maintenance

engine maintenance
paint capabilities
ndt inspections
maintenance capabilies

engine services

Our engine services encompass various aspects, including inspections, repairs, overhauls, and maintenance. Routine inspections involve thorough examinations of engine components to detect any signs of wear, damage, or malfunction. Repair services address specific issues identified during inspections, ranging from minor fixes to component replacements.

Overhauls involve comprehensive refurbishments of engines to restore them to factory specifications, often replacing worn parts and updating systems. Additionally, we provide ongoing maintenance services such as cleaning, lubrication, and performance testing to keep engines running as smoothly as they were designed.

Authorizations

Paint Services

Whether it be a landing gear, RVSM critical area or an entry door we know how to satisfy your needs with high-quality aircraft paint services. Our technicians work together to provide you with a durable coating that will last for years to come. This not only serves to protect the materials it covers but also offers a clean and shiny surface that is pleasant to look at. Paint touch up such as "N" number changes, re-coating areas that have chipped or peeled, RVSM area repairs and other localized paint touch up are routinely completed and are our specialty.

Western Aircraft offers the following Aircraft Paint Services:

  • A team of dedicated and quality-minded professionals that care about customer satisfaction
  • Individuals that have been to factory training provided by paint manufacturers
  • Our team has 69 collective years of paint experience
  • Paint matching capabilities that promise the right color is applied to your aircraft
  • Modern paint booths that are free of contaminants to house parts and components during their refurbishment and coating
  • Personnel that is dedicated to providing a safe painting environment
  • Environmentally friendly waste management
  • Free paint and aircraft detailing estimates

Non-Destructive Testing at Western Aircraft

Aircraft are complex, interconnected systems built from a wide variety of materials that are subjected to significant stress during all stages of flight. While all systems require regular inspections, not all systems can be inspected using the same method. Our team of NAS 410 NDT-certified level II & III technicians is dedicated to improving flight safety and ensuring pilots, passengers, and crews are safe, both in the air and on the ground.

We provide a combination of non-destructive testing services and inspection tools to help solve your aircraft integrity problems. On-site and off-site services available.

Eddy Current Inspections
Makes use of electromagnetic induction to detect and characterize surface and sub-surface flaws in conductive materials.

  • Conductivity testing
  • Sensitive to small cracks and other defects
  • Ability to inspect complex shapes and sizes of material
  • Minimum part preparation required
  • Usually no paint removal required
  • Immediate results

Magnetic Particle Inspections
Puts a magnetic field into the part in question to detect surface and shallow sub-surface discontinuities in ferrous materials such as iron and steel.

  • Inspect irregularly shaped parts
  • Indications are visible directly on the material's surface
  • Detects cracking from fatigue, grinding, quenching, shrinkage, and stress corrosion
  • Detects tears and welding defects
  • Portable yoke

Western Aircraft Maintenance Capabilities

We specialize in the following aircraft maintenance capabilities: Aircraft Interiors, Aircraft Avionics & Paint. Choose an airframe from the links below to learn more about our specific aircraft maintenance capabilities:

General Aviation at Western Aircraft

As an FAA-certified Class 1, 2, 3, and 4 Repair Station, we maintain, modify and repair turbine and piston fixed wing aircraft. We are an authorized service center for: Dassault Falcon, Pilatus, King Air, Embraer, and Piper.

We're also a line authorized service center for Honeywell TFE-731, CFE-738 and ATF3, Pratt & Whitney PT-6, 307, 308 and Rolls Royce. 

Aircraft Avionics at Western Aircraft

We are an authorized dealer for most avionics manufacturers through our highly trained and experienced staff. Our avionics shop is FAA-certified to repair instruments, radar and autopilot systems. We are experienced with complete avionics retrofits, as well as installation and integration of modern electronics.

  • We have over 200 collective years of avionics experience.
  • Major panel upgrades and installation – we are authorized dealers for all major avionics and electronics manufacturers.
  • WAI has a full time engineering staff that ensures your new system or upgrades integrate flawlessly with your existing equipment.

Aircraft Interiors at Western Aircraft

Make the most of your downtime! Our competitively-priced interior capabilities include the recovering of seats, headliners, side panels, and other fabric or leather covered items, re-rags, plating and cabinet work. We are proud to provide custom cabinet design, manufacture and installation for all sizes of aircraft, on site. Carpets can also be cut, serged and installed. Interior and exterior cleaning and detailing is available for transient aircraft or aircraft in for service work. This includes washing, waxing, carpet cleaning, and bright work polishing.

Aircraft Paint at Western Aircraft

Whether it be a landing gear, RVSM critical area or an entry door we know how to satisfy your aircraft paint needs with high quality paint services. Our technicians work together to provide you with a durable coating that will last for years to come. This paint not only serves to protect the materials it covers but also offers a clean and shiny surface that is pleasant to look at. Paint touch up such as “N” number changes, recoating areas that have chipped or peeled, RVSM area repairs and other localized paint touch up are routinely completed and are our specialty.

Western Aircraft offers our paint customers:

  • A team of dedicated and quality minded professionals that care about customer satisfaction
  • Individuals that have been to factory training provided by paint manufacturers
  • Our team has 69 collective years of paint experience
  • Paint matching capabilities that promise the right color is applied to your aircraft
  • Modern paint booths that are free of contaminants to house parts and components during their refurbishment and coating
  • Personnel that is dedicated to providing a safe painting environment
  • Environmentally friendly waste management
  • Free paint and aircraft detailing estimates

Aviation maintenance at a glance

Class 1, 2, 3 and 4 FAA Repair Station, the highest designation attainable, which means we are trusted by the FAA to work on any production aircraft, not just those designated on a Limited Repair Station certificate.

AS9110C and ISO 9001:2015 certified

Conveniently located within an hour of some of the West's best fishing, rafting, skiing and more – just in case you have some time on your hands.

Conference and personal office facilities available for your use.