Joby Establishes 45,000-Square-Foot eVTOL Hub in Fort Worth

Joby Avi­a­tion has opened a 45,000-square-foot facil­i­ty at Per­ot Field Fort Worth Alliance Air­port, estab­lish­ing a new base for its planned advanced air mobil­i­ty oper­a­tions in the Dal­las-Fort Worth area.

The facil­i­ty, locat­ed with­in Hillwood’s Alliance­Texas devel­op­ment in Haslet, Texas, rep­re­sents Joby’s first sig­nif­i­cant pres­ence in the state. The com­pa­ny will use the site to sup­port prepa­ra­tions for flights under the U.S. Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion and Fed­er­al Avi­a­tion Administration’s eVTOL Inte­gra­tion Pilot Pro­gram (eIPP).

Joby is devel­op­ing an all-elec­tric ver­ti­cal take­off and land­ing air­craft for pas­sen­ger trans­porta­tion. The Fort Worth loca­tion is intend­ed to pro­vide a base from which the com­pa­ny can demon­strate poten­tial air taxi oper­a­tions across the Dal­las-Fort Worth Metro­plex.

The new facil­i­ty places Joby with­in Alliance­Texas, a large avi­a­tion, logis­tics and trans­porta­tion devel­op­ment anchored by Per­ot Field. The site includes con­nec­tions to region­al trans­porta­tion infra­struc­ture as well as pub­lic- and pri­vate-sec­tor orga­ni­za­tions work­ing on advanced mobil­i­ty.

Joby Chief Pol­i­cy Offi­cer Greg Bowles said the company’s pres­ence in Texas will allow it to demon­strate air mobil­i­ty ser­vices across the Dal­las-Fort Worth area and the wider state. The com­pa­ny plans to work with the Texas Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion (TxDOT) and the North Cen­tral Texas Coun­cil of Gov­ern­ments (NCTCOG), among oth­er part­ners, as it pre­pares for eIPP oper­a­tions.

“Wel­com­ing Joby to Alliance­Texas reflects our abil­i­ty to pair flex­i­ble real estate solu­tions with the resources for­ward-look­ing com­pa­nies need to grow,” said Samuel Rhea, vice pres­i­dent at Hill­wood. “Joby brings an impor­tant new capa­bil­i­ty and demon­strates how Alliance­Texas con­tin­ues to evolve to sup­port avi­a­tion, man­u­fac­tur­ing and the advanced air mobil­i­ty sec­tor.”

Per­ot Field is also part of the Alliance­Texas Mobil­i­ty Inno­va­tion Zone, which brings togeth­er com­pa­nies, pol­i­cy­mak­ers and infra­struc­ture part­ners work­ing on air and sur­face mobil­i­ty tech­nolo­gies. Joby’s arrival adds an eVTOL air­craft devel­op­er to that ecosys­tem as the region explores how elec­tric air­craft could be incor­po­rat­ed into exist­ing trans­porta­tion net­works.

“Joby’s pres­ence at Per­ot Field is a sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone for the air­port and for North Texas avi­a­tion,” said Christo­pher Ash, pres­i­dent of Alliance Avi­a­tion Com­pa­nies. “By locat­ing with­in the Alliance­Texas Mobil­i­ty Inno­va­tion Zone, Joby helps val­i­date the col­lab­o­ra­tive work hap­pen­ing here and advances the inte­gra­tion of eVTOL tech­nol­o­gy across the region’s trans­porta­tion net­work.”

Thomas Sleightholm

Thomas is a con­tent writer for eVTOL Insights, cov­er­ing all aspects of the glob­al Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty ecosys­tem. Got a sto­ry for him? Please send an email to editorial@evtolinsights.com

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