Sky Harbour Group Corp
For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 13, 2025.
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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 13, 2025
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Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2024-09-30; filed 2024-11-12.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-03-31; filed 2025-05-13.
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The following tables provide supplemental information regarding each of our home basing hangar campus properties in operation and in development:
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In March 2025, we entered into a rental agreement at King County International Airport (Boeing Field) with King County, Washington (the “BFI Lease”). The BFI Lease includes an approximately 92,495 square foot hangar complex and its initial term expires in February 2026. We intend to pursue the execution of a longer-term lease with King County during the initial term of the BFI Lease.
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In April 2025, we entered into the SWF Lease at SWF with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The SWF Lease covers approximately 16 acres of property at SWF. The initial term of the SWF Lease will be 30 years, with lease payments commencing on the earlier of hangar occupancy or 36 months from the receipt of certain environmental approvals. The SWF Lease contains three options exercisable by the Company to extend the SWF Lease for an additional total of 15 years following the expiration of the initial term.
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Airfield and Tenant Portfolio Growth
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Our future success depends upon our ability to attract and retain tenants for hangars at our home basing hangar campuses. The extent to which we achieve growth in our customer base materially influences our business and results of operations. Any number of factors could affect our ability to grow our customer base, including tenant preferences for hangar space and related services, including size and location of the hangar, as well as general economic conditions. The level and volatility of fuel prices may also impact the general aviation industry and our ability to attract and retain tenants. In addition, our ability to attract and retain customers may be dependent on other factors outside of our control, including the future trend of private aircraft sizes and the availability of alternative hangars, including size, location and/or services provided. Any significant decline in our customer base, or in our rate of growth, could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations, which could, in turn, result in a decline in the trading price of our securities.
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Our ability to expand through new ground leases at airports is also integral to our long-term business strategy and requires that we identify and consummate suitable new ground leases or investment opportunities in real estate properties for our portfolio that meet our investment criteria and are compatible with our growth strategy. Our ability to enter into new ground leases on favorable terms, or at all, may be adversely affected by certain significant factors. We may not be able to negotiate new ground leases with airport authorities on attractive terms or at all, and we may encounter competition from other potential ground lessors, which could significantly increase the lease rate for properties we seek to lease. In our efforts to secure new ground leases, we may incur significant costs and divert management attention in connection with evaluating and negotiating such ground leases, including ground leases that we are subsequently unable to execute. In addition, even if we enter into letters of intent or conditional agreements for new ground leases of airport properties, these agreements are subject to customary closing conditions, including, but not limited to, the satisfactory results of our due diligence investigations and local government and municipal authority approvals.
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Increases in Market Interest Rates and Future Costs of Borrowing
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Key Business Metrics
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We focus on a variety of indicators and key operating and financial metrics to monitor the financial condition and performance of the continuing operations of our business. These metrics include:
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Revenues
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Fuel revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2025 were approximately $1.1 million, compared to approximately $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The approximately $0.8 million, or 326%, increase was primarily the result of fuel sales at our CMA hangar campus, where our fuel revenues and related expenses are recognized on a gross basis.
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Campus operating expenses increased approximately $1.1 million, or 142%, from approximately $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, to approximately $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Salaries, wages, and benefits associated with our hangar campus personnel increased approximately $0.6 million, primarily driven by headcount increases in anticipation of the commencement of operations at our DVT, APA, and ADS hangar campuses, the acquisition of a hangar campus at CMA during December 2024, and the commencement of operations at our SJC hangar campus in April 2024. Other campus operating expenses increased approximately $0.5 million, primarily driven by increased insurance, property taxes, and utilities associated with operations at CMA and SJC, where our operations commenced in December 2024 and April 2024, respectively.
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Fuel expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025 were approximately $0.7 million, compared to approximately $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The approximately $0.6 million, or 906%, increase was primarily the result of the CMA Transaction during the three months ended December 31, 2024, and the related impact of recognizing certain fuel revenue and expenses on a gross basis.
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Depreciation and amortization increased approximately $0.5 million, or 75%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase was primarily driven by our acquisition of a hangar campus at CMA during the three months ended December 31, 2024 .
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Operating Expenses - Continued
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Pursuit and marketing expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025 were approximately $0.6 million, compared to approximately $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The approximately $0.2 million, or 64%, increase was primarily the result of investment in our growth strategy in securing airport site acquisitions and potential tenants throughout the year.
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For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, other general and administrative expenses were approximately $1.1 million and approximately $1.0 million, respectively. The approximately $0.1 million increase was primarily driven by slight increases in professional fees and technology costs due to the expansion of the business and headcount, offset by a slight decrease in corporate insurance premiums.
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
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To supplement our results presented in accordance with GAAP, we utilize Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes or adjusts certain items. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income before (i) depreciation and amortization expense, (ii) interest expense, (iii) other income, predominantly consisting of interest income and realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities, (iv) non-cash equity-based compensation expense, (v) non-cash gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of our liability-classified warrants, (vi) non-cash operating lease expense, (vii) non-cash operating lease income, (viii) provision for income taxes, (ix) other non-cash expenses, including, but not limited to, the impairment of long-lived assets, gains or losses arising from the disposition of assets, losses on extinguishment of debt, and other non-cash non-operating expenses.
