The
institute was established in, 1970. It is located
at about 2 Kilometers west of Khartoum Airport.
Its area is about 4000 square meters. It was meant
to train aerodromes officers in airport administration
and fire officers in fire fighting and rescue services.
In
1976 the school of air traffic services was added
to the institute where another block at the southern
end of the institute was built to accommodate the
class rooms, staff offices, language laboratory,
the audiovisual aids section and the ATC simulator.
This expansion was with assistance from the ICAO.
In
1983 under another project from ICAO a building
of two storeys was added at the western area which
accommodates the school of airways engineering with
staff offices laboratories and classrooms it also
accommodates the school of telecom operations.
All
these schools were provided with necessary facilities
and well trained staff at that time. A third building
of two floors was added in 1987 at eastern end which
accommodates administration, final affairs section,
classroom and some offices.
Schools and Sections
Administrative & Finance.
Academic
& Training affairs.
Audio Visual Aids.
Registration Section
School of Languages.
School of Airports management.
School of Air traffic services.
School of Airways engineering.
School of Islamic culture.
School of Computer Science.
School of Aviation Security.
Nature of Training
There are
two kinds of training, long term courses where the student
gets a diploma in the specialization field. There are
also short courses where the trainee gets a certificate
in the relevant field. The training include both theory
& practical Besides the regular courses stated in
the training schedule the institute runs courses according
to the needs of the different departments of the Civil
Aviation Authority (i.e. non scheduled programs).
