Cutter Aviation is the oldest continuously family-owned and operated FBO (fixed base operator) in the United States, and over the years, has maintained a position of leadership in the general aviation community by consistently expanding its services and its locations. Founded in 1928 by William P. Cutter in Albuquerque, New Mexico as the Cutter Flying Service, it served the fledgling aviation community in the Southwestern United States and survived the Great Depression and World War II by providing air charter services to difficult-to-reach ranches, towns and businesses scattered across the rugged landscape of New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. Cutter’s sons, William R. (Bill), born in 1932, and Sidney born two years later, both began flying at early ages, and each returned to the family business after serving in the U.S. military. Bill established a second FBO at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport in 1959, while Sid served as company president since his father’s death in 1963, until 1974 when he turned the reins over to Bill. Since that time, Bill expanded maintenance, aircraft sales, and air charter services at Phoenix and across the Southwest, adding facilities in El Paso, Texas, in 1982; Deer Valley (Phoenix) in 1997; San Antonio in 1998; and Santa Monica, California, in 2000. The company also opened an FBO at Sky Harbor in 1988. In September 2002, Bill’s son, William Cutter, became president and further expanded operations into Colorado and Texas.    Today, Cutter Aviation is a full-service aviation company, offering aircraft fueling, maintenance and avionics solutions, aircraft charter and aircraft sales and management. Serving the business aviation industry, Cutter has operations at eight major airports in Arizona (Phoenix, Deer Valley and Phoenix, Sky Harbor), New Mexico (Albuquerque), California (Carlsbad), Colorado (Colorado Springs) and Texas (Dallas/Addison and San Antonio). The company has remained strong to this day due to its unwavering commitment to customer service, customer and employee satisfaction, and business practices rooted in core values of respect, trust and integrity.
Inducted in 2022.
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