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THE APEX
NETWORK

Nine campuses. Five operational or in development. Four planned. One Part 142 jet academy. The most comprehensive private aviation training network in the country.

9
Campuses
Planned network
509
Aircraft
Across all GA campuses
23
Type ratings
Jet Academy
617
Students
Jet Academy enrolled
One · The Network
NINE CAMPUSES.
ONE STANDARD.
Every Apex campus runs the same standardized curriculum, the same Diamond-led fleet philosophy, and the same Part 141 training structure. A student who begins at [ICAO] can continue at KFXE without paperwork friction. The network is the product.
Two · Expansion Sequence
SEQUENCED BY
FINANCIAL READINESS.
Each campus activation is gated by free cash flow from existing operations. No campus opens until the network can absorb its fixed overhead without touching the debt facility. The trigger is not ambition — it is math.
Phase 1 — Operational
[ICAO] · [AIRPORT NAME], [CITY] CO
Flagship campus. [X] aircraft, 15 types, [ELEVATION]. The [REGION] anchor and the network's founding location.
Phase 1 — Operational
KFXE · Fort Lauderdale Executive, FL
[ICAO] campus and home of the Apex Jet Academy. [X] aircraft. Year-round VFR. Adjacent to the Part 142 simulator facility.
Phase 2 — Campus 3
KEDC · Austin Executive Airport, TX
The corporate goldmine. Austin's tech relocation wave created one of the strongest high-net-worth pilot training markets in the country with minimal premium Part 141 competition. 82 aircraft on opening.
Trigger: $250k combined [ICAO] + KFXE monthly FCF for 6 consecutive months
Phase 3 — Campus 4
KSDL · Scottsdale Airport, AZ
300 VFR days per year. The highest Cirrus SR-22T density in the Southwest. Arizona's premier private aviation training market. 103 aircraft. The 300-day flying season builds the FCF needed to absorb Bedford's higher-cost environment.
Trigger: Network aggregate FCF supports full campus burn
Phase 4 — Campus 5
KBED · Hanscom Field, Bedford MA
New England IFR depth. 101 aircraft, 19 types — the most diverse fleet in the network. Boston Class B airspace, real IMC, and the Northeast corporate corridor. Higher Jet-A costs and Signature/Jet Aviation hangar constraints make FCF precondition essential.
Trigger: $500k aggregate monthly FCF across the network
Phase 5 — Campuses 6–9
KVNY · KCCR · KHND · KHIO
Van Nuys (LA metro), Buchanan Field (Bay Area), Henderson Executive (Las Vegas), and Hillsboro (Portland). Sequenced by market conditions and network FCF at the time of activation.
Trigger: Market depth and network FCF at time of activation
Three · Financial Model
BUILT TO LAST.
NOT TO EXIT.
Apex Corporate Division is not optimizing for a private equity exit. The financial model is designed for one outcome: a self-sustaining, owner-operated enterprise that generates enough free cash flow to service its debt, pay its people exceptionally well, maintain a zero-deferred-maintenance fleet, and fund each new campus on its own terms.
GA hourly rates
$185–$2,650
DA-20 Katana to Phenom 100EV
ULR type rating
$150k
G700 / G800 / Global 7500 launch price
ULR escalation trigger
$175k
After 24 months or 200 enrollments
Sim dry-lease
$2k/hr
Non-training windows, Level D FFS
Campus 3 FCF trigger
$250k/mo
6 consecutive months, [ICAO] + KFXE combined
Campus 5 FCF trigger
$500k/mo
Network aggregate before KBED activation
Student-to-instructor ratio
3:1
3.5:1 max — never 4:1
PE relationship
Debt only
No equity, no governance, no exit obligation
Four · Corporate Structure
APEX CORPORATE
DIVISION.
Apex Corporate Division is the holding company. Two operating divisions report to it.

Apex Flight Academy Management operates all nine GA campuses under a unified Part 141/61 framework. Standardized curriculum, standardized fleet, standardized instructor compensation. No deferred maintenance. No compromises on staff pay. One brand, nine locations.

Apex Jet Management operates the Part 142 type rating center at KFXE, the Part 147 AMT school, the Part 145 MRO repair station, and (pending) a white-label charter operation under a strict external Part 135 MSA with non-solicitation provisions and fleet dry-lease as the enforcement mechanism.

The MRO bundle is the lock-in. Power-by-the-hour maintenance agreements with mandatory crew training provisions convert episodic training revenue into contracted recurring revenue — the infrastructure multiple that justifies the capital investment.
Five · Philosophy
THE STANDARD IS
THE FLOOR.
We do not train students to pass checkrides. We train pilots who happen to have passed a checkride. The distinction matters at cruise altitude when conditions do not match the training scenario.

Every aircraft is new. Every instructor is paid at the top of the market. Every simulator is maintained to LOA standards with current MQTG. There are no shortcuts because there cannot be — our graduates fly aircraft worth tens of millions of dollars with passengers whose lives depend entirely on their judgment.

The network expands on its own terms, at its own pace, funded by its own cash flow. Not because we cannot raise capital faster — but because we believe the right way to build something that lasts is to build it right the first time.