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Management uses Adjusted EBITDA to facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period. We believe this non-GAAP financial measure provide investors, analysts and other interested parties useful information to evaluate our business performance as the removal of certain non-cash expenses and income, they facilitate company-to-company operating performance comparisons. While we believe this non-GAAP financial measure is useful in evaluating our business, it should be considered as supplemental in nature and is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, this non-GAAP financial measures may not be the same as a similarly entitled measure reported by other companies, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures. See below for a reconciliation of net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA, as well as “Key Business Metrics” for further discussion of Adjusted EBITDA.
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Adjusted EBITDA
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A reconciliation of net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA is presented below:
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Previous report
In September 2024, we entered into the 2024 Private Placement Purchase Agreement with the Initial Investors, pursuant to which, among other things, we agreed to sell and issue to the Initial Investors at an initial closing an aggregate of 3,352,106 Initial PIPE Shares for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $31.8 million. In October 2024, the Additional Investors each executed a joinder to the 2024 Private Placement Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Additional Investors agreed to purchase, and the Company agreed to sell, an aggregate of 603,684 additional shares of Class A Common Stock at the Initial Closing for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $5.7 million. The Initial Closing of the 2024 Private Placement Purchase Agreement occurred in October 2024, and we sold 3,955,790 First Closing PIPE Shares to the Investors at an aggregate purchase price of approximately $37.6 million.
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Our revenues are derived from rents we earn pursuant to the lease agreements we enter into with our tenants. Our ability to expand through new ground leases and tenant leases at airports is integral to our long-term business strategy and requires that we identify and consummate suitable new ground leases or investment opportunities in real estate properties for our portfolio that meet our investment criteria and are compatible with our growth strategy. Our ability to enter into new ground leases and tenant leases on favorable terms, or at all, may be adversely affected by a number of factors. We believe that the business environment of the industry segments in which our tenants operate is generally positive for tenants. However, our existing and potential tenants are subject to economic, regulatory and market conditions that may affect their level of operations and demand for hangar space, which could impact our results of operations. For example, during the year ended December 31, 2023, a tenant renting two hangars at OPF made the determination that it was necessary to change its business plans in the greater Miami market, which ultimately resulted in the negotiated settlement of the tenant’s lease with us and their exit from our OPF hangar campus. Accordingly, we actively monitor certain key factors, including changes in those factors (fuel prices, new aircraft deliveries, hangar rental rates) that we believe may provide early indications of conditions that may affect the level of demand for new leases and our lease portfolio. See “—Risks Related to our Business and Operations” within the Form 10-K for more information about the risks related to our tenants and our lease payments.
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Ground Lease Expense
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One of our largest expenses is the lease payments under our ground leases. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, our operating lease expense for ground leases was $6.0 million and $2.8 million, respectively. We elect to expense rather than capitalize ground lease expense incurred at hangar campus sites under development and will incur expense under U.S. GAAP regardless of whether our ground leases defer cash rent payments until completion of construction. As we enter into new ground leases at new airport sites, our ground lease expense and associated cash payments to airport landlords will ultimately continue to increase into the future. If airport landlords increase the per acre cost of the ground lease of our target campuses, the operating margins at potential target developments may be impacted negatively.
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Interest Expense
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The general and administrative expenses reflected in our statement of operations are reflective of the professional, legal and consulting fees, payroll costs, and other general and administrative expenses, including those necessary to support our business as a public company such as expenses associated with corporate governance, SEC reporting, and other compliance matters. While we expect that our general and administrative expenses will rise in some measure as our portfolio of campuses grows, we expect that such expenses as a percentage of our portfolio will decrease over time due to efficiencies, economies of scale, insourcing of job functions, and cost control measures.
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Operating expenses increased approximately $2.0 million, or 120%, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023. The increase in operating expense is primarily reflective of increased ground lease expense, which increased approximately $1.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023. The increase in ground lease expense was driven primarily by a full quarter of expense associated with the ground and hangar lease signed at SJC during the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase in ground lease expense was also driven by the ground leases signed at PWK, BDL, and POU during the three months ended December 31, 2023, ORL during the three months ended March 31, 2024, IAD during the three months ended June 30, 2024, and SLC during the three months ended September 30, 2024. Salaries, wages, and benefits associated with our campus personnel increased by approximately $0.2 million, primarily driven by a headcount increase associated with the commencement of operations at our SJC hangar campus. Other operating expenses increased by approximately $0.2 million, primarily driven by increased utility, insurance, and other start-up expenses associated with the commencement of operations at our SJC hangar campus.
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Depreciation Expense
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Depreciation expense remained materially consistent for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023.
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For the three months ended September 30, 2024, and 2023, general and administrative expenses were approximately $4.6 million and $3.6 million, respectively. The approximately $1.0 million, or 30%, increase was primarily due to an approximately $0.7 million increase in salaries, wages, and other benefits, driven by an increase in corporate headcount and expense recognized associated with our equity compensation programs. Headcount and compensation expenses increased approximately $0.4 million and non-cash equity compensation expense increased approximately $0.3 million. Marketing and other pursuit costs increased by approximately $0.2 million, reflecting our growth strategy in securing airport site acquisitions and potential tenants.
