Million Air Hangar

Million Air was founded in 1984 by the Mary Kay Cosmetics family as a single site located in Dallas, Texas, with the original goal to deliver outstanding service in a luxury fixed base operations (FBO) facility to customers and sales reps. Hancock Airfield in Syracuse is home to the company's newest facility consisting of a 28,000-square-foot hangar with an upscale, 11,000-square-foot terminal. It provides aircraft storage, fueling, ground handling, cleaning and other services. The terminal has a passenger lounge, a hospitality check-in area, a soda and coffee bar, quiet rooms, a flight planning area, offices and a multimedia conference room. O’Connell supported the GC in turning over a completed electrical design build project on time. The project was constructed in a secure, controlled environment on the edge of a runway maintaining the secured area separated from a new public access point. The architectural aesthetic interior was designed to provide an open environment utilizing light finish colors, open cabled railings, glass walls and natural lighting. Concealing the electrical installation in an open structure environment required detailed planning. Tom Reap was the Foreman for O’Connell on this project. It was his eye for detail and field experience, working daily with the GC Managers in the field through ever changing design decisions, that show particularly well in the end product. Tom led a team of six electricians at its peak to ensure the project was completed on time. The electrical distribution consisted of a 600A, 480/277 volt, three phase, four wire system serving the lighting, convenience power, fire alarm, data-communication, fire protection, mechanical, plumbing and fire protection systems. Visual points of interest incorporated into the design include exterior color changing signs, interior back lit illuminated signs and interior architectural LED lighting technology with vacancy sensors and wireless control. The lighting in the terminal areas utilizes vacancy detectors while the hangar utilizes a wireless control system. Standard 24-hour operation is maintained at 50% system output and when occupied, increases to 100% output. O’Connell Electric worked closely with project owners/ designers to achieve the final product expected. The Owner's Representative stated that the project ranks in the top five FBO sites in their brand (the other sites being in the southern United States).