• Industry includes companies producing aircraft, guided missiles, space vehicles, aircraft engines, propulsion units, and related parts. Also included are aircraft overhaul, rebuilding and repair.
• Duluth, Minnesota is home to several successful aerospace and aviation companies: Cirrus Design Corporation, the world’s second largest manufacturer of single-engine, piston-powered aircraft, manufactures the SR-20 and SR-22 aircrafts and employs over 750 workers in Duluth and another 125 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Northstar Aerospace manufactures precision-machined parts and crew/passenger seats for Cirrus Design. Northstar employs 65 machinists, metal fabricators, welders, assemblers and support staff.

Projected types and numbers of openings in Aerospace & Aviation over the next ten years.

• The private aircraft industry continues to grow. Companies like Cirrus Design Corporation and cottage industries like Northstar Aerospace will be expanding their workforce to meet the growing demand

Links to schools/training programs in the northland with aerospace and aviation preparation courses.

• Lake Superior College
• Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
• Aviation Training in Minnesota
• University of Minnesota-Duluth
• Northland Community and Technical College
• Minnesota Airline & Aviation Technical Schools
• Academy College
• Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College

Visit the links below for more information about career opportunities in aerospace and aviation in the northland.

• Rockets for Schools
• Northstar Aerospace
• Cirrus Design Corporation
• Empower MX (formerly Sinnex Aviation Technologies)
• Monaco Air Duluth - Fixed Base Operator and Cirrus Maintenance Center
• Duluth International Airport
• Sky Harbor Airport - Duluth
• Northwest Airlines
• Allegiant Air

• Northstar Aerospace Expands (PDF)