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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
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Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 were approximately $10.1 million, compared to approximately $5.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The $4.8 million, or 90%, increase was primarily the result of the commencement of operations at our SJC hangar campus and the cumulative impact of certain additional tenant leases in place at our BNA and OPF hangar campuses as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The commencement of operations at our SJC hangar campus together with the increase in occupancy at our OPF and BNA hangar campuses for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to September 30, 2023 resulted in increased rental revenues of approximately $3.8 million. Revenue associated with our delivery of aircraft fuel increased approximately $1.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
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Operating Expenses
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Depreciation Expense
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Depreciation increased approximately $0.3 million, or 16%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The increase reflects a full nine months of depreciation associated with our OPF hangar campus, which opened during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The increase was also partially driven by the placement of additional ground support equipment into service throughout 2023 and 2024 and a full nine months of depreciation related to Rapidbuilt, which was acquired during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
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Other (Income) Expense
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Other expense increased from approximately $0.1 million to approximately $22.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023. This increase was primarily due to an approximately $23.9 million difference in the mark-to-market adjustment of the outstanding warrants at September 30, 2024 as compared to September 30, 2023. The increase was also partially offset by an approximately $1.5 million increase in other income, primarily due to interest earned on our investments in U.S. Treasuries classified as available for sale.
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The Investors have the option to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,955,790 shares of Second Closing PIPE Shares for an aggregate purchase price of up to $37.6 million. Each Investor has the option to purchase in the Second Closing up to a number of Second Closing PIPE Shares equal to the number of such Initial Investor’s Initial PIPE Shares purchased in the Initial Closing, at the same purchase price of $9.50 per share. The amount of Second Closing PIPE Shares, if any, to be issued at the Second Closing will be determined by each Investor in its sole discretion pursuant to each of their allocations, and the Second Closing will occur, if at all, at the sole discretion of the Investors, on or before the Second Closing Date, subject to customary closing conditions.
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Contractual Obligations
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The following table sets forth our contractual obligations as of September 30, 2024 (in thousands):
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Funds to meet interest payments through the first half of 2025 on the Series 2021 PABs are held in reserve as restricted cash and restricted investments.
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We are an aviation infrastructure development company building the first nationwide network of home basing hangar campuses for business aircraft. We develop, lease, and manage general aviation hangars across the United States, targeting airfields in markets with significant aircraft populations and high hangar demand. Our home basing hangar campuses feature exclusive private hangars and a full suite of dedicated services specifically optimized for home-based, versus transient, aircraft.
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We are an aviation infrastructure development company building the first nationwide network of home basing hangar campuses for business aircraft. We develop, lease and manage general aviation hangars across the United States, targeting airfields in markets with significant based aircraft populations and high hangar demand. Our home basing hangar campuses feature private and semi-private hangars and a full suite of dedicated services specifically optimized for home based, versus transient, aircraft.
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The physical footprint of the U.S. business aviation fleet grew by almost 28 million square feet in the ten years preceding the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with hangar supply lagging dramatically, especially in key growth markets. As the fleet of private jets in the United States continues to grow, with recent new aircraft deliveries exceeding retirements, demand for hangar space is at a premium in part because new jets require more square footage of hangar space and the pace of new hangar construction has lagged behind the demand. The cumulative square footage of the business aircraft fleet in the United States increased 50% between 2010 and 2021. Moreover, over that same period, there was an 81% increase in the square footage of larger private jets – those with greater than a 24-foot tail height. A recent study conducted by a business aircraft manufacturer forecasted that business aircraft will only continue to grow in the next ten years, with up to 8,500 new business jet deliveries worth over $275 billion expected to be delivered between 2024 and 2033, further supported by data from the major business aviation manufacturers that suggest the current order backlog for new business aviation aircraft is over $49 billion.
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The physical footprint of the U.S. business aviation fleet grew by almost 36 million square feet in the past fourteen years, with hangar supply lagging dramatically, especially in key growth markets. As the fleet of private jets in the United States continues to grow, with recent new aircraft deliveries exceeding retirements, demand for hangar space is at a premium in part because new jets require taller tail clearances and more square footage of hangar space and the pace of new hangar construction has lagged behind the demand. The cumulative square footage of the business aircraft fleet in the United States increased 61% between 2010 and 2023. Moreover, over that same period, there was an 102% increase in the square footage of larger private jets – those with greater than a 24-foot tail height. A recent study conducted by a business aircraft manufacturer forecasted that business aircraft will only continue to grow in the next ten years, with up to 8,500 new business jet deliveries worth over $285 billion expected to be delivered between 2025 and 2034, with over two-thirds of the deliveries expected to be comprised of larger private jets. This forecast is further supported by data from the major business aviation manufacturers that suggest the current order backlog for new business aviation aircraft as of December 31, 2024 is over $52 billion, an increase of approximately 6% over the prior year.
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These larger footprint aircraft do not fit in much of the existing hangar infrastructure and impose stacking challenges and constraints in the traditional shared or community hangars operated by FBOs. The addition of winglets (the vertical extensions on aircraft wingtips) on most modern business jets inhibits wing-over-wing storage. Aircraft hangars are in high demand and short supply, with some airports compiling waiting lists that can exceed several years.
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These larger footprint aircraft do not fit in much of the existing hangar infrastructure and impose stacking challenges and constraints in the traditional shared or community hangars operated by fixed-base operators (“FBO”). The addition of winglets (the vertical extensions on aircraft wingtips) on most modern business jets inhibits wing-over-wing storage. Aircraft hangars are in high demand and short supply, with some airports compiling waiting lists that can exceed several years.
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We believe our scalable, real estate-centric business model is uniquely optimized to capture this market opportunity and address the increased imbalance between the supply and demand for private jet storage. We intend to capitalize on the existing hangar supply constraints at major U.S. airports by targeting high-end tenants in markets where there is a shortage of private and FBO hangar space, or where such hangars are or are becoming obsolete.
