Chuck Stipancic

Founded in 1927 as a division of Pan Am Airlines, Avports is America’s most experienced and trusted airport manager and operator - the US-based and US-owned airport operator and wholly-owned by West Street Infrastructure Partners III, a family of infrastructure investment funds managed by the merchant banking business of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. Avports has historically managed and operated a portfolio of airport O&M and P3/PPP contracts at more than 30 US airports. These airports have been diverse in their operations and have included commercial and general aviation airports, passenger terminals, military bases / joint-use airports, heliports, NASA facilities / spaceports. In the future, the company plans to also operate vertiports for electrical vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVOTLs) / aerial urban taxis and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Today, the company operates with 650+ staff at eleven US airports across five US states and is also involved in public-private partnership (P3) investments and long-term leases at Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) in Connecticut and Airglades International Airport in Florida. The company's presence extends to 25 additional US airports through its affiliate Aviation Facilities Company (AFCO).