$2M aviation fuel purchase approved by Mesa Gateway Airport board

The Mesa Gateway Airport Authority Board of Directors voted unanimously recently to approve the purchase of Jet A and 100LL Avgas fuel from Ascent Aviation Group Inc. dba World Fuel for airport authority resale in the amount of $2.225 million.

The airport is operated by the MGAA, which consists of representation from Apache Junction, Mesa, Queen Creek, Gilbert and the Gila River Indian Community.

The authority owns and operates Gateway Aviation Services, the airport’s sole provider of retail aviation fuel, Matt Nebgen, director of Gateway Aviation, said in a memo to the board.

Jet-A and 100LL Avgas are needed to provide aircraft fuel to tenant, transient, corporate, flight school, airline and military customers. The actual cost of fuel is based upon market price at time of order, it states.

The additional $2,225,000 purchase will bring the total FY25 Jet A and 100LL Avgas purchase to $7,193,000, it states.

The airport authority was formed to develop, reuse, operate and maintain the airport property and facilities at the former Williams Air Force Base, which closed in September 1993, according to https://www.gatewayairport.com/leadership.

The next meeting of the Mesa Gateway Airport Authority is 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 18, in the Board Room (Saguaro A&B) of the Gateway Administration Building, 5835 S. Sossaman Road in Mesa. Agendas and minutes are at https://www.gatewayairport.com/leadership.

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