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We believe our scalable, real estate-centric business model is uniquely positioned to capture this market opportunity and address the increased imbalance between the supply and demand for private jet storage. We intend to capitalize on the existing hangar supply constraints at major U.S. airports by targeting high-end tenants in markets where there is a shortage of private and FBO hangar space, or where such hangars are or are becoming obsolete.
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We expect to realize economies of scale in construction through a prototype hangar design replicated at our hangar campuses across the United States. This allows for centralized procurement, straightforward permitting processes, efficient development processes, and the best hangar in business aviation. Unlike a service company, our revenues are mostly derived from long-term rental agreements, offering stability and forward visibility of revenues and cash flows. This allows the Company to fund its development through the public bond market, providing capital efficiency and mitigating refinance risk.
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We expect to realize economies of scale in construction through a prototype hangar design replicated at our home basing hangar campuses across the United States. This allows for centralized procurement, straightforward permitting processes, efficient development processes, and the best hangar in business aviation. Unlike a service company, our revenues are mostly derived from long-term rental agreements, offering stability and forward visibility of revenues and cash flows. This allows the Company to fund its development through the public bond market, providing capital efficiency and mitigating refinance risk.
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The table below presents certain information with respect to our portfolio as of September 30, 2024.
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The table below presents certain information with respect to our portfolio of ground leases as of March 31, 2025.
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In August 2024, we entered into the SLC Lease at SLC with the Salt Lake City Corporation. The SLC Lease covers approximately 8.4 acres of property at SLC. The initial term of the SLC Lease will be 30 years from the earlier of certificate of occupancy or 24 months from the expiration of the diligence period, as defined in the SLC Lease, with lease payments commencing contemporaneously with the term. The SLC Lease contains two options exercisable by us to extend the SLC Lease for an additional 20 years following the expiration of the initial term. Under the terms of the SLC Lease, we are required to make minimum capital improvements of $40 million.
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In April 2025, we entered into the HIO Lease at HIO with the Port of Portland. The HIO Lease covers approximately 13 acres of property at HIO. The initial term of the HIO Lease will be 35 years from the later of certificate of occupancy or 18 months from the expiration of the diligence period, as defined in the HIO Lease, with lease payments commencing contemporaneously with the term. The HIO Lease contains an option exercisable by the Company to extend the HIO Lease for an additional 10 years following the expiration of the initial term.
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When constructing our home basing hangar campuses, we use various materials, assemblies, and labor components. We contract for our materials and labor with various general contractors under guaranteed maximum price (GMP) contracts upon receipt of building permits. This allows us to mitigate certain inflationary pressures associated with increases in certain building materials and labor costs between the time construction begins at a hangar campus and the time it is completed. Typically, the materials and most of the components used to construct our hangar campuses are readily available in the United States. We continue to monitor the supply markets and ensure robust competition to achieve the best prices available. Typically, the price changes that most significantly influence our operations are price increases in steel, concrete, and labor. We believe that recent inflationary pressures and market conditions will lead to continued increases in construction costs and market rental rates for hangars within our development projects. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to increase the lease rates for the hangars within our hangar campuses to absorb these increased costs and/or delays, if at all.
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When constructing our home basing hangar campuses, we use various materials, assemblies, and labor components. We contract for our materials and labor with various general contractors under guaranteed maximum price (GMP) contracts upon receipt of building permits. This allows us to mitigate certain inflationary pressures associated with increases in certain building materials and labor costs between the time construction begins at a hangar campus and the time it is completed. Typically, the materials and most of the components used to construct our hangar campuses are readily available in the United States, and we attempt to procure such materials from domestic sources where and when possible. We monitor the supply markets and ensure robust competition to achieve the best prices available. Typically, the price changes that most significantly influence our development operations are price increases in steel, concrete, and labor. In February 2025, the President of the United States issued an executive order reimposing tariffs on steel imports from all sources, ending country and product exemptions, and broadening the application of the tariffs to fabricated steel products. This order became effective on March 12, 2025. There can be no assurance as to when or if these or other import tariffs, quotas or other duties may be enacted, enforced, extended, modified or terminated in the future, or the extent of the impact of such tariffs will have on the cost of our construction materials. We believe that it is possible that market conditions, including recent and proposed changes in trade policies, may lead to continued increases in construction costs and market rental rates for hangars within our development projects. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to increase the lease rates for the hangars within our hangar campuses to absorb these increased costs, if at all.
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In May 2023, we acquired a controlling interest in Rapidbuilt, a metal building and hangar door manufacturer, that we expect will ultimately result in an increase in quality and a reduction in the overall cost of the metal building and hangar door components at future development projects. We expect that over time this vertical integration will enable us to deliver metal buildings to most of our development sites in shorter times as compared to the anticipated lead times associated with conventional metal building fabricators. We believe internal building fabrication will provide us opportunities to aggressively target continued schedule compression at most of our development projects in the future. In December 2023, we engaged several structural engineering firms to perform an independent peer review of the hangar buildings designed for our DVT Phase I and APA Phase I development projects. The independent peer reviews determined a significant design defect existed within our prototype hangar building designs that requires retrofitting to both meet and exceed our standards and the respective local building codes. The anticipated retrofitting efforts are also expected to be applied to ADS Phase I, and we project that the aggregate additional cost of such retrofits could total between $26 to $28 million and require an additional three to five months of construction duration for each project impacted. Given the planned design enhancements at our APA Phase I, DVT Phase I, and ADS Phase I development projects, we anticipate that our total construction costs for these projects to each be greater than our original estimates, and outside of the scope of the guaranteed maximum price construction contracts. In March 2024, we funded the increase in estimated costs by contributing $27 million of our corporate cash holdings to SHC, thereby restricting the use of such cash to the project scope of the Series 2021 Bonds.
