Airport West

Welcome to Airport West, Victoria...

Services

  • Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) faciliy
  • Authorised Service Centre for Honeywell products

Aircraft Types

  • F/A-18 Hornet
  • AP-3C Orion
  • Hawk 127 LIF
  • S-70A-9 Blackhawk
  • S-70B-2 Seahawk
  • E-7A Wedgetail
  • C-130H, C-130J Hercules
  • ANZAC and Adelaide Class Frigates
  • ANZAC Frigate
  • MIAI Abrams

Systems Supported

  • Environmental Control Systems
  • Pressurisation Systems
  • Anti-Ice/Anti-Rain Systems
  • Secondary Power Systems
  • Fuel Systems
  • Aircraft Accessories

Components Supported

  • Pneumatic: Valves, Regulators & Controllers
  • Electro-Mechanical: Valves and Actuators
  • Fuel: Pumps and Accessories
  • Heat Transfer & Water Separation: Heat Exchangers, Condensers and Water Separators
  • Turbine Driven: Turbine-Compressors/Cooling Turbines, Air Cycle Machines & Air Turbine Starters
  • Auxiliary Power Units
  • Gearbox Driven Compressors
  • Electrical Generators
  • Engine Controls and Accessories: Main Fuel Control Units, Power Level Controls and Actuators

Engineering Services

  • Customer support
  • Product support
  • Repair development
  • Tooling, fixture, and test equipment design and equivalencies
  • Consumables equivalencies
  • Part equivalencies
  • Component maintenance manual improvements

Site Infrastructure

  • Six staged compressors, three receivers & two gas heaters supplying 1000 psi of air pressure at 1100 ºF
  • Vacuum pumps capable of simulating altitudes of 50,000 feet
  • Cooling tower
  • On-site electrical sub-station
  • Three phase power supplies

Component Test Cells

  • Simulated altitude cell
  • Main Fuel Control Unit cell
  • Engine Accessories cell
  • Auxiliary Power Unit cell
  • Air Turbine Starter cell
  • Turbine-Compressor, Air Cycle Machine and Driven Compressor cell
  • Electrical Generator cell
  • Heat exchanger cell
  • LM2500 Starter Air Compressor cell
  • Two pneumatic valve cells
  • Several workshop test benches

Quality and Regulatory Accreditations

  • Authorised Maintenance Organisation (DGTA-O-0014M)
  • AS9100 Rev C (CERT-0061764)
  • ISO 9001:2008 Certification (CERT-0061764)
  • CASA PT 145 AMO (1-RTGFI Issue 1)

Approved suppliers of

  • Royal Australian Air Force
  • Royal Australian Navy
  • Australian Army
  • Boeing Defence Australia
  • Qantas Airways
  • Airbus Group Australian Pacific Limited
  • Standard Aero
  • General Electric International
  • Sikorsky
  • Raytheon
  • BAE Systems