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.
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.
