New Pump At MCI Will Offer Avgas 24/7... At Reduced Rates!

Yingling Aviation, a mainstay for pilots in southern Kansas since the company established is original location in 1946 at the old Wichita Municipal Airport, recently added a self-service refueling station for users of 100 low lead gasoline at its headquarters at Wichita Intercontinental Airport (ICT).

Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the fuel pump will provide 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 is adding the self-service avgas refueling "to provide our customers with an avgas fueling option," said Yingling CEO Lynn Nichols. "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 the 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."

"The Airport Authority is strongly in favor of anything that will help General Aviation pilots cut their costs of flying," added Victor White, Wichita's Director of Airports. "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."

Yingling is a long-standing affiliate of the Cessna Aircraft Company and has been designated as one of three domestic sites to reassemble and test fly the new Cessna SkyCatcher personal and training aircraft. The company also installs the Oasis interior in Cessna's single engine turboprop Caravans. Yingling is also an authorized dealer and service provider for a leading component and systems manufacturers including Avidyne, Garmin, McCauley, Rockwell Collins, and Honeywell as well as Phillips Petroleum. 

FMI: www.yinglingaviation.com