An online program that will make you specialize as a true expert in charge of the main areas of an airport"

The professional master’s degree in Design, Construction and Operation of Airport Infrastructures is a complete educational program that delves into the various areas related to the construction and operation of all areas that are part of the usual and common activity of an airport. Therefore, the study plan has a comprehensive development with respect to the analysis of both infrastructure and airport operations and management systems.

Therefore, in the first instance, the first contents are dedicated in greater depth to the analysis of the infrastructures. The first sections are dedicated to the main air side infrastructures, such as runway, taxiways and aprons, to later focus on the ground side of the building: access to the airport and configuration of the airport areas.

The plan continues with an in-depth study of signaling, beaconing and visual aids for the airfield, and the fifth module deals with airport pavements. The last module of the infrastructure block closes with a sixth section, which deals in depth with the maintenance of the aforementioned spaces and areas.

In terms of airport operations and their management systems, this professional master’s degree delves into the analysis of airport operations, as well as the development of the airport manual and the analysis of multi-management, illustrating the student in the different management systems implemented at the airport.

All this in a comfortable study format, totally online and with all the pedagogical resources and multimedia materials available so that this training is compatible with other personal or professional projects of the routine. With Relearning and Learning by Doing methodology, learning will have an eminently practical dimension, although always accompanied by an updated theoretical conceptualization appropriate to the field of work.

Train yourself as a manager in the most important areas of airport infrastructures with thisprofessional master’s degree fully online"

This professional master’s degree in Design, Construction and Operation of Airport Infrastructures contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of case studies presented by experts in Design, Construction and Operation of Airport Infrastructures
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

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The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from sector who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

Thanks to this complete educational program, you will be able to delve into the air and ground infrastructures that are part of an airport"

Understand the vicissitudes of airport operations and the management systems involved"

The objectives of this study plan are intended to enable students to develop the professional judgment and ability to manage any phase of airport planning, design, construction or operation. The student will be perfectly qualified to analyze problems in airport ground and air infrastructures, acquire a specialized approach and be able to monitor the management of any airport department, as well as outline new trends in the post-COVID era.

With clear and defined objectives, you will be able to bring out the best version of the professional in you and assume positions of responsibility"

General objectives

• Provide the professional with the specific and necessary knowledge to perform with a critical and formed opinion in any phase of planning, design, construction or operation of the airport
• Determine the problems of airport design and look for solutions adjusted to the airport's needs
• Master the main constraints involved in an airport project
• Acquire a specialized approach and be able to monitor the management of any airport department
• Apply the latest techniques used in the industry today
• Outline the new trends that airports plan to implement in the post-COVID era
• Expand the knowledge of the different critical and common airside infrastructures and their design

Specific objectives

Module 1. Airside Airport Infrastructures

• Identify the optimal location for an airport
• Detailing the content and drafting a master plan
• Master the airport manual, as a starting point for an airport
• Delve into runway types and runway designs
• Deepen into the types and design of a taxiway and its parts
• Master the types and design of aprons 
• Determine the problems in the construction of apron slabs on aprons
• Identify the drainage systems needed in an airport, as well as their design
• Analyze the safety areas and design of airports
• Master the minimum requirements of a heliport
• Acquire heliport design skills
• Delve into the requirements and design of the taxiways

Module 2. Airside Aeronautic Infrastructures

• Address the problems of operating a de-icing platform
• Identify the Location Requirements of an SSEI
• Identify the parts of a fire station 
• Develop the ability to functionally design a power station 
• Expand the knowledge to design signaling, hawker, and state pavilion parks  
• Delve into fencing design issues
• Design engine test areas 
• Identify the functional requirements of boarding bridges
• Identify the functional requirements of airport service tunnels
• Master the airport simulation software

Module 3. Landside and Terminal

• Identify the state of the art regarding rail connections to airports
• Detail the functional problems of airport accesses
• Know the airport accesses and airport parking areas
• Master the functional requirements of each terminal area 
• Master terminal simulation software

Module 4. VPAs and Non-VPAs at the Airport

• Delve into horizontal runway markings, taxiways, apron horizontal markings, anywhere on the airfield
• Identify in depth runway, taxiway, apron and airfield lighting systems
• Detail the types of signs usable on an airfield
• Design the airfield signage information system
• Know the requirements for matching AAVV and radio aids
• Identify apron lighting requirements
• Monitor compliance with lighting requirements

Module 5. Operations Manual

• Master the contents of the airport manual
• Delve into the content of the access control procedure
• Master the content of the procedure for the control of inspections of the movement area 
• Know the contents of the procedure for work on the aerodrome
• Identify the contents of the apron management procedure
• Recognize the content of the wildlife hazard management procedure
• Know the content of the surface and protection area control procedure
• Master the content of the procedure for the transfer of disabled aircraft
• Know the content of other procedures affecting operation and exploitation (maintenance, degraded atmospheric conditions, and aircraft operations beyond those authorized)

Module 6. Airport Operations

• Delve into the categorization of the operations that take place at the airport
• Learn about the singularity of helicopter operations
• Delve into the problematic of the existence of special operations
• Examine the apron safety regulations governing ground activities
• Master the functions and requirements of the airport firefighting service
• Know the scope, interconnections with other documents, and action requirements of the emergency plan
• Delimit the main services provided by or at the airport to airlines
• Interrelate the administrative classification of Handling
• Delve into the structure and scope of the main Safety programs in place at the airport
• Determine the activities planned at the airport to carry out an adequate obstacle control

Module 7. Multi-Management

• Examine the existence and scope of the airport regulatory document, as well as the operational safety management systems
• Examine the existence and scope of environmental management systems
• Determine the existence of the quality system and processes, safety management systems and their scope
• Delve into the existence of CGA and CEOPS management centers and their functions
• Know the particularities of the network operation and its impact on the HR involved Detail the annual budgets
• Identify the particularities of the change management process for the maintenance 
  of the airport certificate

Module 8. Airport Pavements

• Identify the importance of pavements in the life of the airport
• Identify the constituent materials of pavements
• Know the requirements for the installation of the work units that make up the pavements
• Learn more about the design parameters of an apron
• Go in depth into the dimensioning of rigid pavements, to dimension flexible pavements
• Detail pavement monitoring methods
• Identify pavement defects and the causes of these defects
• Distinguish the repair and reinforcement actions to be recommended in each situation

Module 9. Airport Maintenance

• Master the regulatory requirements to the airport maintenance plan
• Determine the structure, scope and periodic review of the maintenance plan
• Address visual aids maintenance requirements
• Identify signage maintenance requirements
• Analyze maintenance requirements for low voltage electrical systems
• Specify maintenance requirements for high voltage electrical systems 
• Identify system testing protocols
• Specify maintenance requirements for motion area surfaces surfaces
• Address maintenance requirements for fencing and other features
• Delve into the maintenance requirements of other equipment

Module 10. Systemic Airport Management

• Identify the relationships of each stakeholder in the management of an airport
• Delve into the use of scorecards as a decision making tool
• Master the global management of an airport

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