Byerly Aviation

Name: Byerly Aviation
Telephone: +1 309-370-3487

FBO and aircraft maintenance at Peoria International Airport in Peoria, Illinois

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About Byerly Aviation

Cirrus Authorized Service CenterListed by Cirrus Aircraft

Cirrus qualifications

What Cirrus Aircraft lists for Byerly Aviation in its service center locator, October 2026. Confirm with the center before you book.

Vision Jet (SF50) line maintenanceScheduled line work and defect rectification
CAPS parachute overhaul10-year overhaul and 6-year line cutters
Full avionics facilityGarmin and Avidyne
Aircraft pickup and deliveryThe center collects and returns the aircraft
Composite and paint repair
Ice protection (TKS) maintenance
Oxygen system service
Air conditioning service
Cirrus parts distributor

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Byerly Aviation is an FBO and maintenance company at General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (KPIA), 6100 E.M. Dirksen Parkway, Peoria, Illinois. Millard Byerly started the business near Peoria in the 1930s.

About the company

Millard Byerly was an early barnstormer who added flight instruction and later aircraft sales. In the 1950s the company expanded into Twin Commander sales and service, and it is a Twin Commander Factory Authorized Service Center. His grandson Bruce still handles aircraft sales. President Tim McKune holds a Certified Repair Station Certificate with the FAA Chicago FSDO, and Director of Maintenance Ryan Grenhoff holds A&P certificates with inspection authorization.

Services

Twin Commander inspections, upgrades and factory service bulletins
Maintenance on light jets (from Citations to the Cirrus SF50), turboprops, Mooney and piston aircraft
Certified Vision Jet Line Service Center, with an online Cirrus parts catalog
Avionics panel design, fabrication and installation, plus repair and inspections; brands include Garmin, Bendix/King, Aspen, Avidyne, L3, Trig and JP Instruments
Paint with Sherwin Williams, DuPont and AkzoNobel products, and interior refurbishment
Charter services and aircraft sales

FBO and facilities

The FBO sells Jet A and 100LL and accepts contract fuel through AvFuel, Colt and others. It has two 20,000-square-foot hangars for aircraft up to a Gulfstream GIV, plus deicing, lav service, ground power, catering and charter handling.