The Yuma market is served by Yuma International Airport, which features daily round-trip flights via American Airlines from Yuma to Phoenix (PHX) and Dallas (DFW).

 

Central to Yuma’s existence and its future growth is water. With the presence of the Colorado and Gila Rivers, Yuma’s desert economy has bloomed.

Yuma entities hold some of the most senior water rights on the lower Colorado River

3 Yuma area irrigation and/or water user entities possess Present Perfected Rights (PPR), the oldest and best water rights on the lower Colorado River

Three other area entities hold 3^rd priority rights

The entities combined hold rights to 789,000 acre feet of water or 257.2 billion gallons

The City of Yuma’s water production infrastructure currently holds 50% (20 MPD) available capacity while the wastewater treatment facilities have 30% (2.85 MPD) available capacity. 

San Luis Port of Entry I and II serves cross border travel with POE I serving private-operated vehicles and pedestrians.  The newer and larger POE II primarily accommodates commercial traffic including a facility serving temperature-sensitive shipments.

Daily workers or visitors from Mexico have the benefit of the San Luis Port of Entry, which is located 20 minutes south of Yuma via SR 195. Tijuana to Yuma is a 3.5 hour drive and can be done entirely via Mexico without traveling through California. Yuma often serves as a launch point for businesses looking to open operations in the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California Norte.

Yuma is situated at the nexus of Arizona, California, and Mexico borders. The community is equidistant between Phoenix and San Diego. For retailers and manufacturers operating in these cities, Yuma’s location along I-8 make is ideal, it provides a new market of opportunity without having to incur added freighting costs due to new delivery routes. Los Angeles and Las Vegas have a drive time to Yuma of less than 5 hours.

Local elected leaders created 4FrontED to facilitate regional and cross-border economic development and job creation in the megaregion of Yuma County, Imperial County, CA, and the northern Sonora and Baja California border areas of Mexico.

Binational region offers single-day freighting service to more than 52 million consumers

Binational population is over 1.5 million with a GDP of $20 billion in economic strength

 

Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) has a long history of service to Yuma residents and businesses. The first train crossed into Arizona from California in 1877. UPRR traffic through Yuma leads to either Los Angeles, CA or El Paso, TX via Tucson, AZ.

 

Yuma is home to two of the most important military installations in the United States. The U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) is the nation’s premier ground and weapons testing facility. Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (MCAS Yuma) is the country’s foremost Marine air base with more than 10,000 active-duty personnel, including pilots, aviation technicians, and aeronautic mechanics.

Restricted air space is a highly valued aspect of defense and aerospace operations. Yuma County has more than 2,000 sq. miles of restricted air space. This asset presents Yuma with unique partnership opportunities that hold benefits for both the public and private sectors.

The Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture (YCEDA) is an innovative public-private partnership that connects top scientists to the desert agricultural industry.

Key partners include but are not limited to:

• Barkley Ag Enterprises              
• JV Smith Cos.
• Tanimura and Antle
• D’ Arrigo Bros. of California
• Smith Farms Co. of Yuma
• Gowan Co.

The Center works to develop solutions to the challenges of arid-land crop production such as disease management, crop yield maximization, food safety, and water/soil salinity

Key industry player in the development and testing of numerous technologies serving agriculture including drones, sensors, autonomous vehicles, automated date plant pollination systems, and water efficiencies.