New Pump at Mid-Continent Airport Will Offer Avgas 24/7 at Reduced Rates

February 20, 2008  (Wichita, Kan.) Yingling Aviation,  established in 1946 at the old Wichita Municipal Airport and a fixture at Wichita’s Mid-Continent Airport since it opened in 1954, is adding another customer convenience to its list of award-winning services by offering a self-service refueling station for users of 100 low lead gasoline. 

Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the fuel pump will provide the 100LL for piston-engine aircraft at rates that are significantly lower than full-service charges, as well.  It will be located at the south end of the Yingling ramp adjacent to the airport fuel farm.

Operating much the same way an automotive self-service pump, the self-service facility will allow customers to pay with a credit card and pump their own fuel.  Yingling, which recently completed a major 9,000 square foot expansion to its facilities increasing their McCauley Propeller service shop, Parts Department and Line Service is adding the self-service avgas refueling “to provide our customers with an avgas fueling option,” said Lynn Nichols, Yingling’s chief executive officer.  “The savings and convenience associated with self-service refueling means that our pricing will be competitive with any other facility in the area and purchases at our self-serve pump qualify for the Phillips 66 WingPoints program. We will continue to offer unmatched service in all the other aspects of our business, as well,” he added.

“The Airport Authority is strongly in favor of anything that will help General Aviation pilots cut their costs of flying.  Self-service fueling stations have been highly successful at other airports across the country in providing fuel at a lower cost than full-service facilities.  We’ve got to do everything we can to boost the industry and keep folks flying,” said Victor White, Wichita’s Director of Airports.