This facility is the latest addition to the 133-acre Honda Aircraft Company campus with a main wing assembly hangar, service parts warehouse for parts storage and distribution, paint booth, and office areas.
27 January 2021: Honda Aircraft Company recently began operations at its newly opened 83,100 square foot Wing Production and Service Parts Facility, located at the company’s world headquarters at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina. This facility is the latest addition to the 133-acre Honda Aircraft Company campus with a main wing assembly hangar, service parts warehouse for parts storage and distribution, paint booth, and office areas.
Michimasa Fujino, president and CEO of Honda Aircraft Company said, “Honda is a mobility technology company, and our newest facility further increases efficiency of assembly. It also will house more service parts to support the rapidly growing HondaJet fleet. Since entering the market five years ago, the HondaJet has received a tremendous response from customers. This facility will enable us to continue to provide our growing global customer base with the highest level of customer support.”
This facility will house a new wing assembly process for the fastest, farthest and highest-flying aircraft in class, the HondaJet Elite. HondaJet wings are composed of an exterior skin made of machined one-piece aluminum alloys backed by alloy ribs to achieve a very smooth surface designed to reduce aerodynamic drag and structural rigidity. The new facility will enable the concurrent assembly of more wings, resulting in a major increase in production efficiency. It represents an additional investment of USD 24.3 million, bringing the total capital investment in its North Carolina facilities to more than USD245 million.
