Aero Controls, LLC

Aero Controls, LLC is a Part 145 repair station headquartered near Seattle in Auburn, Washington. It was founded in 1984 and works from three buildings with more than 225,000 square feet in total. The company specializes in repair and overhaul, component sales, aircraft dismantlement and consignment management, and has an engineering staff that develops new capabilities and FAA approved repairs.

Repair and overhaul

The shop services components from Boeing, Douglas and Airbus production aircraft, with more than 150,000 square feet of repair space and capacity to test, repair and overhaul about 25,000 line components. Capability areas include:

• Avionics and instruments, such as cabin pressure systems, Mach speed indicators and window heat controllers
• Fuel shut off valves, boost pumps and engine-driven and electric motor driven pumps
• Power drive units, stab trim actuators, flap drive motors, flap transmissions and gearboxes
• Cooling and gasper fans, air cycle machines, air mix valves, flow control valves and safety and outflow valves
• Flight controls, cargo and passenger doors, structures and interiors
• Landing gear, system and filter components
• Evacuation slides, rafts, charged cylinders and valve assemblies

Parts and asset services

• Component sales from the repair station and its warehouse
• Aircraft dismantlement for spare parts, with past teardowns of A320 family, 737, 747-400 and 767 aircraft at sites in Arizona and California
• Consignment management, including a contract covering more than 3,500 units of 737NG components
• Repair management and material provisioning agreements for airline fleets
• Oxygen equipment capability in ATA Chapter 35, including flight crew masks and stowage boxes

Sites

• Headquarters and repair station: 104,000 square feet at 1610 20th Street NW, Auburn, Washington
• Pike Street building: 50,000 square feet in Auburn
• Warehouse and distribution: 75,000 square feet at W. 520 Dayton Airport Road, Shelton, Washington

Company facts

• FAA, EASA and UK CAA Part 145 approvals, with ISO and AS certification
• Approved as a cylinder requalification facility under 49 CFR 107.805, using the hydrostatic test method
• Minority owned business certification through the Northwest Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council
• Founded in 1984

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