Aviation and Aerospace No. 1 in Aerospace in the U.S....Aircraft maintenance and repair services...
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DALLAS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDE 2021 2021 DALLAS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDE 105 104 INDUSTRY | AVIATION AND AEROSPACE INDUSTRY | AVIATION AND AEROSPACE Aviation and Aerospace Dallas-Fort Worth is among the nation’s top regions for aviation and aerospace activity. The region is home to the headquarters of two major airlines: American Airlines (Fort Worth) and Southwest Airlines (Dallas). Southwest operates a major maintenance base at Dallas Love Field, creating a strong foundation of aviation employment. Envoy Air, a regional jet operator and American Airlines partner, is headquartered in Fort Worth, as well. The regional aerospace industry comprises more than 600 companies, accounting more that 90,000 jobs in North Texas. Lockheed Martin and Bell Helicopter are the largest area aerospace employers with more than 15,000 employees between them. Furthermore, Airbus Helicopters North American headquarters is in Grand Prairie. Aerospace Engineers 3,192 | $62.10 Electrical Engineers 4,372 | $49.33 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 4,877 | $57.70 Mechanical Engineers 6,157 | $45.37 Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians 633 | $30.92 Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 8,050 | $38.86 Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers 2,646 | $28.98 Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators 29,658 | $14.12 Machinists 6,261 | $20.17 Source: EMSI, QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees, and Self-Employed Industry Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing 20 4,514 Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing 109 32,701 Air Transportation 143 40,197 Support Activities for Air Transportation 272 12,654 Satellite Telecommunications 12 74 Flight Training 51 1,954 Total 607 92,094 Avg. Employment Establishments Legend: Occupation Jobs | Median hourly earnings Major Aerospace Companies Company Type of Business A.E. Petsche Company ............................... Electronic parts and equipment Advanced Integration Technology..................... Aircraft parts and equipment Airbase Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft flight instrument repair Airbus Helicopters, Inc ............................... Helicopter parts and training American Airlines Group ............................. Air passenger carrier, scheduled Ameriflight ......................................... Air transportation, nonscheduled AMR Eagle / Envoy Air................................ Air passenger carrier, scheduled Atlantic Aviation Corporation ......................... Aircraft maintenance and repair services Aviall Inc ........................................... Aircraft engines and engine parts BAE Information & Electronic Systems Integration....... Flight instruments and guidance systems Bell Helicopter ...................................... Aircraft parts and equipment Bell Textron ......................................... Aircraft Boeing Global Services .............................. Aircraft servicing and repairing Bombardier Aerospace Corp ......................... Aircraft servicing and repairing CAE Simuflite ....................................... Aviation school CHC Helicopters .................................... Helicopter carriers, nonscheduled Collins Aerospace ................................... Search and navigation equipment Cooperative Industries Aerospace & Defense........... Harness assemblies for electronic use: wire or cable Dallas Airmotive ..................................... Aircraft and heavy equipment repair services EFW Inc ............................................ Search and navigation equipment FAA - Southwest Region .............................. Air traffic control operations, government Federal Express ..................................... Air cargo carrier, scheduled GDC Technics....................................... Aircraft parts and equipment General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems. . . . . . Guided missile and space vehicle parts Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation ................... Aircraft HM Dunnair Aerosystems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft engines and engine parts Honeywell International, Inc .......................... Aircraft engines and engine parts Huntleigh USA ...................................... Airport terminal services L3 Integrated Systems ............................... Aircraft control systems, electronic Lockheed Martin Missles & Fire Control ................ Search and navigation equipment Mayday Manufacturing Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft parts and equipment Menzies Aviation .................................... Airports, flying fields, and services Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems ............... Aircraft parts and equipment Pratt & Whitney ..................................... Aviation propeller and blade repair Raytheon ........................................... Defense systems and equipment Recaro Aircraft Seating Americas ..................... Aircraft parts and equipment Safran Helicopter Engines USA ....................... Engine repair and replacement, non-automotive Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation ......................... Aircraft Southwest Airlines................................... Air passenger carrier, scheduled Superior Air Charter ................................. Air passenger carrier, scheduled Texas Air Composites, Inc ............................ Maintenance & repair services Triumph Aerostructures, LLC ......................... Aircraft Dallas-Fort Worth is No. 1 in Aerospace in the U.S. Conway, World’s Most Competitive Cities Aviation-Aerospace Employment Clusters Number of Aviation - Aerospace Employees 1 10,300 Number of Aviation - Aerospace Businesses 1 5 15
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INDUSTRY | AVIATION AND AEROSPACEINDUSTRY | AVIATION AND AEROSPACE
Aviation and AerospaceDallas-Fort Worth is among the nation’s top regions for aviation and aerospace activity. The region is home to the headquarters of two major airlines: American Airlines (Fort Worth) and Southwest Airlines (Dallas). Southwest operates a major maintenance base at Dallas Love Field, creating a strong foundation of aviation employment. Envoy Air, a regional jet operator and American Airlines partner, is headquartered in Fort Worth, as well.
