Plan and Develop

By attracting high-value aerospace technology clusters that support the suborbital commercial space market for scientific research, education, and space tourism, this horizontal launch facility will establish Colorado as a major North American commercial space hub and position Colorado as an integral part of an emerging international system of spaceports.

With the nation’s second-largest private aerospace economy, Colorado offers aerospace companies the country’s second-most highly educated workforce and a dynamic atmosphere for business growth.

Eight of the nation’s top aerospace contractors have significant operations in Colorado, and more than 500 space-related companies, developing products from launch vehicles and satellites to command and control software and equipment, call the state home. More than 190,880 people are employed in space-related jobs in Colorado – a number that is expected to swell in the coming years. Learn about some of our aerospace partners from around the world already making their home at the Colorado Air and Space Port.

Along with major Department of Defense facilities and NASA research activities, the state’s universities are among the world’s best for aerospace engineering. In addition, Colorado’s central U.S. location provides one-bounce satellite communications to Europe and Asia in the same business day.

Colorado is also a strategic location for the space industry, with four key military commands: Air Force Space Command, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Strategic Command, NORAD, and USNORTHCOM, and three space-related Air Force bases: Buckley, Peterson, and Schriever.

As one of the world’s most modern and efficient airports, Denver International Airport’s ability to double future runway capacity gives Colorado Air and Space Port substantial feed opportunities and positions it to become North America’s premier spaceport. Colorado Air and Space Port is only seven miles from Denver International Airport and is accessible to a highly skilled aerospace workforce, research universities, major aerospace and defense companies, and interstate and rail infrastructure that combine to make Colorado Air and Space Port an ideal location for a commercial spaceport.