VTOL Companies

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Orlando is the one of the only cities bringing together all the partners for an end-to-end VTOL (vertical take off and landing) ecosystem. Orlando is a top VTOL hub due to favorable policy, engaged infrastructure partners, year-round flying weather, attractive cost of doing business, talented workforce and predictable transportation demand.

74 Million Annual Visitors

Visit Orlando, 2023
1000+ People per Week Added to the Population

U.S. Census Bureau
No. 6 Highest Flight Training Employment in the U.S.

Among 30 Most Populous Metros
Lightcast (QCEW), 2024

Known for the companies we keep

Featured Aviation Companies

80 percent of workers in Orlando are employed outside of the leisure and hospitality industry. We’re a little more industrial than you might think.

Cessna

Cessna Aircraft Company operates a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in the Orlando region.

Flight safety lgoo — FlightSafety International

FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to…

JetBlue

JetBlue operates one of its three national training centers at Orlando International Airport (MCO), called its Orlando Support Campus.

Frontier Airlines

Frontier operates a maintenance hanger and training center at Orlando International Airport.

Thales

Thales is a French multinational company that designs and builds electrical systems and provides services for the aerospace, defense, transportation…

Signature Flight Support

Signature Flight Support, a BBA Aviation company, is headquartered in Lake Nona along with the company’s shared services facility for…

Silver Airways

Silver Airways’ international maintenance headquarters is located at Orlando International Airport.

"Orlando’s commitment and openness to innovation is why Lilium chose to launch its service in Florida. We are pleased to work with Orlando to realize a sustainable future that is just a few years from now."

– Dr. Remo Gerber, COO at Lilium

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Transportation Destinations

A successful VTOL ecosystem relies on ensuring takeoff and landing infrastructure is in place at destinations with predictable demand that allows for profitable VTOL operation. With Orlando’s high volume of business and leisure travelers heading to known destinations, we’re able to help transportation companies and infrastructure partner find ideal places for operations.

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GEICO Garage Downtown

Located walking distance to the heart of downtown Orlando and Downtown Orlando’s existing helistop. The GEICO Garage is also just 10 miles from the airport, providing a great first connection point from the airport. The city-owned garage is connected to the Amway Center and also close in proximity to the entire downtown core.

Lake Nona

Tavistock Development Company, developers of Lake Nona, have plans in place to allow Lake Nona to become an aerotropolis of which eVTOL is a key component. Lake Nona is a planned community, in Orlando with a single developer. The estimated 2020 population of Lake Nona is 75,000 – 100,000. Tavistock has a long history of working with the city and other partners to pilot and commercialize new ideas and technology.

Orange County Convention Center

Hosting 230 events with about 1.4 million attendees each year, the OCCC is one of the largest convention centers in the county and located in the heart of the attractions area. Direct pedestrian bridge connection to four hotels and last mile solutions for the entire attractions’ corridor.

UCF Downtown/Creative Village

A brand new 60-acre downtown urban neighborhood including the UCF/Valencia Downtown campus of 7,000+ students. The commute between campuses averages 30 minutes providing a great opportunity for improved transportation connectivity.

Regional Activity Centers

Orlando as a region that grew up during the era of suburban sprawl. This means we are a community that relies on automobiles as the main mode of transportation to connect to dozens of regional activity centers spread-out across the entire central Florida regions.

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Pilot Training Schools

Institutions in the Orlando region are training the future workforce to meet the commercial pilot shortage.

Aerostar Training Services

FlightSafety Orlando

Pan Am International Flight Academy

SimCom Aviation Training

L3Harris Airline Academy

“jetBlue may be New York’s Hometown Airline™, but Orlando is our ‘home away from home.’…”

– Captain Warren Christie

Vice President, JetBlue

THE NATION’S FRIENDLIEST STATE

For Autonomous Vehicle Legislation

Florida is one of the friendliest places in the world for autonomous vehicles (AV) legislation. Orlando’s hospitality roots extend beyond welcoming tourists from all over the world to new technologies and companies.

Orlando began exploring AV technology in 2011 with the connected vehicle-affiliated testing bed along I-4. In 2012, the Florida Automated Vehicles program was established to lead the state in developing best safety practices and promote awareness for AVs and relevant technology. Statewide, House Bill 7027 was passed in 2016, which cleared the way for all forms of AV testing.

Signed in June 2019, House Bill 311 solidifies Florida’s AV friendly stance by designating the autonomous driving system the official operator of vehicle and provides that a human operator is not required to operate a fully autonomous vehicle. HB 311 embraces the future of transportation by removing barriers to the advancement of autonomous vehicles and establishing a statewide statutory framework.