Spaceport America, New Mexico, United States

Gerald Martin Construction Management from Albuquerque was chosen in December 2008 to oversee construction of the spaceport. As of April 2009, the first of 13 bid packages for the spaceport was expected to be publicly released later that month and all 13 bid packages were scheduled to be released by June 2009. "The goal is to have (construction) completed in 17 months, by December 2010."
The ground-breaking ceremony marking the beginning of construction for Spaceport America's permanent facilities was held on June 19, 2009. On 22 October 2009, the spaceport announced that paid tours of the facilities would begin in December 2009.
As of February 2010, in mid-construction, the budgetary estimate for completion was $198 million.
On October 22, 2010, a ceremonial flypass of the spaceport was made by SpaceShipTwo to celebrate completion of major construction at the facility. A released statement about the event said, "(the) completion of the runway at Spaceport America (is) a major milestone in the construction of the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport."