Estonian Aviation Academy ( et, Eesti Lennuakadeemia) is a state-owned institution educating and training personnel for

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n aviation enterprises and organizations. The academy is situated near the

Tartu Airport Tartu Airport ( et, Tartu lennujaam) is an airport in Reola, Ülenurme Parish, south southwest of Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia. It is also called Ülenurme Airport due to its proximity to the village of Ülenurme. The Tallinn ...

in the village of

Reola Reola is a village in Kambja Parish, Tartu County, Estonia. It is located about 9 km south of Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia, adjacent to Ülenurme and Tõrvandi. Reola is passed by the Tallinn–Tartu–Võru–Luhamaa road ( ...

, 8 km south of Tartu. Instruction at the Estonian Aviation Academy is conducted in accordance with the standard curricula, meeting the requirements of the country's Ministry of Education and Research, as well as international agencies ( ICAO, JAA,

EASA The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is an agency of the European Union (EU) with responsibility for civil aviation safety. It carries out certification, regulation and standardisation and also performs investigation and monitori ...

and

EUROCONTROL The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, commonly known as Eurocontrol (stylised ''EUROCONTROL''), is an international organisation working to achieve safe and seamless air traffic management across Europe. Founded in 1960, Eur ...

Mission

The mission is to educate and train aviation personnel (meeting international requirements), develop national aviation culture, and support the development of activities in the field of aviation.

Learning environment

The main building, completed in 2011, is situated beside

. Before that, the academy used the buildings of the

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...

and of the University of Life Sciences in Tähtvere.

Overview of Specialties

* Air Traffic Services *

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a Government agency, government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includ ...

Aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot a ...

Communication and Navigation Surveillance * Aircraft Piloting ** Airplane Piloting **

Helicopter A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes ...

Piloting * Aviation Management * Aircraft Engineering

Rectors

*Illari Lään (-2020) *Koit Kaskel (2020-)

Co-operation partners in Estonia

Estonian Aviation Academy has developed links with aviation enterprises and higher educational institutions in Estonia and abroad, including: *

Estonian Air Estonian Air was the flag carrier airline of Estonia between 1991 and 2015. Headquartered in Tallinn it operated scheduled services from Tallinn Airport. Prior to its closure, the airline flew from Tallinn to 11 destinations in Europe. From 19 ...

Estonian Air Force The Estonian Air Force ( et, Õhuvägi, ) is the aviation branch of the Estonian Defence Forces. The air force traces its history to 1918, and was re-established in its current form in 1991. As of 2016, the Estonian Air Force has a strength of ...

Estonian Air Navigation Services Estonian Air Navigation Services ( et, Lennuliiklusteeninduse AS), abbreviated as EANS, is a modern, rapidly developing company operating under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of the Republic of Estonia. It i ...

* Estonian Aviation Museum * Estonian Border Guard Aviation Group *

Estonian Civil Aviation Administration The Estonian Civil Aviation Administration ( et, Lennuamet) was the civil aviation authority of Estonia, working in the jurisdiction of Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications and exercising civil aviation state inspection and supervisin ...

Estonian National Defence College The Estonian Military Academy ( et, Kaitseväe Akadeemia) is an institution of applied higher education for national defence in Tartu, Estonia. The institutions mission is to train and educate regular officers for the Estonian Defence Forces ...

Estonian University of Life Sciences The Estonian University of Life Sciences ( Estonian: ''Eesti Maaülikool'', EMÜ) located in Tartu, Estonia, is the former Estonian Agricultural University, which was established in 1951 and renamed and restructured in November 2005. Eesti Maa� ...

Magnetic MRO Magnetic Group (former names: Magnetic MRO AS, Maersk Air Maintenance Estonia and Air Maintenance Estonia) is an aviation maintenance company headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. The company offers a full range of commercial airplane maintenance se ...

(ex. Air Maintenance Estonia) * Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications * Ministry of Education and Research * Pakker Avio * Tallinn Airport, Ltd. *

Tallinn University Tallinn University (TLU; et, Tallinna Ülikool, ''TLÜ'') is a public research university in Estonia. Located in the centre of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, Tallinn University is one of the three largest institutions of higher education ...

Tallinn University of Applied Sciences Tallinn University of Applied Sciences ( et, Tallinna Tehnikakõrgkool; TTK) is a vocational university in Tallinn, Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to ...

Tallinn University of Technology Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; et, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool) is the only technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, public administrati ...

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

* Ülenurme High School

Co-operation partners in other countries

Anadolu University Anadolu University ( tr, Anadolu Üniversitesi) is a public university in Eskişehir, Turkey. The university is known for its success in verbal fields such as history and communication. Its Faculty of Communication Sciences is sometimes considered ...

School of Aviation * Avia College *

Institute of ANS * Helsinki-Vantaa Airport * Hochschule Bremen *

Hogeschool van Amsterdam The Hogeschool van Amsterdam, University of Applied Sciences (HvA), or Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), is a large institute for higher professional education in the Netherlands, established in 1993. The HvA mainly offers bachelor ...

Finnair Finnair ( fi, Finnair Oyj, sv, Finnair Abp) is the flag carrier and largest airline of Finland, with its headquarters in Vantaa on the grounds of Helsinki Airport, its hub. Finnair and its subsidiaries dominate both domestic and international ...

* Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen * Lufthansa Technical Training * Lund University School of Aviation * Lycon Engineering AB * Mayflower College *

National Defence University of Warsaw The National Defence University of Warsaw ( – AON) was the civil-military highest defence academic institution in Poland, located in Warszawa– Rembertów. In 2016 it was succeeded by the War Studies University. The National Defence Universit ...

* Patria Pilot Training OY *

Riga Technical University Riga Technical University (RTU) ( lv, Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte) is the oldest technical university in the Baltic countries established on October 14, 1862. It is located in Riga, Latvia and was previously known as 'Riga Polytechnical Ins ...

SAS Flight Academy CAE Oxford, part of CAE Inc., is an ab initio flight training network. It provides integrated aviation training and resourcing services. Professional airline pilots have been trained at the Oxford Aviation Academy flight school since 1961. O ...

Transport and Telecommunication Institute Transport and Telecommunication Institute (TTI) ( lv, Transporta un Sakaru Institūts, TSI) (russian: Институт Транспорта и Связи, ИТС) (previously known as RCAII and Riga Aviation University) is the largest university- ...

University of Maryland Eastern Shore University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is a public historically black land-grant research university in Princess Anne, Maryland. It is part of the University System of Maryland. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High ...

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH) is a public university located in Vilnius, Lithuania. There are 10 faculties including Antanas Gustaitis Aviation Institute, Architecture, Business Management, Civil Engineering, Creative I ...

Technical University of Košice Technical University of Košice (Slovak: ''Technická univerzita v Košiciach'') is the second largest university of technology in Slovakia. University structure * Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnology, * Faculty of Ma ...

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References

External links

* {{authority control 1993 establishments in Estonia Aviation schools in Estonia Educational institutions established in 1993 Kambja Parish Universities and colleges in Estonia