Midland Spaceport- Open for Business

• Co-located at the Midland International Airport with its services and resources
  • World class facilities
    • Modern, spacious terminal
    • On-Site Meeting Rooms
    • Hangar and Tie Down
    • Fuel, Cabin, and Maintenance Services
    • Foreign Trade Zone
• 9,500 foot runway
• Established Sub-Orbital Launch and Landing Corridors
• 40 acres available for ground leases or build to suit options
• Open areas for flight and energetic testing
  • Access via major scheduled airlines
  • 26 commercial flights daily to 7 major hubs (American, Southwest, United)
• Close to metropolitan area with wide choice of high quality lodging, restaurants and entertainment

Gro​wing the Aerospace Cluster in West Texas

• New home to innovative companies
  • XCOR Aerospace 
  • Orbital Outfitters 
  • Strong labor market - engineers / technical workers with transferable skills
  • Wealth of local industrial suppliers
  • Aerospace systems test capability developing in the area
  • Higher education support for aerospace industry
    • Midland College – FAA-approved airframe & powerplant school
    • University of Texas Network
      •  $95M dedicated to aerospace technology research from 2010 - 2012
      • University of Texas Permian Basin – local branch

The Midland Community

• 155,000 population and growing
• Best "Smaller Metro Area" for Jobs (Forbes Magazine, 2013)
• Fastest growing Metropolitan area (2011 - 2012, U.S. Census Bureau)
• High quality secondary education system
• High quality medical care - Midland Memorial Hospital
• Friendly, welcoming, straightforward people
• Excellent climate for year-round outdoor ground and flight-based test work (mild winter temperatures, low humidity, low precipitation)
• Favorable regulatory environment
  • Legislation limiting liability of space flight operators
  • Reasonable environmental regulation