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In May 2023, we acquired a controlling interest in a metal building and hangar door manufacturer, that we expect will ultimately result in an increase in quality and a reduction in the overall cost of the metal building and hangar door components at future development projects. We expect that over time this vertical integration will enable us to deliver metal buildings to most of our development sites in shorter times as compared to the anticipated lead times associated with conventional metal building fabricators. We believe internal building fabrication will provide us opportunities to aggressively target continued schedule compression at most of our development projects in the future. In December 2023, we engaged several structural engineering firms to perform an independent peer review of the hangar buildings designed for our DVT Phase I and APA Phase I development projects. The independent peer reviews determined a significant design defect existed within our prototype hangar building designs that required retrofitting to both meet and exceed our standards and the respective local building codes. The anticipated retrofitting efforts were also applied to ADS Phase I, and we believe the aggregate additional cost of such retrofits totaled between $26 to $28 million. Such retrofitting efforts required an additional three to five months of construction duration for each project impacted. Given the design enhancements implemented at our APA Phase I, DVT Phase I, and ADS Phase I development projects, our total construction costs for these projects were each greater than our original estimates, and outside of the scope of the original guaranteed maximum price construction contracts. In March 2024, we funded the increase in estimated costs by contributing $27 million of our corporate cash holdings to SHC, thereby restricting the use of such cash to the project scope of the Series 2021 Bonds.
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Our projections associated with the commencement and completion of construction, estimated total construction cost, hangars, and rentable square footage of our properties in development are inherently subjective and require judgement to estimate. We believe that our estimates of construction costs and timelines are subject to variability based on various factors including, but not limited to, changes in anticipated site plans, hangar mix, hangar specifications, executed guaranteed maximum price construction contracts, and general market conditions. In May 2024, we updated many of our preliminary estimates based on our intention to begin incorporating a larger hangar prototype into our home basing hangar campuses, which is intended to provide an increase in rentable square footage of hangar, office, and lounge space upon completion. This larger hangar prototype requires an increase in construction materials and components, and we expect its incorporation into multiple future development projects will ultimately result in cost savings through the realization of economies of scale. Our updated estimates of total construction costs do not include projections of potential cost reductions due to such efficiencies. We intend to continue to aggressively mitigate inflationary pressures, reduce construction costs to the greatest extent possible, and pursue compressed development schedules. We currently structure our guaranteed maximum price construction contracts with shared savings clauses to incentivize the general contractors to reduce construction costs. No assurance can be given that our cost mitigation strategies will be successful, the costs of our ongoing and future projects will not exceed budgets or the guaranteed maximum price for such projects, or that the completion will not be delayed beyond the projected completion dates.
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Our projections associated with the commencement and completion of construction, estimated total construction cost, hangars, and rentable square footage of our properties in development are inherently subjective and require judgement to estimate. We believe that our estimates of construction costs and timelines are subject to variability based on various factors including, but not limited to, changes in anticipated site plans, hangar mix, hangar specifications, executed guaranteed maximum price construction contracts, and general market conditions. During 2024, we updated many of our preliminary estimates based on our intention to begin incorporating a larger hangar prototype into our home basing hangar campuses, which is intended to provide an increase in rentable square footage of hangar, office, and lounge space upon completion. This larger hangar prototype requires an increase in construction materials and components, and we expect its incorporation into multiple future development projects will ultimately result in cost savings through the realization of economies of scale. Our updated estimates of total construction costs do not include projections of potential cost reductions due to such efficiencies, and we continue to reevaluate our preliminary and updated estimates from time to time over the course of the development lifecycle. We intend to continue to aggressively mitigate inflationary pressures, reduce construction costs to the greatest extent possible, and pursue compressed development schedules. We currently structure our guaranteed maximum price construction contracts with shared savings clauses to incentivize the general contractors to reduce construction costs. No assurance can be given that our cost mitigation strategies will be successful, the costs of our ongoing and future projects will not exceed budgets or the guaranteed maximum price for such projects, or that the completion will not be delayed beyond the projected completion dates.
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Economic conditions and actions by policymaking bodies contributed to rising interest rates, which, along with increases in our borrowing levels, could increase our future borrowing costs. While benchmark interest rates have been reduced and additional reductions are expected in the coming quarters, we do not yet know the level of such reductions and the ultimate impact on our borrowing costs. We expect to issue additional debt to finance future site developments and elevated interest rates would impact our overall economic performance. In addition, we are subject to credit spreads demanded by fixed income investors. As a non-rated issuer, increases in general of credit spreads in the market, or for us, may result in a higher cost of borrowing in the future. We intend to access the bond market on an opportunistic basis. In addition, we may hedge against rising benchmark interest rates by entering into hedging strategies with high quality counterparties.
