Located in Phoenix, Arizona, TransPac Flight Academy trains students to work in the aeronautics industry. The school is FAA licensed and offers programs that have been approved by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Their low teacher to student ratio allows students more small group instruction time, while providing students with quality training hours with professionals who have many years of experience in the aviation industry.
Sheffield School of Aeronautics, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, offers several options for those who want a career in air traffic dispatch. The most popular program offered at this school is the five-week program with 200 classroom contact hours. Some of the successes claimed by this school include being the first air dispatch school worldwide, first FAA-approved dispatch school, first school to have FAA designated examiners on staff, and the first school to use simulation software in dispatch training.
Students will earn an FAA certification along with a college degree in air traffic dispatch while studying at Broward College's Aviation Institute. Students train at the North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, Florida, and the state-of-the-art Miramar Town Center. The program combines face-to-face and online components to prepare students to be aviation professionals. This school, which has been training aviation professionals for over 40 years, partners with various major air carriers to gain internships and training opportunities for students studying air traffic dispatch.
Western Michigan University was added to the FAA's training initiative list of air traffic dispatch training schools in 2010. The school trains students to be well-prepared to report to the FAA's Oklahoma City Air Traffic Control Academy. As part of the FAA's training initiative, students are prepared using a curriculum developed by the FAA. Students at this university have the opportunity to earn not only a certificate but a bachelor's degree in an aviation-focused field of study.
Jacksonville University, located in Jacksonville, Florida, is part of the FAA's Collegiate Training Initiative which prepares air traffic dispatchers. Students who want a career in air traffic dispatch will major in aviation operations or aviation management. Students will graduate with an FAA certification along with a bachelors degree. Students studying under the FAA Initiative are required to take private pilot ground, aviation weather, airport planning, airport management and airspace transportation environment classes as part of the Initiatives-required curriculum.