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Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility Tour

No Flight Works Alabama visit is truly complete without the tour of the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility. You see behind the scenes and how it all comes together right before your eyes.

Mobile is one of five global cities where Airbus commercial aircraft are assembled, and with the addition of the A220 production in Mobile, the Port City’s role in the aviation industry continues to grow.

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The largest building on the Airbus campus is the A320 Final Assembly Line hangar, longer than two football fields with a 91-foot ceiling. The assembly of aircraft is based on the flow-line principle, in which five workstations are arranged one after the other – and the aircraft flows through each station on its way to completion.

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