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Economic conditions and actions by policymaking bodies contributed to rising interest rates, which, along with increases in our borrowing levels, could increase our future borrowing costs. While the Federal Reserve reduced interest rates in September, November, and December 2024 and has indicated the potential for further rate cuts, interest rates remain relatively high and there can be no certainty with respect to the occurrence, timing, or magnitude of further interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, and thus no certainty with respect to the ultimate impact on our borrowing costs. We expect to issue additional debt to finance future site developments and elevated interest rates would impact our overall economic performance. In addition, we are subject to credit spreads demanded by fixed income investors. As a non-rated issuer, increases in general of credit spreads in the market, or for us, may result in a higher cost of borrowing in the future. We intend to access the bond market on an opportunistic basis. In addition, we may hedge against rising benchmark interest rates by entering into hedging strategies with high quality counterparties.
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We previously raised equity capital, along with potential future debt and further equity issuances, including the 2024 Private Placement Purchase Agreement and 2023 Private Placement Purchase Agreement entered into on September 16, 2024 and November 1, 2023, respectively, seeLiquidity and Capital Resources — Private Placement and Securities Purchase Agreement** ****below, to begin to fund additional airport campuses and reach up to 20 airport campuses over the next several years. We also have the ability to access the capital markets through our ATM Facility and through our effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3. On average, each future campus is anticipated to be composed of 200,000 rentable square feet and is expected to cost approximately $55 million per campus, with 65% or more to be funded with additional private activity bonds or other indebtedness. All future hangar campus projects are discretionary and require us to identify the appropriate airports with the target hangar demand economics, secure required ground leases and permits, and complete future construction at such sites.
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We previously raised equity capital, along with potential future debt and further equity issuances, including the 2024 Purchase Agreement and 2023 Purchase Agreement (as defined herein) entered into on September 16, 2024 and November 1, 2023, respectively, seeLiquidity and Capital Resources—Private Placement and Securities Purchase Agreement*** ***below, to begin to fund additional airport campuses and reach up to 20 airport campuses over the next several years. We also have the ability to access the capital markets through our ATM Facility and through our effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3. On average, each future campus is anticipated to be composed of 200,000 rentable square feet and is expected to cost approximately $60 million per campus, with 65% to 75% or more to be funded with additional private activity bonds or other indebtedness. All future hangar campus projects are discretionary and require us to identify the appropriate airports with the target hangar demand economics, secure required ground leases and permits, and complete future construction at such sites.
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Revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 were approximately $4.1 million, compared to approximately $2.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The $1.6 million, or 64%, increase was primarily the result of the commencement of operations at SJC during the three months ended June 30, 2024 and the impact of increased occupancy at our BNA and OPF hangar campuses, offset by approximately $0.4 million of net non-recurring adjustments to revenue recognized during the three months ended September 30, 2023, primarily associated with a negotiated lease termination fee from a former tenant of two hangars at OPF. Revenue associated with our delivery of aircraft fuel increased approximately $0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023.
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Rental revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2025 were approximately $4.4 million, compared to approximately $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The $2.3 million, or 109%, increase was primarily the result of operations at CMA, which was acquired during the three months ended December 31, 2024, the commencement of operations at SJC during the three months ended June 30, 2024, and the cumulative impact of increased occupancy at our BNA and OPF hangar campuses.
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Operating expenses increased approximately $3.9 million, or 76%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The increase in operating expense is primarily reflective of increased ground lease expense, which increased by approximately $3.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The increase in ground lease expense was driven primarily by two full quarters of operating lease expense associated with the ground and hangar lease signed at SJC during the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase in ground lease expense was also driven by new ground leases signed at PWK, BDL, and POU during the three months ended December 31, 2023 and at ORL, IAD, and SLC during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Salaries, wages, and benefits associated with our campus personnel increased by approximately $0.4 million, primarily driven by a headcount increase associated with the commencement of operations at our SJC hangar campus in April 2024.
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Ground lease expenses increased approximately $1.7 million, or 136%, from approximately $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, to approximately $2.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase in ground lease expense was driven primarily by expense recognized associated with the ground and hangar lease signed at SJC during the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase in ground lease expense was also driven by the ground leases signed at ORL during the three months ended March 31, 2024, IAD during the three months ended June 30, 2024, SLC during the three months ended September 30, 2024, and the ground leases assumed as part of the CMA Transaction during the three months ended December 31, 2024.
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For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, and 2023, general and administrative expenses were approximately $14.1 million and $10.8 million, respectively. The approximately $3.3 million, or 30%, increase was primarily due to an approximately $3.0 million increase in salaries, wages, and other benefits, driven by an increase in corporate headcount and expense recognized associated with our equity compensation programs. Headcount and compensation expenses increased approximately $1.6 million, and non-cash equity compensation expense increased approximately $1.4 million.
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Employee compensation and benefits expenses increased approximately $0.7 million, or 18%, to $4.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to approximately $3.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase was primarily driven by an increase in corporate headcount and expense recognized associated with our equity compensation programs. Headcount and compensation expenses increased approximately $0.5 million, and non-cash equity compensation expense increased approximately $0.2 million.
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Other expense increased from approximately $1.4 million of income for the three months ended September 30, 2023, to approximately $15.8 million of expense for the three months ended September 30, 2024. This increase was primarily due to an approximately $17.6 million difference in the mark-to-market adjustment of the outstanding warrants at September 30, 2024 as compared to September 30, 2023. The increase was also partially offset by an approximately $0.3 million increase in other income, primarily due to interest earned on our investments in U.S. Treasuries classified as available for sale.
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Other expense decreased from approximately $16.0 million of expense for the three months ended March 31, 2024, to approximately $2.3 million of expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025. This decrease was primarily due to an approximately $13.7 million difference in the mark-to-market adjustment of the outstanding warrants at March 31, 2025 as compared to March 31, 2024.
