- January 11, 2021, 11:29 AM
Missouri’s Joplin Regional Airport has been reduced to a single FBO with the shuttering of Alpha Air Center, which had been in operation for nearly a decade. Alpha Air occupied 6,000 sq ft of the airport’s 20,000-sq-ft general aviation terminal (GAT), which also houses a small aviation museum, Civil Air Patrol offices, and community event room. The GAT facility includes a passenger lobby, pilot lounge with snooze room, kitchen, conference room, and coffee bar.
Alpha will continue to operate its 12,000- and 6,000-sq-ft hangars, which are not part of the FBO leasehold. Alpha’s Part 145 aircraft maintenance operation closed as well, while the status of its flight school was undetermined at press time, as