Aviation Short Course Series

Elevate Your Expertise with UTA's Extension and Extended Campus Public Works Institute, 2025 Aviation Short Course Series. Empower your airport career with our two-day, expert-led courses. Designed for airport staff and consultants, these sessions deliver essential insights and practical skills, covering everything from Airport Pavements to Airside Design. Tackle the critical challenges of modern airport development, earn valuable CEUs/PDHs, and stay ahead of industry trends. Explore training opportunities below and watch for more courses in 2026.

1. 1. Airport Pavement

   Airport Pavements is a "must" for the professional involved with pavement management or pavement design. This course has been redesigned by the leading experts in their fields and has the latest findings applicable for the airport engineer. Designed specifically for participants in planning, design, construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, and administration of airports, this course covers all aspects of airport pavement design and management.
• Pavement Management With GIS
• Pavement Design and PCR with FAARFIELD 2.0
• UAS for Pavement Inspection and PCI
• Latest FAA guidance for pavement roughness
• Concrete chemistry and options for fast setting repairs
• Latest research on ASR for pavements
• Pavement design with PCASE

2. 2. Airport Planning

   Airport Planning is a two-day course designed to fill the need of airport staff and consultants to address the planning issues specific to airports. The course has been redesigned by leading experts to address the current issues in planning of future airport development. This course is highly recommended to those new to airports and well as industry professionals who need continuing education on the latest trends.
• FAA and ICAO Planning Process
• Forecasting for Airports
• Airport Master Plans and Review Process
• Airside Planning and Capacity Analysis
• Airside Simulation
• Landside and Terminal Planning

3. 3. Airport Engineering and Management

   Airport Engineering and Management is a two-day course designed to fill the need of airport staff and consultants to address the engineering and management issues specific to airports. The course has been redesigned by leading experts to address the current issues in airport engineering, management and operation of future airport development. This course is highly recommended to those new to airports as well as industry professionals who need continuing education on the latest trends.
• Master Planning and Capital Improvement Plan Process
• Environmental Planning Process
• Obstruction Management
• Navigational Aids and Airfield Lighting
• Airport Pavement Design and Rehabilitation
• Facility and Pavement Management Using GIS
• Safety Management Systems
• Construction Safety Phasing Plans
• Airport Security and ARFF plans
• Funding Airport Projects

4. 4. Airport Design - Airside

   Airport Airside Design is a two-day course designed to fill the need of airport staff and consultants to address the Design issues on the airport Airside. The course covers the latest version of the Airport Design advisory circular . The course has been redesigned by leading experts to address the current issues in airport design of future airport development. This course is highly recommended to those new to airports and well as industry professionals who need continuing education on the latest trends.
• Aircraft/Airport Compatibility
• AC 150/5300-13 Airport Design
• Runway Orientation and Runway Length Requirements
• Geometric Design of Runways and Taxiways
• Using AVIPLAN for Runway and Taxiway Designs
• Airport Capacity and Delay
• Airside Simulation Models
• Airport Obstruction Analysis
• Vertiport Design
• Airport Approach and Navigational Aids