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We believe that we have access to multiple sources of capital to fund our long-term liquidity requirements, including the incurrence of additional private activity bonds and other debt and the issuance of additional equity securities. We also have the ability to utilize our $100 million ATM Facility or otherwise utilize our shelf registration statement on Form S-3 to access the capital markets. However, as we have recently become a publicly-traded company, we cannot assure you that we will have access to these sources of capital or that, even if such sources of capital are available, that these sources of capital will be available on favorable terms. Our ability to incur additional debt will depend on multiple factors, including our degree of leverage, the value of our unencumbered assets and borrowing restrictions that are or may be imposed by future lenders. Our ability to access the equity and debt capital markets will depend on multiple factors as well, including general market conditions for real estate companies, our degree of leverage, the trading price of our common stock and debt and market perceptions about our Company.
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We believe that we have access to multiple sources of capital to fund our long-term liquidity requirements, including the incurrence of additional private activity bonds and other debt and the issuance of additional equity securities. We also have the ability to utilize our ATM Facility or otherwise utilize our shelf registration statement on Form S-3 to access the capital markets. However, as we have recently become a publicly-traded company, we cannot assure you that we will have access to these sources of capital or that, even if such sources of capital are available, that these sources of capital will be available on favorable terms. Our ability to incur additional debt will depend on multiple factors, including our degree of leverage, the value of our unencumbered assets and borrowing restrictions that are or may be imposed by future lenders. Our ability to access the equity and debt capital markets will depend on multiple factors as well, including general market conditions for real estate companies, our degree of leverage, the trading price of our common stock and debt and market perceptions about our Company.
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On September 16, 2024, we entered into the 2024 Private Placement Purchase Agreement with the Initial Investors relating to, among other things, the issuance and sale to the Initial Investors at an initial closing an aggregate of 3,352,106 Initial PIPE Shares of our Class A Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $31.8 million. On October 25, 2024, the Additional Investors each executed a joinder to the 2024 Private Placement Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Additional Investors agreed to purchase, and we agreed to sell, an aggregate of 603,684 additional shares of First Closing PIPE Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $5.7 million. The Initial Closing under the 2024 Private Placement Purchase Agreement occurred on October 25, 2024, and 3,955,790 First Closing PIPE Shares were issued to the Investors for an aggregate purchase price of $37.6 million.
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On September 16, 2024, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “2024 Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors (collectively, the “Initial 2024 Investors”) relating to, among other things, the issuance and sale to the Initial 2024 Investors at an initial closing an aggregate of 3,352,106 shares (the “Initial 2024 PIPE Shares”) of our Class A Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $31.8 million (the “Initial 2024 Closing” . On October 25, 2024, additional investors (the “Additional 2024 Investors”) each executed a joinder to the 2024 Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Additional 2024 Investors agreed to purchase, and we agreed to sell, an aggregate of 603,684 shares (the “Additional 2024 PIPE Shares”, and together with the Initial 2024 PIPE Shares, the “First Closing 2024 PIPE Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $5.7 million. The Initial 2024 Closing under the 2024 Purchase Agreement occurred on October 25, 2024, and 3,955,790 First Closing 2024 PIPE Shares were issued to the Investors for an aggregate purchase price of $37.6 million. In December 2024, we sold and issued to the 2024 Investors an aggregate of 3,955,790 shares (the “Second Closing 2024 PIPE Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $37.6 million (the “Second 2024 Closing”). Inclusive of the Initial 2024 Closing, we issued and sold an aggregate of 7,911,580 shares of Class A Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $75.2 million.
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On November 1, 2023, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “2023 Private Placement Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors (collectively, the “2023 Investors”), pursuant to which we (i) sold and issued to the 2023 Investors on November 2, 2023 an aggregate of 6,586,154 shares (the “2023 Initial PIPE Shares”) of our Class A Common Stock and accompanying warrants to purchase up to 1,141,600 shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Initial PIPE Warrants”), for an aggregate purchase price of $42.8 million (the “2023 Initial Financing”), and (ii) sold and issued to the 2023 Investors on November 29, 2023 an aggregate of 2,307,692 shares of our Class A Common Stock (the “2023 Additional PIPE Shares” and, together with the 2023 Initial PIPE Shares, the “2023 PIPE Shares”) and accompanying warrants to purchase an aggregate of 400,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Additional PIPE Warrants” and, together with the Initial PIPE Warrants, the “PIPE Warrants”) for an aggregate purchase price of $15.0 million. Together with the 2023 Initial Financing, the aggregate PIPE financing through the 2023 Private Placement Purchase Agreement totaled approximately $57.8 million.
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On November 1, 2023, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “2023 Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors (collectively, the “2023 Investors”), pursuant to which we sold and issued to the 2023 Investors at an initial closing an aggregate of 6,586,154 shares of our Class A Common Stock (the “Initial 2023 PIPE Shares”) and accompanying warrants to purchase up to 1,141,600 shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Initial PIPE Warrants”), for an aggregate purchase price of $42.8 million (the "Initial 2023 Financing"). On November 29, 2023, pursuant to the terms of the 2023 Purchase Agreement, we sold and issued to the 2023 Investors an aggregate of 2,307,692 shares of our Class A Common Stock (the “2023 Additional PIPE Shares” and, together with the 2023 Initial PIPE Shares, the “2023 PIPE Shares”) and accompanying warrants to purchase an aggregate of 400,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Additional PIPE Warrants” and, together with the Initial PIPE Warrants, the “PIPE Warrants”) for an aggregate purchase price of $15.0 million. The aggregate PIPE financing through the 2023 Purchase Agreement totaled approximately $57.8 million.
