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Greensboro, NC 27401
Office: (336) 387-8302
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Aviation Cluster
North Carolina has enjoyed a heritage as the birthplace of aviation ever since Orville and Wilbur Wright took their maiden voyage in Kitty Hawk in 1903. Greensboro is continuing that legacy, providing aviation and aerospace companies with unlimited advantages for long-term, sustainable growth.
Piedmont Triad International Airport
The Piedmont Triad International Airport is crucial to the success
of Greensboro’s aviation cluster. The airport is part of a 3,500-acre
campus that is home to more than 50 companies that infuse an estimated
$1 billion into the local community annually. More than 4,500 people
work on the campus.
Today, the airport is the site of an aviation school, several freight
and overnight delivery carriers, two fixed based operators, TIMCO
and Cessna maintenance facilities, and the world headquarters and
manufacturing center for Honda Aircraft Company that will manufacture
the new HondaJet. The terminal’s 256,000 square feet include two
concourses and 23 aircraft gates. Presently, the airfield facilities
include a main 10,000-foot runway and a 6,380-foot cross-wind runway.
The Piedmont Triad International Airport
also includes the state-of-the-art FedEx
Mid-Atlantic Hub, which opened in 2009.
Aviation
Cluster Fact Sheet PDF
Aviation
Cluster Brochure