Sun Air Aviation

Sun Air Aviation is an FBO and flight school at Leesburg, Florida. The company is also written Sunair Aviation. Its address is 8806 Airport Boulevard. The business says it has served local and visiting pilots and aircraft owners since 1973.

The FBO sells Avgas, Jet-A and Prist. It offers long and short term ramp parking, and long and short term community hangar space. Other services include Hertz car rental, professional catering and full service aircraft maintenance. The shop also sells Lightspeed pilot headsets. The site lists a US Customs line service.

The flight school teaches under Part 141, from private pilot up to airline transport pilot. The rental and training fleet includes Cessna 152 and 172 aircraft, a Cessna 182, a Piper Arrow II, a Beechcraft Duchess and a Husky seaplane on floats. The site lists hourly rental rates for each aircraft, from 165 dollars for a Cessna 152 up to 475 dollars for the Duchess.

The planes are kept in the company's own maintenance shop. Many have Garmin and Aspen avionics. The school also has a Redbird flight simulator, which is FAA approved and can be set up as a Cessna 172 or a Beechcraft Baron 58. The site offers seaplane and multi-engine ratings.

The FBO and flight school are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day, including most holidays. The phone number is (352) 787-2211.