Huron Regional airport in South Dakota is the latest fixed base operation to be a part of the revv aviation family, formerly Carver Aero.

“We are excited to have revv aviation in Huron,” says CEO and president of the Greater Huron Development Corporation Ted Haeder. “It's a family-owned company that understands small town values, culture and business. Our conversations with Peter Limberger and Guy Lieser have been centred on the potential developments that they envision at the airport and in Huron.”

Huron is the seventh FBO and the ninth operating location for the Revv family. Others include Aurora and Schaumburg in Illinois; Janesville in Wisconsin; and Muscatine, Davenport and Council Bluffs in Iowa. Revv also operates flight schools in Sioux City in Iowa and at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska. Located in the east-central part of the state, Huron is the county seat of Beadle County and is world renowned for pheasant hunting.

Revv CEO and president Guy Lieser sees great value at the Huron airfield: “It's got a 7,200 ft by 100 ft wide runway with a 5,000 ft crosswind runway. Huron can handle any size aircraft. We want to bring all of Revv's services to Huron: maintenance, avionics, flight school and charter. Our PT-6 engine maintenance team is already expanding here, it houses more than 30 crop dusters that require this type of service. There is also a good market for charter services, especially during the six month pheasant hunting season.”

All employees will be retained by Revv and additional staff will be added as needed, including mechanics, flight instructors and pilots. “We are here for the long term and want to create living wage jobs and encourage young people to consider the many aviation careers,” he adds.

“As the new tenant of the FBO, we are encouraged by the warm welcome from the city, the aviation community and the employees in Huron,” says Peter Limberger, CEO and chairman of CL Enterprises, Revv's parent company. “We are looking forward to many years of cooperation and being able to contribute to the economic development of the airport, the city and the region.”

“What Revv is doing in the Midwest is unique in that the company wants to revitalise small town airports and encourage people to visit and utilise their local air transportation centres,” says Huron Regional airport manager Larry Cooper. “Revv and CL Enterprises understand the economic vitality that local airports provide communities, and they plan to build upon that.”