Avfuel

Avfuel Corporation, headquartered at 47 West Ellsworth in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was founded in 1973, was acquired by Craig R. Sincock in 1985 and remains family-owned and privately operated — Sincock is chairman and CEO, C.R. Sincock II is president. It describes itself as a supply and logistics company covering refinery to wingtip, buying through 90-plus refinery relationships and 300-plus terminals and moving product by pipeline, barge, rail and truck with 24/7 dispatch. Its newest count is 3,500 locations worldwide and 720-plus Avfuel-branded FBOs, and it says 29% of branded US FBOs fly its flag.

The fuel list is Jet A, Jet A with FSII, 100LL, Swift Fuels' UL94 (which Avfuel distributes) and sustainable aviation fuel: 58 SAF locations across the US, UK and EU as of October 2025, supplied through terminals including Dallas, Port Everglades, Linden NJ, Pasadena TX and Denver, with book-and-claim certificates and the AvfuelZero portal for emissions measurement and offsets. Avfuel is certified under the NATA Sustainability Standard and has fielded an electric refueler in Monterey.

The bundle around the fuel is the reason FBOs brand: the Avfuel Pro Card (contract plus retail pricing at 3,500-plus locations, no annual or transaction fees, held by 6,500 flight departments), the Retail, AVTRIP and Fly Louie cards, Fixed-Forward Pricing, and AVTRIP rewards (2 to 3 points per gallon by tier, $25 per 5,000 points, points never expire, 525-plus participating FBOs). For the ramp: Avfuel Training's Line Service Fuel Safety and Part 139-approved Supervisory Fuel Safety courses, free QA seminars for network employees, Avsurance (a wholly owned insurance subsidiary since 1991 placing 300-plus accounts with AIG, Allianz, Chubb and QBE), AVTANK branded refuelers and storage, Avlease equipment leasing, Avfinance, the Avfuel Hub point-of-sale system, AVPLAN trip support, and signage, uniforms and trade-show support from an in-house marketing team.