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I'm talking specifically about small airports where they don't have the fancy equipment and they actually have to go to a specific place to refuel for example cars go to gas station / petrol station so:

Is there an official term for a fuel station specific to planes?

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    $\begingroup$ In some places, it's simply the Kwik Stop $\endgroup$
    – Machavity
    Jul 26, 2018 at 16:53
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    $\begingroup$ Official? Per whose office? $\endgroup$
    – hobbs
    Jul 27, 2018 at 7:55

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At airport with a standalone self-serve facility, it's a Self Serve Fuel(ing) Station. If it's a business selling fuel in addition to other services, that is a Fixed Base Operator, or FBO.

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On a small GA airfield we just refer to them as "The pumps". As in my typical radio conversation goes like this

[Airfield] [service], G-ABCD request taxi to pumps.

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They’re referred to as self service fuel pumps, or fuel terminals. I don’t know if anybody has officially named the but pilots call them that.

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Our fuel pumps are on the west side of the airport and most people just request: “Taxi to west-side fuel.”

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