"Fixed Base Operator." A business that sells fuel, rents planes, offers flight instruction, etc. The name stems from the barnstorming days when a pilot would get tired of flying the airshow circuit and would set up a "fixed base", where he would give rides and teach flying.
ixed ase perator- A shop/hangar usually located at an airport that provides aircraft installation/service/fuel, etc.
A commercial operation supplying fuel, maintenance, aircraft sales, rental, flight training, handling and other general aviation services at an airport.
Fixed-Base Operator - a firm on an airport which maintains, rents, sells, and/or fuels aircraft, and may also provide flight training
Fixed Base Operator. FBOs are the nice folks who provide services like fuel, flight planning facilities, phones, access to rental cars, rest rooms, showers, snooze rooms for pilots, and bunches of other useful things. They often have a flight school and some airplanes for rent as well. They're easy people to love. No one says "fixed base operator" unless they're making a point.
Fixed-base operator, which represents a large majority of the air charter industry. By definition at a permanent location, this is a vendor of services, maintenance, fuel, flight instruction, and aircraft sales, in addition to charter.
A commercial enterprise that provides support services to airlines and other aircraft operators. Services may include maintenance, overnight parking, fueling, and deicing.