Aircraft Paint Hangar Construction Set to Begin at Amarillo Airport
Construction of a new aircraft paint hangar at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport is scheduled to begin Aug. 14, 2026, after the Amarillo City Council approved a lease agreement with International Aerospace Coatings.
The project will create a new construction site on airport property and bring visible development activity to the facility. The City of Amarillo said the work will be noticeable to airport travelers and visitors as construction gets underway.
What Amarillo approved
The lease approval gives International Aerospace Coatings the agreement needed to move forward with construction of the aircraft paint hangar. The city announced the planned start date as Aug. 14, making that the next confirmed milestone for the project.
The project remains at the construction stage. The hangar has not been described as completed or operational, and the scheduled start date is not an opening date. For people using the airport, the immediate change will be construction activity rather than a new operating facility.
The City of Amarillo’s announcement identifies the project location as Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport in Amarillo. That exact location gives the development a direct local connection: airport users and people visiting the property may see work associated with the new hangar beginning in mid-August.
What is known about the project
International Aerospace Coatings is the company identified in the lease agreement. The city has described the planned facility as an aircraft paint hangar, establishing its aviation-related use.
The public announcement does not state the project’s construction cost, square footage, expected completion date or number of jobs. Without those figures, the confirmed scope is limited to the approved lease, the proposed hangar and the Aug. 14 construction start.
That distinction matters because the lease approval is a formal city action, while the project’s longer-term results have not yet been quantified. A construction start does not by itself establish when the hangar will be finished, when it will begin serving aircraft or how many employees it may eventually support.
Part of broader airport and development work
The project appears alongside other airport, economic-development and capital-project matters in the City Council’s agenda-planning material dated June 8, 2026. That planner lists those areas among scheduled council business and provides context for the city’s broader infrastructure and development decisions.
The agenda-planning document does not change the specific action on the aircraft paint hangar. The confirmed action is the council’s approval of the lease with International Aerospace Coatings and the city’s announcement that construction is scheduled to begin Aug. 14.
For Amarillo, the practical near-term effect is activity at the airport tied to a new aviation-related facility. The development also adds another airport-property project for residents and travelers to follow as work begins.
The next known date is Aug. 14, 2026, when construction is scheduled to start. The city has not announced a later completion or opening date.
Sources
- Aircraft Paint Hangar Construction Project to Begin August 14 at RHAIA, City of Amarillo
- City Council Agenda Planner as of June 8, 2026, City of Amarillo
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