The municipality of Ponte de Sor is located in the interior of Portugal, in the Alentejo region, geographically characterized by its central location in the natural territory and by the occupation of a vast territory (about 840 km2), mainly forest, with a reduced population density (19h / km2). Its main economic activities have been historically linked to the primary sector, with emphasis on forestry, the cork processing industry, the agri-food industry, services, the social economy and, for some 30 years until 2009, the manufacture of parts for the automotive sector.

Since then, the aeronautical sector has been gaining a very significant position and is today affirmed as one of the main pillars of the economy of the county. Briefly, the appearance of this activity occurred in the early 2000s, when two companies manufacturing small aircraft were installed in Ponte de Sor, attracted by the incentive measures created at the time with the expansion of the Industrial Zone. The presence of these companies led the City Council to commence the construction of a small airfield.

In 2006, the Portuguese State launched a national competition for the constitution of the national headquarters of civil protection air assets. The specifications of this tender required the construction of a longer runway, among other valences. This was the pivotal moment when Ponte de Sor became the municipality with one of the biggest and best-equipped aerodromes in Portugal. Since then, and especially since 2013 with the installation of the largest national airline pilot school, the development of this infrastructure has never stopped.

Today it has several companies based there, it employs about three hundred people and its potential is far from exhausted. For example, Tekever, a Portuguese company manufacturing in Ponte de Sor all the drones for maritime patrolling within all EU member states, will soon start to manufacture satellites for the European satellite constellation as well.

The Global Flight School was a school based at the aerodrome, founded by a team of pilots with vast and solid experience in the various aeronautical sectors. The GFServices company, also based in the municipal aerodrome, develops its activity in the area of ​​aircraft maintenance and organization of management of the continuity of their reliability. Its team, composed of 20 elements, some of whom have more than 25 years of experience in this area, demonstrates the quality of services provided in the infrastructure of the municipal aerodrome of Ponte de Sor.

Recently Sevenair Academy joinned our aerodrome and traces its origins in the first civilian pilot school in Portugal, AeroAvia that was created in 1980. Later this company was bought by an investor and became Vega. At the same time in 1998 Leávia was created in the Algarve becoming not only the first pilot school in the South of the country but also the first aviation school to achieve JAA approval.