Baron Aviation Services

Baron Aviation Services is a cargo airline based in Vichy, Missouri, in the central United States. The company has been flying since 1973 and holds an FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate. It operates under the ICAO code BVN and the radio callsign SHOW-ME, and its published profile is that of a freight feeder operator rather than a passenger charter company.

The core of the business is feeder freight for FedEx Express. Baron carries small package express loads between FedEx hubs and smaller communities across the United States, the kind of short regional sectors that larger jet freighters cannot serve economically. For decades the fleet has been built around the Cessna 208 Caravan, a single engine turboprop well suited to short runways and daily shuttle patterns. In April 2026 the company began FedEx feeder flights with the new twin engine Cessna 408 SkyCourier, and trade press reported it as the fifth FedEx feeder operator to be assigned the type.

Baron does not publish third party safety audits or industry memberships that could be verified for this profile. The regulator fleet record shows Cessna Caravan and Cessna SkyCourier aircraft, which matches the feeder role described in the press.