About

Roots in the field. Eyes on the runway.

More than 45 years of avionics work, two Utah locations, and a Part 145 Repair Station certificate. The shop has grown, the equipment has modernized, and the way we treat your airplane hasn't changed since 1969.

A new chapter

Built on what came before. Built for what comes next.

From a single avionics bench at a Kansas FBO in 1969, Kings Avionics has spent more than five decades earning the Part 145 certificate on our wall — serving everything from piston singles to business jets, helicopters, and unmanned systems, and becoming one of the few shops in the country qualified to install and maintain non-Federal ATC towers.

Today Kings is entering its next chapter. New facilities, new tools, and access to a deeper bench of resources than ever — including the Hurricane shop at Hangar 47, set inside a working aviation campus alongside flight training, mechanics, and aircraft panel design. We're taking on work we couldn't before, on equipment we couldn't reach before.

And we're doing every bit of it on the foundation this company was built on in 1969. The next generation of Kings personnel is being trained directly under the veterans of the industry — carrying their judgment, their standards, and their care into a new era of aviation.

Personnel

Started by Steve Hayden in 1969.

Kings Avionics traces its origin to a single avionics bench at a Kansas FBO. The shop that exists today still runs on the standard Steve set in those first few years.

Founder

Steve Hayden

Founder · 1969

Founded
1969
Origin
Johnson Co. Executive · KS
Industry
55+ years

Steve Hayden started Kings Avionics in 1969 to fill an avionics gap at Johnson County Executive Airport. The shop took its name from King's Flying Service, the FBO owned by Bill King where Kings leased its first bench — a name the business has kept ever since.

Steve was joined early on by his brother Dave Hayden and partner Gary Morris, both of whom brought hands-on avionics repair experience. The three of them turned a single-bench operation into a working repair station.

In 1974 Steve left to start a similar avionics shop in Casper, Wyoming, with Dave and Gary continuing to own and operate Kings. The standard he set in those first years — careful, methodical, customer-first — is the standard the shop still runs by today, more than five decades later.

More of the team to be featured here soon — bench, install, panel design, and tower work each have their own specialists.

Memberships & affiliations

Plugged into the industry.

Active membership in the major aviation organizations keeps us close to the standards, the people, and the equipment.

NBAA
National Business Aviation Association
AOPA
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association
EAA
Experimental Aircraft Association
AEA
Aircraft Electronics Association

Two locations

Hurricane shop. Apple Valley offices.

Aircraft work happens at our Hurricane facility in Hangar 47. Corporate offices are in Apple Valley. Either way, we're a phone call away.

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