---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-000437"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SKYH"
cik: "0001823587"
company_name: "Sky Harbour Group Corp"
filed_at: "2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T04:47:24.115686+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sky Harbour appoints new COO, raises Dallas-Addison Phase 1 budget to $30-32M

## Summary
- COO Alexander Saltzman stepped down Dec 31, 2023; unvested incentive units fully vest, RSUs forfeited.
- Will Whitesell appointed COO effective Jan 3, 2024; $500K base salary, target bonuses up to 300% of salary, $1.1M RSU grant.
- Loren Benedict joins as chief of operations at subsidiary RapidBuilt, bringing PEMB experience.
- Dallas-Addison Phase 1 budget increased to $30-32M from $25-27M due to owner-initiated improvements; funded from corporate cash.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-000437
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SKYH
- cik: 0001823587
- company_name: Sky Harbour Group Corp
- filed_at: 2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823587/000143774924000437/0001437749-24-000437-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823587/000143774924000437/ysac20240102_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-000437.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alexander Saltzman departed as Chief Operating Officer at Sky Harbour Group Corp.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On December 31, 2023, Sky Harbour Group Corporation (the “Company”) and Sky Harbour LLC (“Sky”), a subsidiary of the Company, reached a mutual agreement with Alexander Saltzman, Chief Operating Officer of the Company and Sky, that Mr. Saltzman would step down from such positions, effective December 31, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823587/000143774924000437/0001437749-24-000437-index.htm
- Executive change
  Willard Whitesell was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Sky Harbour Group Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On November 21, 2023, the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Willard Whitesell as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective as of his first date of employment, January 3, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823587/000143774924000437/0001437749-24-000437-index.htm

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