Otto Aerospace plans to build its Phantom 3500 jet, shown in a rendering, at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville. | Jacksonville Daily Record
Published on March 24, 2026 at 10:49 am
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Otto Aerospace is putting into motion its plan to build a production facility in Jacksonville, as the city issued a permit to the aircraft maker for interior demolition in a hangar at Cecil Airport.
The permit for the hangar at 6105 Flightline Road is for 59,130 square feet of demolition at a project cost of $500,000. Balfour Beatty Construction LLC is the contractor.
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Otto, based in Texas, announced in June 2025 it would establish a manufacturing and production facility to build its Phantom 3500 business jet at Cecil Airport. The company was known then as Otto Aviation but changed its name in September 2025.
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