Spring City Aviation Opens FBO at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport, Taking Over Former REVV Aviation Hangar
Why It MattersRegional FBO turnover increasingly hinges on operator consolidation and staff retention, letting airports preserve continuity of fuel and hangar services even as ownership changes hands.
What happened
Spring City Aviation, a Milwaukee-based aircraft fuel and service hangar operator, began running fixed-base operator services at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, Wisconsin, in June, taking over a 6,400-square-foot hangar previously operated by REVV Aviation. Airport Director Aimee Scrima confirmed Spring City has been operating at the county-run airport for approximately two months, and that all former REVV Aviation employees were retained, allowing a seamless transition between operators.
The hangar was originally known as Janesville Jet Center before REVV Aviation took it over in 2021, initially operating under the name Carver Aero before rebranding to REVV. Spring City announced the Janesville expansion via LinkedIn in June.
Founded 30 years ago, Spring City operates FBO services at Milwaukee, Waukesha, Burlington, and Baraboo/Wisconsin Dells. The company also runs flight schools and charter services at some of its Milwaukee-area locations, though Scrima noted Spring City did not initially intend to offer those services at the Janesville site.
Industry impact & what to watch
This kind of handover — a multi-location FBO operator absorbing a single-airport facility that has already changed hands once before — is a common pattern in how regional fuel and hangar services consolidate across the Midwest. A county-run airport like Southern Wisconsin Regional benefits when the incoming operator keeps the existing workforce in place, since continuity of line staff and local knowledge matters more to based tenants and transient pilots than which company's name is on the hangar.
For Spring City, the Janesville site adds a fifth location to a base built around Milwaukee, Waukesha, Burlington, and Baraboo/Wisconsin Dells, but without an immediate extension of the flight school and charter offerings it runs elsewhere. Whether those services eventually arrive in Janesville will depend on how demand at the airport develops now that the FBO is under new ownership.