The regional aerospace industry comprises more than 600 companies, accounting more that 90,000 jobs in North Texas.
Lockheed Martin and Bell Helicopter are the largest area aerospace employers with more than 15,000 employees between them. Furthermore, Airbus Helicopters North American headquarters is in Grand Prairie.
Aerospace Engineers
3,192 | $62.10
Electrical Engineers
4,372 | $49.33
Electronics Engineers, Except
Computer4,877 | $57.70
Mechanical Engineers
6,157 | $45.37
Aerospace Engineering and Operations
Technologists and Technicians
633 | $30.92
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
8,050 | $38.86
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and
Systems Assemblers2,646 | $28.98
Miscellaneous Assemblers and
Fabricators29,658 | $14.12
Machinists6,261 | $20.17
Source: EMSI, QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees, and Self-Employed
Industry
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing 20 4,514
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing 109 32,701
Air Transportation 143 40,197
Support Activities for Air Transportation 272 12,654
Satellite Telecommunications 12 74
Flight Training 51 1,954
Total 607 92,094
Avg. EmploymentEstablishments
Legend:Occupation
Jobs | Median hourly earnings
Major Aerospace CompaniesCompany Type of BusinessA.E. Petsche Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic parts and equipmentAdvanced Integration Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft parts and equipmentAirbase Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft flight instrument repairAirbus Helicopters, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helicopter parts and trainingAmerican Airlines Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air passenger carrier, scheduledAmeriflight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air transportation, nonscheduledAMR Eagle / Envoy Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air passenger carrier, scheduledAtlantic Aviation Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft maintenance and repair servicesAviall Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft engines and engine partsBAE Information & Electronic Systems Integration . . . . . . . Flight instruments and guidance systemsBell Helicopter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft parts and equipmentBell Textron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AircraftBoeing Global Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft servicing and repairingBombardier Aerospace Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft servicing and repairingCAE Simuflite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aviation schoolCHC Helicopters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helicopter carriers, nonscheduledCollins Aerospace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Search and navigation equipmentCooperative Industries Aerospace & Defense . . . . . . . . . . . Harness assemblies for electronic use: wire or cableDallas Airmotive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft and heavy equipment repair servicesEFW Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Search and navigation equipmentFAA - Southwest Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air traffic control operations, governmentFederal Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air cargo carrier, scheduledGDC Technics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft parts and equipmentGeneral Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems. . . . . . Guided missile and space vehicle partsGulfstream Aerospace Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AircraftHM Dunnair Aerosystems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft engines and engine partsHoneywell International, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft engines and engine partsHuntleigh USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Airport terminal servicesL3 Integrated Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft control systems, electronicLockheed Martin Missles & Fire Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Search and navigation equipmentMayday Manufacturing Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft parts and equipmentMenzies Aviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Airports, flying fields, and servicesNorthrop Grumman Innovation Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft parts and equipmentPratt & Whitney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aviation propeller and blade repairRaytheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defense systems and equipmentRecaro Aircraft Seating Americas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft parts and equipmentSafran Helicopter Engines USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Engine repair and replacement, non-automotiveSikorsky Aircraft Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AircraftSouthwest Airlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air passenger carrier, scheduledSuperior Air Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air passenger carrier, scheduledTexas Air Composites, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maintenance & repair servicesTriumph Aerostructures, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft
Dallas-Fort Worth is No. 1 in Aerospace in the U.S.
Conway, World’s Most Competitive Cities
Aviation-Aerospace Employment Clusters
Number of Aviation - Aerospace Employees 1 10,300
Number of Advanced Services Businesses
1 60 760
Number of Aviation - Aerospace Businesses
1 5 15
Number of Advanced Services Businesses
1 60 760
