providing services like aircraft maintenance, car rental and flight training.

Commissioners said they don’t feel they have a lot of choices at this time – commissioner Pinki Jackel said the economy is still dragging for people with airplanes.

Commissioner Smokey Parrish said he hopes that the upcoming summer season will bring more people to the airport and help the company catch up on its payments. 

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