Little Rock National Airport not only serves as one of the major front doors for our city and state, but is also a major economic generator. About 16,000 people work at the airport or for aviation-related businesses and industries located on or adjacent to the field. The total payroll is $501, 503,000 per year. The airport's total output is $1.2 billion.*

Major businesses/industries include:

• Dassault-Falcon Jet. The Dassault-Falcon facility in Little Rock is the largest operated by the company. All of the corporate jet aircraft sold worldwide by Dassault-Falcon are finished in Little Rock.
• Hawker-Beechcraft. Hawker-Beechcraft is another company involved in the completion of corporate jet aircraft, the Hawker.
• United Parcel Service. UPS operates a Boeing 757 into and out of Little Rock daily to transport freight which is then processed at a large sorting facility just east of the airport.
• There are numerous businesses on the airport which handle various functions for the airlines serving the airport, ranging from fueling to catering.
• Within the terminal itself, hundreds of people work for the airlines, rental car companies, food/beverage and merchandise concessionaire and for the Airport Commission itself.
• Pulaski Technical College operates a training center adjacent to the Arkansas Aerospace Education Center. One of the major purposes of the center is to ensure there is a well-trained labor pool for the various aviation-related businesses at the airport, including Dassault-Falcon and Raytheon. Pulaski Technical not only trains workers at their facility, but will also bring courses to an employer's facility. A well-trained workforce is key to the success of the existing industries and a major asset in recruiting other aviation-related businesses and industries.

*View the complete Arkansas State Airport System Plan:

Economic Impact

Future Demand

Levels

Objectives

Performance Measures & Summary

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