Spirit Airport’s busy year

Spirit of St. Louis Airport has been one of the Midwest’s premier business aviation centers for more than 50 years. Much more than just a place to land, Spirit is a benefit-packed resource for pilots, passengers, and businesses.

The Airport recorded 143,570 aircraft operations in 2022, making it one of the busiest in years, and sold more than 7.5 million gallons of fuel, among the highest total in the last 20 years.

The Airport successfully completed its annual Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspection and safety audit. This is a multiple-day event that reviews certification records in detail followed by a very in-depth physical inspection of the entire facility. Spirit Airport received a perfect score, and an inspector called it one of the best airports in the four-state region.

Crews painted the entire airfield movement and non-movement areas which included all runways and taxiways and replaced the floors in two hangars.

Director of Aviation John Bales participated in a roundtable with four other Airport Directors from the region’s busiest airports hosted by Bi-State Development / St. Louis Regional Freightways.