Aerospace Companies: Accelerate With Us

Year-round near-perfect weather, competitive operating costs and world-class educational and infrastructure assets make Greater Phoenix an ideal location for nearly 300 aerospace companies, including Honeywell, Boeing and General Dynamics.

Aerospace industry advantages

Ranked among the top 10 U.S. cities for defense and security jobs, Greater Phoenix also offers aerospace companies the following advantages:

• One of the 10 safest cities in the U.S. for the absence of catastrophic weather-related events, according to Risk and Insurance magazine
• Low payroll tax rates and labor costs
• Foreign Trade Zone incentives*
• Military Re-Use Zone incentive incentives*

* Often, these incentive programs can provide the lowest effective tax rates available anywhere in the U.S.

In the worldwide top ten for takeoffs/landings

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport achieves one of the highest percentages of operational time of any major airport in the U.S. This means fewer delays for travelers and less stressful trips.

Defense and aerospace industry workforce pipeline

Greater Phoenix’s roots in aerospace and high-tech produce a unique concentration of skilled engineers.

• Arizona State University (ASU)’s Polytechnic campus prepares aviation and aerospace industry professionals with its unique laboratories and airline industry collaboration. Facilities include high-altitude chambers, full-motion regional jet simulators for virtual flight training and an airline bridge training program designed to facilitate job placement.

• Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) also offers training in aviation, electric utility technology and automated manufacturing systems at its Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport campus. CGCC’s technical specialties include aircraft maintenance, electronics/aviation, aircraft construction and the only Federal Aviation Administration approved aviation maintenance and flight programs in the U.S.
  

Resource for national space and defense efforts.

Ongoing collaboration with NASA solidifies Greater Phoenix’s leading industry position. ASU has participated in every major NASA planetary science mission since Apollo first put humans on the lunar surface.

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway: An aviation service center hub

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC), a world-leading manufacturer of corporate, special mission and trainer aircraft, is opening a new maintenance and service center at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. This makes HBC the fourth major aviation company expanding to the airport, joining Cessna, Embraer and Crown Air. 

Contact GPEC

The Greater Phoenix Economic Council team would love to hear from you. Contact us by email or by phone at 602.256.7700.