AEP Public Service Company of Oklahoma  

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Since 1906, AEP has taken great pride in serving our customers and communities. We’ve developed new ways to produce and deliver the safe, reliable and affordable energy that powers millions of homes and businesses. While the past century has brought changes and challenges, our focus on customers and spirit of innovation continue to guide how we serve our communities.

Together with our customers, we’re redefining the future of energy. Investing in a modern and efficient grid. Staying ahead of the curve as technology advances. Reducing carbon emissions and giving customers the cleaner power they want. Smarter, cleaner and more vibrant – we’re creating the energy company of the future.

This effort was part of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) UAS Integration Pilot Program that tested the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS or drones) for line inspections and for emergency response/storm damage assessment. The first series of tests involved visual observers (VLOS), and the second series incorporated Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) testing.

This program provides an opportunity for state, local and tribal governments to partner with private sector entities to foster a meaningful dialogue on the balance between local and national interests related to UAS integration and to provide actionable information to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on expanded and universal integration of UAS into the National Airspace System. It will also help the USDOT and FAA craft new enabling rules that allow more complex low-altitude UAS operations

PSO is an operating organization of American Electric Power Company, the largest builder, owner, and operator of transmission lines in the U.S. AEP uses innovative technology to help ensure continued efficiency and reliability of the energy grid, which ultimately benefits customers for PSO and its other operating organizations.

The team will continue to evaluate the feasibility of extending this testing into other parts of Oklahoma, as well as in the other ten states where American Electric Power operates.

Recognizing that the jobs of the future are rooted in a thriving innovation economy, Tulsa Innovation Labs LLC (TIL) was founded to develop a city-wide strategy that positions Tulsa as a tech hub and leader in the future of work.

Through a diverse coalition of public and private partners, led by George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF), TIL is creating economic development programs that seek to make Tulsa the nation’s most inclusive tech community.

We focus our efforts on five specific areas:

The Oklahoma Air & Space Port is the controlling agency for the Infinity One Spaceflight Corridor – the first FAA approved corridor in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS) currently for flight operations not within restricted airspace or Military Operating Areas (MOAs). Our corridor is 152-mile-long and 50-mile-wide. We are the controlling agency for all scheduling and flight operations.

We have one of the longest and the widest civilian runways in the United States, is ideal for flight testing operations. Our main customers include Boeing, Cessna and Honda Jet, beyond other private companies.

• RWY 17R/35L: 13,503-foot by 300-foot concrete runway
• 1,000-foot asphalt overruns on the main runway
• RWY 17L/35R: 5,193-foot by 75-foot concrete secondary runway
• Runway end identifier lights (REIL)
• Precision approach path indicators (PAPI)
• High-intensity runway lighting (HIRL)
• Instrument approaches include ILS, LPV, VOR-DME, RNAV, GPS, TACAN and localizer

The newly constructed operations control center is home to our telemetry room (T&M) for monitoring spaceflight launches, flight, re-entry, and other flight and testing operations.

We have more than 2,000 acres of land available for development. To help with costs, the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority offers bonding toward the construction of new buildings at Oklahoma Air & Space Port. The facility has a wide variety of potential building sites available, including ideal aviation and industrial land with available utilities for development. Our facility currently has over 100,000 square feet of available hangar space (six commercial aircraft hangars) located near our ramps, taxiways and runways.