Who qualifies for the Accredited Airport Executive Program?
• be at least 21 years old; • be an affiliate member of AAAE; • have at least one full year of full-time civil airport management* experience when applying; • have either a four-year college degree or eight years of civil airport management* experience. Prospective candidates may substitute civil airport management experience on a two-years-for-one basis, i.e., with a total of eight years of experience substituting for a four-year college degree. *AAAE’s definition for airport management is broad and inclusive. Anyone with active responsibility for the management or administration of a public airport is eligible to apply for an Affiliate membership in AAAE. Aside from airport managers and directors of operations, an assistant to an airport manager is also eligible; so is anyone who works in another capacity but whose responsibilities are related to the day-to-day operations of an airport (excluding employees of concessions, vendors, consulting firms, and construction companies, those w
