Piedmont Triad International Airport developments

[cityboi]

Boom Supersonic is looking to build a Jet Factory at PTI with about 1,700 Jobs. The jets will be state-of-the-art traveling faster than the speed of sound and flying as high as 11 miles in the Earth's stratosphere.  This will likely become the second jet manufacturing facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport, the first being Honda Aircraft Company (HondaJet) which also has its world headquarters at the airport. Boom Supersonic takes jet manufacturing at the airport to next level. The facility at PTI would initially manufacture these planes for United Airlines but could eventually build them for the Airforce.

Honda Aircraft Company at PTI 

Edited December 9, 2021 by cityboi

[KJHburg]

More about potential aerospace project at PTI

https://www.wraltechwire.com/2021/12/10/is-a-supersonic-jet-manufacturer-building-a-facility-in-the-triad-if-so-heres-what-it-means-for-nc/

[cityboi]

This would be the second startup aerospace manufacturing facility. People forget that Honda Aircraft Company which is a division of Honda started in Greensboro and has its world headquarters here. Boom Supersonic has been in business for a little while now and there are similarities. While the headquarters is in Denver its first real groundbreaking production would take place at Piedmont Triad International Airport. These will be the most advanced commercial planes in the United States, almost looks futuristic. Being able to fly faster than the speed of sound, hence the name boom Supersonic or sonic boom, and cut flying time in half, is where the future of commercial aviation is going. It use to be that only the military had these capabilities. The jet will fly so high it will be in the Earth's stratosphere where you can almost see space.

But it is fitting and symbolic that Boom Supersonic builds its jets here. North Carolina is First in Flight. Hopefully this will lead to a larger cluster of jet/aircraft manufacturing and aerospace companies at Piedmont Triad International Airport making Greensboro one of the largest aerospace hubs in the United States. But the Triad still has a ways to go.

Even the Triangle is excited about it.

ABC 11 Durham 

https://abc11.com/boom-supersonic-jets-aircraft-plant-greensboro/11312873/

 

 

Site Selection lists the Greensboro/High Point as an emerging aerospace hub.

"Several metros are emerging in the aerospace market including Greensboro-High Point NC MSA, home to Honda Aircraft Company producing the new HondaJet"

https://siteselection.com/issues/2017/jul/top-us-metros-for-aerospace-employment-and-manufacturing.cfm

While there will eventually be limited land at the airport, there are surrounding properties nearby where aerospace companies may not require hangers or runways. I think High Point and Forsyth County/Winston-Salem can benefit from this as well and maybe this could be the industrial focus of the " Heart of the Triad" proposal that seems to have been put back burner. Imagine thousands of acres of land straddling the Guilford/ Forsyth County Line being home to high paying aerospace companies with associated manufacturing combined with a smart growth planning for residential, retail and recreation. Similar to RTP in the Triangle but the focus would be in the aerospace sector and would be a better planned mixed-use development. This is where Triad leaders from Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem can come together and turn the region into a much bigger aerospace hub which would extend beyond Greensboro proper. In addition to manufacturing jets, airplane, jet engines, aviation components and things of the like, I'd like to see the region reach higher. Once we establish ourselves as a formidable aerospace region, I'd like to see the region seek partnerships with NASA and private space travel companies to manufacture portions of space technology.  NASA could have a partnership with North Carolina A&T State University, the Triad's premier engineering school. Research could take place in Greensboro's future innovation district and the Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem. If the Triad can get to that level, we will rival RTP in the Triangle in terms of the number of high paying jobs and having a world class image and there are so many different areas of aerospace technology the Triad can get into. Advanced computer/navigation technologies and much more. This could be the Triad's niche. We'll never become a banking hub like Charlotte or a biotechnology hub as big as RTP, but the seeds have been sowed for the region making its mark in the aerospace sector. But it will take leaders beyond the city limits of Greensboro to make it happen.

PTAP- Piedmont Triad Aerospace Park or The North Carolina Aerospace Park (NCAP) (thousands of acres in the central Triad for aerospace firms, space travel firms, advanced manufacturing, retail, residential, recreation and entertainment) a well planned urban like development as opposed to the office park feel of Research Triangle Park. I actually prefer the name North Carolina Aerospace Park because this needs to be the aerospace hub of the state and having North Carolina in the name raises the profile of the park globally. It would encompass more than just Piedmont Triad International Airport. It would include the airport along with thousands of acres in both Guilford and Forsyth Counties. The size of this park would be measured in square miles and touch all three Triad cities. If we want these kind of companies to keep moving here, we need to provide the land, lots of land.

The first steps have been taken at Piedmont Triad International Airport with Honda Aircraft Company and possibly Boom Supersonic.

