wrote:
Hangers (like anything else) should rent at market rates.

Except when hangar supply is artificially limited by a public airport's
governing authority, either because they give a single FBO a monopoly or
because they prohibit additional hangar construction. In such cases it is
very reasonable to regulate hangar fees to avoid gouging.

Amen.
Such monopolies are relatively common, it seems, and tend to suppress
general aviation around the country. In my city, for example, one FBO
controls all the rented tiedowns and hangars at both airports via a
sweetheart deal with the city Airport Authority. Attempts to build more
hangars are stonewalled and rents are artificially high.
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Dan
C172RG at BFM