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On March 27, 2024, we entered into an At Market Issuance Sales Agreement (the “ATM Agreement”) with B. Riley Securities, Inc. (“B. Riley”) with respect to an “at the market” offering program (the “ATM Facility”), under which we may, from time to time, at our sole discretion, issue and sell through B. Riley, acting as sales agent, up to $100 million of shares of Class A Common Stock. Pursuant to the ATM Agreement, we may sell the shares through B. Riley by any method permitted that is deemed an “at the market” offering as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act. B. Riley will use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices to sell the shares from time to time, based upon instructions from us, including any price or size limits or other customary parameters or conditions we may impose. We will pay B. Riley a commission of 3.0% of the gross sales price per share sold under the ATM Agreement, subject to certain reductions. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, we sold no shares of Class A Common Stock under the ATM Facility. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we sold 7,407 shares of Class A Common Stock under the ATM Facility at a weighted-average sales price of $12.42.
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On March 27, 2024, we entered into an At Market Issuance Sales Agreement (the “ATM Agreement”) with B. Riley Securities, Inc. (“B. Riley”) with respect to an “at the market” offering program (the “ATM Facility”), under which we may, from time to time, at our sole discretion, issue and sell through B. Riley, acting as sales agent, up to $100 million of shares of Class A Common Stock. Pursuant to the ATM Agreement, we may sell the shares through B. Riley by any method permitted that is deemed an “at the market” offering as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act. B. Riley will use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices to sell the shares from time to time, based upon instructions from us, including any price or size limits or other customary parameters or conditions we may impose. We will pay B. Riley a commission of 3.0% of the gross sales price per share sold under the ATM Agreement, subject to certain reductions. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we sold no shares of Class A Common Stock under the ATM Facility. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, we sold 79,676 shares of Class A Common Stock under the ATM Facility at a weighted-average sales price of $13.75. As a result, we have approximately $98.9 million in remaining capacity under our ATM Facility.
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The table below sets forth certain information with respect to our future minimum lease payments required under leases as of September 30, 2024 (in thousands):
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The Company’s future minimum lease payments required under leases as of March 31, 2025 were as follows:
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The following table summarizes our sources and uses of cash for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):
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The following table summarizes our sources and uses of cash for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):
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Net cash used in operating activities was approximately $6.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to cash used in operating activities of approximately $6.2 million for the same period in 2023. The $0.4 million increase in cash used in operating activities was primarily attributable to an approximately $2.5 million unfavorable change in the Company's working capital position, which was primarily driven by the timing of vendor payments and tenant receipts. The change in working capital position was offset by an approximately $2.1 million decrease in net loss, net of non-cash adjustments. The decrease in net loss, net of non-cash adjustments was primarily driven by an increase in rental revenue and the impact of increases in non-cash operating lease expense and equity-based compensation expense.
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Net cash used in operating activities was approximately $5.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to cash used in operating activities of approximately $4.4 million for the same period in 2024. The $0.6 million increase in cash used in operating activities was primarily attributable to an approximately $0.5 million increase in net loss, net of non-cash adjustments and an approximately $0.1 million unfavorable change in working capital. The increase in net loss, net of non-cash adjustments was primarily driven by the impact of increases in headcount at both the corporate and hangar campus level, including start-up expenses incurred in anticipation of commencing operations at DVT, APA, and ADS. The unfavorable change in working capital was primarily driven by the timing of spending commitments and payments of our accounts payable and other accrued expenses.
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Net cash provided by investing activities was approximately $8.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to cash provided by investing activities of approximately $2.1 million for the same period in 2023. The increase of approximately $6.3 million of cash provided by investing activities was driven primarily by an increase of approximately $185.1 million in proceeds received from the Company's available-for-sale investments, and a decrease of approximately $104 million of purchases of held-to-maturity investments. These increases were offset by an increase of approximately $201.5 million of available-for-sale U.S. Treasury purchases for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Proceeds received from the Company's held-to-maturity investments decreased by approximately $67.0 million and capital expenditures increased by approximately $14.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
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Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $4.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to cash provided by investing activities of approximately $33.9 million for the same period in 2024. The decrease of approximately $38.4 million of cash provided by investing activities was driven primarily by a decrease in proceeds received from held-to-maturity investments of approximately $68.0 million and an increase of capital expenditures of approximately $14.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024. These impacts were offset by an approximately $44.8 million decrease in purchases of available for sale investments.
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Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to net cash used in financing activities of approximately $0.5 million for the same period in 2023. The approximately $0.7 million increase in net cash provided by financing activities was primarily driven by $2.9 million of proceeds received from the exercise of Warrants during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, offset by increases of approximately $1.1 million, $0.8 million, and $0.4 million in payments associated with vested equity awards, loan principal payments, and equity issuance costs, respectively.
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Net cash used in financing activities was approximately $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to net cash provided by financing activities of approximately $0.3 million for the same period in 2024. The approximately $1.5 million increase in net cash used in financing activities was primarily driven by a decrease of $1.5 million in proceeds received from the exercise of Warrants during the three months ended March 31, 2024.
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The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated results of operations for the periods indicated below and the changes between the periods (in thousands).