Edited December 11, 2021 by cityboi

[KJHburg]

Project Thunderbird is being voted on soon.   This could be another MEGA JOB ANNOUNCEMENT for Guilford County and area.

""Guilford County commissioners will consider authorizing an incentive for 80% of eligible tax revenue paid by the company over 10 years. The manufacturer anticipates creating approximately 1,761 jobs and investing up to $500 million in personal property expenditures and real property improvements in the Greensboro area. Guilford County commissioners will consider authorizing an incentive for 80% of eligible tax revenue paid by the company over 10 years.The job count and investment amount are similar to “Project Thunderbird,” for which the North Carolina General Assembly in December approved a budget amendment of $106.7 million in infrastructure improvement grants at Piedmont Triad International Airport. The timing of the public hearing suggests an announcement would occur later that same day. Project Thunderbird has widely been reported to be an aircraft assembly plant for Boom Supersonic, a Denver-based startup that is developing a supersonic passenger aircraft named Overture. Aviation Week & Space Technology recently reported that PTIA was one of about 15 sites Boom was considering for its first assembly plant.""

Guilford Board of County Commissioners call incentives hearing for Jan. 26. Could it be for Project Thunderbird? - Triad Business Journal (bizjournals.com)

I am glad Greensboro has the highway system to handle all this growth.  Gboro has more interstate highways than any city in NC with 85,40, 840, 73, 985 and I think I am missing some LOL.

[rancenc]

I guess the announcement for Project Thunderbird will be announced next Wednesday.  

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/piedmont-triad/project-thunderbird-announcement-scheduled-for-wednesday-at-pti/

[DCB]

...doesn't that imply that PTI got the plant?

[HRVT]

1 hour ago, rancenc said:

I guess the announcement for Project Thunderbird will be announced next Wednesday.  

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/piedmont-triad/project-thunderbird-announcement-scheduled-for-wednesday-at-pti/

Nice... but am I wrong to be a little nervous about this part?

"That package specifies at least 500 new jobs that would pay an average of $60,000 a year. Other estimates have suggested more than 1,700 could be hired by the manufacturer."

 

Edited January 21, 2022 by HRVT

[rancenc]

1 hour ago, DCB said:

...doesn't that imply that PTI got the plant?

It does sound like it...!!

[cityboi]

After reading the first paragraph in the News link, Greensboro has landed Boom Supersonic 

[DCB]

https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2022/01/21/boom-announcement-set-for-jan-26.html

Yeah this is two days(?) after the county is voting on incentives for the project, and I don't think the Governor would be involved if it wasn't an official announcement.

[KJHburg]

this is what the Triad Biz Journal is saying about the big announcement next week at PTI

""A major economic development announcement is set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Piedmont Triad International Airport. Will it be Boom Supersonic, the startup aircraft manufacturer widely reported to be considering the Triad for a manufacturing plant?  Triad Business Journal has learned that Gov. Roy Cooper’s office will be involved in a press conference at the airport on Jan. 26 regarding a manufacturer announcing a facility to be built at the airport.  The announcement will come on the heels of two special meetings earlier Wednesday by the Guilford Board of County Commissioners and the Greensboro City Council to hold public hearings and consider economic incentives for “Project Thunderbird.” The county meeting will be at 8:30 a.m. followed by the city meeting at 10. The incentives will require a capital investment of $500 million by the company and the creation of a 1,750 jobs at an average annual wage of $60,000.""

 

[SlackJack]

Yes Tim. You are correct.; 

"After reading the first paragraph in the News link, Greensboro has landed Boom Supersonic" 

Yes Tim. You are correct.; 

 

Edited January 22, 2022 by SlackJack

[DownEast]

Wow Greensboro. Nice move. Greensboro has already carved out the aerospace niche in NC and now solidified. If successful, this is a bigger coup than the Toyota plant as it currently stands IMO. If auto assembly is included then it's a push. Both breed support facilities within the region. Really gives legs to the long planned GSO aerotropolis. All eyes on Moncure now. 

[rancenc]

Kudos to the Triad and the state for this economic plum!

