Recent Activity
Continued small-scale R&D tenancy and license maintenance through 2025; no orbital activity; Midland Development Corporation continues aerospace recruitment.
Investor Brief
First-of-kind commercial airport + spaceport hybrid in the U.S. Strategic value depends on attracting a credible anchor to replace XCOR — to date a cautionary tale about single-tenant spaceport risk.
Ownership
Parent Entity
Regulatory Regime
Anchor Tenants
Latitude Advantage
Launch Azimuth Range
Employees
Country
🇺🇸United States
Region
North America
Established
2,014
Launches / Year
1
Years Active
12
Strategic Position
31.9425° N, 102.2019° W
Azimuth: Horizontal — runway-bounded; drop/test trajectories coordinated with ABQ/Fort Worth ARTCC
31.9°N — irrelevant for horizontal operations; site value is West Texas restricted airspace coordination with White Sands and Reese ranges and proximity to Permian Basin industrial supply chains.
Future Milestones
- 2026
Targeted new anchor tenant under Midland Development Corp. recruitment
About
Midland Air & Space Port is the first primary commercial-service airport in the U.S. to also hold an FAA-AST Launch Site Operator License (granted September 2014). Located in West Texas, it was originally anchored by XCOR Aerospace for suborbital Lynx vehicle development before XCOR's 2017 bankruptcy. Today the site supports suborbital R&D and spacesuit-test tenants.
Key Features
First primary commercial-service airport in the U.S. to hold an FAA-AST spaceport license
Three runways including a 9,501-foot main runway for spaceflight operations
Co-located passenger terminal and commercial aerospace facilities
Originally anchored by XCOR Aerospace (defunct 2017)
Continued tenancy: Orbital Outfitters spacesuit test, suborbital research
Rockets That Launch Here
Companies Operating Here
Orbit Types
Notable Launches
XCOR Lynx engine and integration testing (2014–2017)
Orbital Outfitters spacesuit altitude-chamber operations
Multiple sub-licensee R&D and hypersonic test bookings
No orbital or suborbital flights to space to date