Prestwick is famed when each the mecca for golf, and too as an aviation town. Prestwick Airport is the major international airport which caters for a total of low-cost airlines including Ryanair and BMIbaby. It likewise occurs as chief hub for airfreight - Polar Air Cargo operates a fleet of Boeing 747 cargo aircraft from its Prestwick base. Additionally, two BAE Systems and GE Aircraft Engines have maintenance/manufacturing facilities adjacent to the airfield.

Too when a drome, Prestwick is the cornerstone of the UK air traffic control system, controlling 70% of UK airspace. This additionally to existence a single half of the Shanwick Oceanic Control centre, which oversees all Northerly Atlantic air traffic on the European side.