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Crystal River FBO reports fuel-equipment failures; county schedules fuel-farm replacement with brief outage expected
Summary
FBO operator James Chen reported months of problems with 100LL and Jet-A fuel equipment that have recently been restored; county staff said a fuel-farm replacement will start June 23 with a roughly one-week outage and final completion on 2027-01-08, and staff are coordinating temporary trucked fuel to minimize disruption.
James Chen, who identified himself as representing the Crystal River Group that runs the airport FBO, told the board the operation experienced failures to both 100LL and Jet-A equipment beginning before Christmas and that parts and service were slow to arrive. "We were really struggling to get a service company coming on time and waiting for the parts delivery," Chen said, adding that vendors Andre Lolet and JetAFU ultimately restored service.
Todd Regan, Citrus County aviation project manager, gave a…
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