Garmin Opens Mesa Gateway Flight Test and Certification Center

Overview

• Garmin acquired and opened a two-hangar complex totaling about 75,000 square feet with office space for roughly 75 employees at Mesa Gateway Airport (KIWA).
• The site expands in-house capacity for aircraft certification and flight testing to extend airworthiness approvals and broaden market coverage for Garmin avionics.
• Mesa Gateway offers three parallel runways, including two over 10,000 feet, with generally clear weather that supports consistent year-round flight operations.
• The Mesa facility joins Garmin’s existing flight operations centers in New Century, Kansas, and Salem, Oregon.
• The location aligns with Garmin’s 25-year Phoenix-area engineering footprint, including Tempe, Chandler, and Scottsdale following the 2019 AeroData acquisition.