Swift Fuels’ Unleaded Avgas UL94 is Now Offered at South St. Paul Municipal Airport - Fleming Field
South St Paul Municipal Airport-Richard E Fleming Field announced that it has finalized details with Swift Fuels, LLC, a global leader in the development of high-performance unleaded aviation gasoline and has begun selling Swift’s unleaded UL94 aviation gasoline for its piston aircraft customers.
The nationwide transition to unleaded aviation gasoline continues to increase momentum for Swift Fuels, which produces and sells the only commercially-available unleaded avgas in the U.S. This latest announcement marks yet another milestone for Swift Fuels, with Fleming Field being the first airport in Minnesota to join the campaign. Swift’s UL94 unleaded avgas will completely replace previously-sold ethanol-free autogas and will now be the only unleaded fuel distributed at Fleming Field, located just two miles south of South St. Paul.
Andrew Wall, the Manager of South St. Paul Municipal Airport, had this to say regarding Swift Fuels’ breakthrough unleaded fuel: “With a large portion of our airport traffic being piston-engine aircraft, we not only sought a cleaner performing alternative to 100LL [low lead], we also needed a more durable option than recreational autogas. Autogas has a higher vapor pressure which can contribute to vapor lock and it has a much shorter shelf-life. Swift’s UL94 solves these issues and it also eliminates lead-fouled sparkplugs, which greatly extends costly oil change maintenance intervals in relation to 100LL, which is a huge benefit to cost-conscious pilots.”
Joel Ludwigson, airport commission chairman, also commented, “Swift Fuels’ UL94 is the only commercially-available unleaded avgas, it’s sold nationwide, it’s commercially insured for aviation, and our pilots requested we supply it. We’re extremely proud to be the first airport in Minnesota to join the progressive nationwide movement toward unleaded avgas.”
Chris D’Acosta, Swift Fuels CEO, added, “We’re proud to continue to lead this multi-year initiative to educate the market on the key benefits of unleaded avgas. This can only happen with the ongoing support of forward-thinking regulators, aircraft/engine OEMs, pilots, airports, municipalities, airport boards and supply chain folks. Forward-looking leaders like Andrew Wall and the airport commissioners at Fleming recognize the growing demand for cleaner fuel for their customers, and continue to play an integral role in the transition. We recognized early on that pilots would value the longer maintenance intervals, less wear-and-tear on engines, less corrosion, longer sparkplug life, etc. We are extremely proud to have our UL94 avgas available for piston aircraft use at Fleming Field,” said D’Acosta.
