Flower Aviation ends 44-year run at Pueblo Memorial Airport (KPUB)

Flower Aviation has closed its Pueblo Memorial Airport operations after 44 years, airport director Mark Lovin said Tuesday.

Rocky Mountain FBO continues to provide fuel and other fixed-base operator services at the airport.

On the Flower closure, “I think it’s just a culmination of competitive pressures and the changes in the market,” Lovin said.

Corporate jet traffic remains down at the airport in Pueblo and others in the rest of the country since the recession, he said.

The fuel tanks and facilities used by Flower are owned by the city.

The city plans to issue a request for proposals in coming weeks to determine whether any other fixed-base operators are interested in opening at the airport, Lovin said.

Flower’s absence will result in a loss of rent revenue and possibly a decline in fuel sale fees if general aviation traffic declines, he said.

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