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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.
(Updated 8 July, 2012)
United States
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1. UC Berkeley - Airport Systems Planning and Design. Offered by 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 next one is 8 Oct - 11 Oct 2012. (Early Bird USD1850, Standard Rate USD1950, FAA USD1000)
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 5 - 7 Dec 2011. It tends to be jointly held with the NEPA workshop. It is orientated to the US airport industry and rules. (ACI USD590, Non-member USD690)
3. MIT - This 5 day/3 day course was held every 2 years. It is from an Airports Systems perspective. The last one was in 2006. For some reason, there has not been one since then. IAAE Canada is hosting a 3 day Airport Systems course by MIT Professors de Neuville, Odoni and Belobaba from 22 - 24 Aug 2012 in Montreal. (click here) (CDN2500 non-members, CDN2250 members)
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.
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. Cranfield University - Cranfield offers a MSc Program in Airport Planning and Management. Most of the modules of the MSc Program are offered as 5 day short courses (GBP1370). Go to "Short Courses in Air Transport" to check it out. Cranfield MSc started when Loughborough University ended their MSc program which was running for more than 20 years.
2. 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. They appear to be transitioning to a new 9 week Airport Engineering Programme jointly organised by Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley and Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA). The next class is 30 Jul - 28 Sep 2012 (USD14,800). There is also another class from 29 Jul to 27 Sep 2013.
3. IATA - This 5 day course appears to be run annually in Montreal. The next class is 15 Oct to 19 Oct 2012. (Non-members USD3700, Members USD3145, Developing Countries USD2590)
4. ACI-World - Airports Council International (ACI) Global Training also has a 3 day training course on Airport Master Planning. The next class is 17-19 Oct 2012 in Brussels (EUR650) and 7-11 Oct 2012 in Abu Dhabi (EUR1000).
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"
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ReplyDeleteI was actually wondering if Cranfield Uni offers the only Masters in Airport Planning. In its website it states that it's the only Uni in the world to run an English language masters course in airport planning and management. Does anyone knows if that's true? I mean if I want to specialize in Airport Planning my only option is Cranfield Uni? I am interested undertaking a Masters only in Europe.
Thank you in advance!
As far as I know, it is the only English language masters course with the words 'airport planning' in the degree awarded. Aviation related schools in the US, Canada, Australia all tend to have the words 'aviation', 'aeronautics', 'aeronautical', 'air transport' or some versions of those words. A lot of these schools train pilots or airline people. But some of them do end up working in airport entities.
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