Airport Development
Unlock the value of your airport land
We create a self-managed aviation real estate ecosystem that generates revenue, reduces cost and eliminates operational burden for airports.
The hangar challenge
Hangar shortage = suppressed demand
- Limited capital for development
- Dependence on timing of grants
- Hangar shortages and long waitlists
- Underutilized or idle land
- Maintenance burden and rising costs
- Lack of development expertise
- Operational complexity and tenant management
- Difficulty increasing based aircraft
- Missed revenue from fuel and activity
The hangar opportunity
Idle land becomes contracted revenue
- Turn idle land into contracted revenue
- Zero capital, zero financial risk
- Immediate increase in based aircraft (tail numbers)
- Fuel flow growth
- Reduced maintenance and operational burden
- Faster development, no bureaucratic gridlock
- Modern, flexible hangar product
- Ad valorem tax on based aircraft
- Property taxes on hangars
Our solution
The LH Hangar Lease Model
LH builds and operates through a Hangar Association. The airport receives a single monthly payment, and bylaws managed by the association limit airport hassle.
Airport Authority
Signs a long-term ground lease (structured around 40 years) and retains long-term land control.
Hangar Association
Developer-controlled entity managed by LH. Builds, operates and subleases hangars, and makes one consolidated monthly payment to the airport.
Tenants
Pilots and aircraft owners lease hangars (not own) and pay monthly to the Hangar Association.
The Hangar Association
An HOA-style structure with a governing board that includes key airport stakeholders, voting rights, bylaws and enforcement, with rules aligned to FAA and airport regulations. The association maintains taxiways, aprons, drainage and landscaping.
Development process
Risk profile for airports
You lease the land. We carry the rest.
The airport does not
- Fund construction
- Manage tenants
- Carry development risk
- Wait on local and federal funding grants
The airport does
- Lease land
- Receive predictable monthly income
- Increase fuel and activity revenue
- Retain long-term land control
Capabilities
Full-service hangar development
- Full-service development
- Fully insured
- We secure all jurisdictional permitting
- Civil + vertical integration
- Scalable execution
- Abnormal site adaptation
- Long-term mindset
- Fully customizable upgrades and amenities
Let's build your next phase
Tell us about your airport
If you have demand, we'll structure it. If you're unsure, we'll help validate it. Either way, you don't need to wait for funding to move forward.
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Airport development inquiry
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Investor or development partner?
We also work with investors and developers on hangar projects.