Airport Planning Courses 2014

(Updated 1 Feb 2014)

Four years ago, I did a post about the Airport Planning Courses that I was aware of.  It became the 2nd most popular post on my blog.  Since then I have tried to update it yearly. 

If you are asking, where can I learn about airport planning? Here are some courses which I am aware of. Let me know if you are aware of any more out there.

United States
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1. UC Berkeley - Airport Systems Planning and Design.  Offered by Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) Berkeley.  This course is offered by the National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research (NEXTOR).  4 day course that tends to be held in Nov.  Look under short courses in the Nextor website. The last one was held on 28 Oct - 31 Oct 2013. (Early Bird USD2000, Standard Rate USD2100, FAA USD1500)  There are no published dates for 2014 at this point.

2. ACC/ACI-NA/FAA - Airport Planning Workshop - 3 day course. Held annually or once every 2 years.   First one was held in Dec 2009. The last one was held 9 - 11 Dec 2013.  It tends to be jointly held with the NEPA workshop.  It is orientated to the US airport industry and rules.  (ACI USD720, Non-member USD825)  There are no published dates for 2014 at this point.

4. AAAE Accreditation or Certified Member - If you are American or work in the US Airport Industry, this is also a good option as it ties in with FAA regulations and the unique characteristics of the American Airport Industry.  It is a self-study program with a Multiple Choice exam.  There are 4 modules in the Body of Knowledge, one of them is pertaining to Planning, Construction and Environmental.  The other modules are Finance and Administration; Operations, Security and Maintenance; Legislative Affairs, Marketing and Communications, and Air Service Development.  There is also a week long course (AAE/Certification Academy) that helps you go through the material and prepare you for the exam. (9 - 15 Mar 2014 USD1800 Dallas,TX)

In addition, there are a number of aviation schools throughout the country that use Alexander Wells book "Airport Planning and Management" as a textbook for their undergraduate classes.


International
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1. IAAE Airport Systems Planning - IAAE Canada is hosting a 2 day Airport Systems course by Dr McCoomb, formerly Transport Canada and GTAA from 13 - 14 Mar 2014 in Tucson, Arizona. (click here) (CDN2500 non-members, CDN2250 members)

2. Cranfield University - Cranfield offers a MSc Program in Airport Planning and Management. Some of the modules of the MSc Program are offered as short courses. (click here) Go to "Professional Development tab" to check it out. Cranfield MSc started when Loughborough University ended their MSc program which was running for more than 20 years.

3. Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA) - SAA is the training arm of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.  SAA has held Airport Engineering courses annually for many years.  SAA is currently offering a 9 week Airport Engineering Programme jointly organised by Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley and Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA).  The next course is 4 Aug - 3 Oct 2014 (USD14,200).  The 2015 course runs from 3 Aug to 2 Oct 2015.  The course can also be taken in 3 week parts with each part costing USD6250.  (Airport System and Planning, Airport Design and Construction, Airport Maintenance)

4. IATA - Airport Master Planning - This 5 day course is run annually in Montreal. The next class is 20 Oct to 24 Oct 2014.  (Non-members USD3700, Members USD3145, Developing Countries USD2590)  There are also 4 other locations where the course will be offered as well in 2014.  Prague (31 Mar - 4 Apr), Beijing (16-20 Jun 2014), Singapore (1-5 Sep 2014), London (8-12 Dec 2014).

5. ACI-World - Airports Council International (ACI) Global Training also has a 5 day training course on Airport Master Planning. The next classes are 14-18 Jul 2014 and 17-21 Nov 2014 in Incheon, Korea (USD1450 members, USD2100 non-members).

No longer available / discontinued?
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1. UT Austin - 3 day course at UT-Austin. (Center for Lifelong Engineering Education, look under Civil/Transportation) Typically run in Aug/Sep time of the year. I think it has been going on for more than 10 years. There are also courses on Airport Pavements, Airport Engineering & Management, Airport Noise and Air Quality models. Each one is not always run annually. The last course was in 2010.  It seems to have discontinued.

2. Harvard - 3 day course last held in Jul 09 under the auspices of the Harvard Graduate School of Design Executive Education Program. Not sure if this is a one off. The theme was "Next Generation Airport Design: Toward a Customer Friendly, Efficient, Safe, and Secure Passenger Airport"

3. MIT Airport Systems Planning - This 5 day/3 day course was previously held every 2 years at MIT. It is from an Airports Systems perspective. The last one was in 2006. For some reason, there has not been one since then at MIT.  However, IAAE Canada has started conducted a annual training on 'Airport Systems Planning' using MIT Professor de Neuville book on Airport Systems.