NetJets is turning an existing building at Washington Dulles International Airport into an exclusive private terminal, with plans to convert the first and second floors of a Signature Aviation facility at 23950 Windsock Drive into a 14,000-square-foot space featuring VIP suites, a lounge, a family room, and a grand staircase connecting both levels. Construction is set to begin in early 2027.
The buildout, reported by Washington Business Journal, will transform an existing three-story facility near the airfield into a dedicated lounge for the company's fractional jet owners, rather than relying on shared public FBO space. The move reflects NetJets' broader strategy of developing dedicated infrastructure at key hubs.
Part Of A Nationwide Push
The Dulles project is one piece of a larger infrastructure campaign NetJets announced this month. According to FLYING Magazine, the expansion also includes new private terminals at Dallas Love Field and Washington Dulles, along with a 50% enlargement of NetJets' Palm Beach facility — bringing the company to 15 dedicated private terminals operating or under development across top U.S. markets.
The largest of those projects sits at Dallas Love Field, where NetJets is building a nearly 114,000-square-foot private aviation campus that includes an 80,000-square-foot maintenance hangar slated to open in late 2028, FLYING Magazine reports. Hoodline previously covered NetJets' sprawling Dallas campus plans, part of the same company-wide push to control its own ground experience rather than share FBO terminals.
Why Dulles Made The Cut
Dulles consistently ranks among NetJets' top five flight destinations nationwide and recorded more than 50,000 business jet operations in recent annual airport traffic data, according to Forbes. That volume helps explain why the company chose the airport for a dedicated lounge rather than continuing to lean on shared facilities.
General aviation traffic at Dulles is hosted primarily by two major fixed base operators — Signature Aviation and Jet Aviation, per the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. NetJets' new terminal will occupy space inside the existing Signature Aviation building rather than a newly constructed site.
A Separate, Larger VIP Terminal Also In The Works
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has separately entered a 20-year agreement with airport operator daa international involving a 51,000-square-foot site at the airport, with an estimated $125 million in revenue expected to go to MWAA, Forbes reports.
Fleet Growth And In-Flight Upgrades
The ground expansion comes alongside fleet-level growth across NetJets' network. The company expects to take delivery of more than 80 new private aircraft directly from manufacturers throughout 2026 to keep pace with rising owner flight volume at key U.S. hubs, according to NetJets. The company has also entered an agreement with Starlink to equip roughly 600 private aircraft across its global fleet with high-speed in-flight Wi-Fi by the end of 2026, as detailed in a Business Wire announcement.
Along the East Coast corridor, NetJets' concurrent expansion in West Palm Beach will grow that facility's terminal footprint to 15,000 square feet, strengthening flight continuity between Washington, D.C., New York, and South Florida, according to AeroXplorer. The company traces its roots to Executive Jet Airways, founded in 1964 as the pioneer of private jet chartering and management, before Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway acquired it in 1998, per the Washington Business Journal's historical account.
Open questions remain around the financial terms of NetJets' sub-lease with Signature Aviation at 23950 Windsock Drive, as well as whether Loudoun County permits or environmental reviews will be required before construction begins in early 2027.
