Aviation digital partner
The digital partner for aviation businesses.
Websites, growth, creative, and systems for flight schools, air tour operators, and charter companies. Built by a pilot who writes the code and directs the creative.
Why Pylon8
A serious founder-led firm with specialist capacity when needed. Most aviation businesses are stuck with a digital presence that doesn't reflect the quality of what they actually do. Pylon8 closes that gap.
Not a website shop, not a social media agency, not a faceless studio. We know what a discovery flight is worth, why the first operator to reply wins the booking, and how a tourist picks between two tour operators at 11pm the night before they fly.
What we deliver
Four outcomes. Every capability your business needs to get there.
Free growth audit
See exactly where you're losing bookings. Free.
Send us your operation and we'll review it like a prospect would, then tell you what's costing you customers. Built for flight schools, tour operators, and charter companies.
A review of your site and booking flow
The specific friction costing you bookings
A prioritized, no-obligation fix list
Personalized and sent within 3 business days. No pitch, no obligation.
Selected work
Selected work across aviation.
The founder
A pilot who builds the software and directs the creative.
Pylon8 is founder-led. Strategy, creative direction, and core execution stay directly with Nathan Van Kempen, a certified flight instructor who also builds production software. He knows the difference between Part 61 and Part 141, and he knows what drives a booking.
The work is remote-first. Photography and video are available on request, on location when a project calls for it. When something needs extra production capacity or a specialized discipline, we bring in trusted collaborators. No layers of account management, no anonymous subcontractors, no work you haven't approved.
More about Nathan
Nathan Van Kempen · CFI · Software engineer
How we work
From first call to first booking.
01
Discovery
We study your airport, your market, and your competitors. We learn what actually drives student starts, tour bookings, and charter inquiries in your area, because we have stood on that ramp.
02
Strategy
We map the outcome before touching design. Who your customer is, what they search, where they hesitate, and what has to exist for them to book with you instead of the operator down the field.
03
Build
Websites, campaigns, creative, and systems, directed and built by the person who planned them. No handoffs, no lost context, no middlemen between you and the work.
04
Grow
We ship, wire up analytics, and track every lead from day one. Then we keep optimizing the content, campaigns, and conversion as the numbers come in.
Free growth audit
See where you're losing bookings. Free.
Tell us about your operation and we'll send a personalized audit of your site, booking flow, and online presence within 3 business days. No pitch, no obligation.