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/piedmont-triad/its-official-boom-supersonic-coming-to-piedmont-triad-international-airport/

Edited January 26, 2022 by rancenc

[KJHburg]

watch the announcement live and the Triad is Back baby!   Better get ready for faster growth and more houses and apartments and more people on your network of interstates. 

https://myfox8.com/on-air/live-streaming-sc/

[cityboi]

Now its making the business national headlines 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/officials-boom-aims-build-supersonic-172318684.html

[KJHburg]

Here is the Record article about it.  They wanted an east coast location so they can test fly it over the ocean hence looking at Jacksonville FL too

https://greensboro.com/news/local/audacious-mission-boom-supersonic-picks-pti-to-build-future-of-flight/article_6e10ea7c-7ea8-11ec-b3e7-031d937cedf3.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

[rancenc]

Press release from the NC Department of Commerce on today's announcement of a new operations setting up shop.

https://www.nccommerce.com/news/press-releases/governor-cooper-announces-boom-will-manufacture-supersonic-aircraft-north

[cityboi]

2 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Here is the Record article about it.  They wanted an east coast location so they can test fly it over the ocean hence looking at Jacksonville FL too

https://greensboro.com/news/local/audacious-mission-boom-supersonic-picks-pti-to-build-future-of-flight/article_6e10ea7c-7ea8-11ec-b3e7-031d937cedf3.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

Boom also considered the Greenville-Spartanburg area. Boom Supersonic refers to its future plant at PTI as its flagship manufacturing plant.

Edited January 27, 2022 by cityboi

[cityboi]

Also, this is what Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughn says:

"Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan said they have been working on developments like this for years and that more could be on the way.

"This is not an overnight success. Both of those projects had been in the works for many years," Vaughn said. "From the city's perspective, we are committed to infrastructure, and water and sewer, and roads, and that's what we continue to do to get to the sites where they are now, and this is not the last of the big announcements. I think there may be another one on the horizon, but all of this has been deliberate work over a long period of time."

Apparently the city is working on luring another big fish to the city. One thing is for sure, the airport has PLENTY of land for other aircraft manufacturing facilities such as a Boeing.   The Boom Supersonic Overture Superfactory will be approximately 400,000 square feet and be constructed on a 65-acre campus. There are over 1,000 available areas for companies like Boom Supersonic. It would be hard for a company like Boeing to ignore Greensboro now with Honda Aircraft Company and Boom Supersonic and last fall Boeing had mentioned sales were up and they were looking to expand production in the near future. Add a Boeing manufacturing facility in the mix and Greensboro's aerospace sector will be on steroids. Three aviation companies would have  jet/airplane manufacturing facilities at PTI.

PTI is an aerotropolis in the making.

Edited January 27, 2022 by cityboi

[KJHburg]

From CNBC 

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/26/boom-supersonic-picks-north-carolina-to-build-and-test-ultra-fast-planes.html

and from Business NC about Boom Supersonic 

https://businessnc.com/boom-supersonic-plans-500m-plant-at-piedmont-triad-airport/

[KJHburg]

Not tired of celebrating yet.  This is from a national trade publication for real estate consultants and econ development professionals.

https://businessfacilities.com/2022/01/boom-supersonic-chooses-north-carolina-new-manufacturing-plant/?oly_enc_id=9918A8536689E2S

[KJHburg]

and the leader of the PTI Airport says more is to come.

""“While today is a great announcement, we can't stop pushing for more,” PTAA Board of Directors Chairman Paul Mengert said during the event. “We're so happy that Boom is joining us, but buckle up because we're not done. We're not done seeking, discovering and landing great opportunities for our community.”   With hundreds of acres still available for further industrial development, nearly all of it shovel ready, decades of work to build PTIA into a megasite of sorts is standing on past successes while looking toward a future when tens of thousands work at aerospace and other companies on and around the airfield.  “Airports are places of economic activity, and it usually leads to growth in various things around them,” Baker said following the announcement.  The airport is working with Boom to locate the remainder of its campus beyond the 70 acres it will occupy in the first phase. That site is a tract that lies between the new under construction taxiway from Runway 5L-23R to the northeast development site across Interstate 73.  “(Boom) clearly shows that we're the future. We're not the past,” said Piedmont Triad Partnership President Mike Fox, who as chairman of the North Carolina Board of Transportation played a key role in the construction of the taxiway bridge over the interstate. “People who are looking to be innovative and start companies and new products have clearly identified PTI as a great place to do it.”   The goal is to meet the needs of Boom while maximizing the remaining development space, which will likely be in excess of 800 acres. That land, much of it shovel ready, will be valuable as awareness of PTIA as an aerotropolis grows in the wake of the announcement.""

https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2022/01/28/ptaa-chairman-buckle-up-because-were-not-done.html

[KJHburg]

Economic developer consultant says Boom Supersonic may just be the beginning for a lot more growth in the Triad.

https://wraltechwire.com/2022/01/31/site-selection-exec-triad-in-enviable-position-could-attract-more-aerospace-investment/

[GSOstrong]

Economic developer consultant says Boom Supersonic may just be the beginning for a lot more growth in the Triad.
https://wraltechwire.com/2022/01/31/site-selection-exec-triad-in-enviable-position-could-attract-more-aerospace-investment/

The airport will be the tool that they use to change Greensboro/the triad


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