Wichita has built more than half the world’s general-aviation aircraft
- "Air Capital of the World" since 1929
- Cessna, Beechcraft, Learjet and Spirit AeroSystems all started or are based here
- Spirit builds 70% of the Boeing 737’s structure, including the whole fuselage
- The Sunflower State — motto "to the stars through difficulties"
How Kansas’s digital economy grew
Cessna, Beech and Stearman found Travel Air
Three founders in one Wichita shop — the seed company for nearly all of Wichita aviation.
The founders who built an industry from a wheat field
Cessna, Beech and Stearman all cut their teeth together at Travel Air in 1925 before splitting into rival companies that still anchor Wichita today. Flat land and reliable weather made it a practical choice, and by 1928 the city was out-producing every other American city in aircraft numbers — the actual basis for the 1929 "Air Capital" title. Textron Aviation, the modern merger of Cessna and Beechcraft, states its brands have produced more than half of all general-aviation aircraft flying worldwide over their combined 95-plus year history.
A full-circle story, twenty years in the making
Boeing sold its Wichita fabrication arm in 2005; it grew into Spirit AeroSystems, the company that builds around 70% of the 737’s airframe — the world’s best-selling jet — plus structures for the 787, 777 and 767. In December 2025, after high-profile quality problems with the 737 MAX, Boeing completed an $8.3 billion buyback of the whole company, immediately committing $1.3 billion in new Wichita investment.
How Kansas businesses buy websites
Wichita’s aircraft factories get the headlines, but most of Kansas’s businesses are the trades, farms and shops serving Topeka, Wichita’s suburbs, and towns across the wheat belt.
Trades and home services
Kansas covers a lot of ground — say plainly which towns and counties you actually serve.
Professional and B2B services
A precision-manufacturing state rewards clarity about exactly what you do.
Agriculture and shops
Kansas is the nation’s #1 wheat producer — suppliers to that economy benefit from being specific.
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What nickname has Wichita carried since 1929 for out-producing every other US city in aircraft manufacturing?
Why FastSites works here
A city that has built more than half the world’s small aircraft understands precision manufacturing at scale. A clear one-page site, live in days, at a published price, brings that same discipline to a small business’s website.