Family-run FBO and charter operator at Aberdeen Regional Airport, South Dakota
Aberdeen Flying Service (AFS) is a family business at Aberdeen Regional Airport (ABR) in Aberdeen, South Dakota. It has been in business since 1946 and is now in its third generation, led by Mark Caven, his son Charles and Charles' wife Janna.
AFS offers on-demand charter flights throughout the United States and Canada, available around the clock, as well as on-demand air freight flights. The website does not name the aircraft used for charter, so flyers should ask which type will fly their trip. Pilots and aircraft are also based in Bismarck, North Dakota, and Watertown, South Dakota.
As the FBO at Aberdeen, the company sells Phillips 66 Jet-A and 100LL fuel, provides Type 1 and Type 4 de-icing, hangar storage, catering and crew cars, and holds the local Hertz, Thrifty and Dollar car rental franchise. An 18,500 square foot corporate hangar was built in 2018.
AFS also runs an FAA Part 145 certified repair station (certificate LZ2R996K) and a flight school covering private pilot through instrument, commercial, multi-engine and instructor ratings. The site states its line staff are NATA Safety 1st trained and that its maintenance team has received an FAA Diamond Award.
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