The Aviation Career Education (ACE) Academy Grant Program supports aerospace and aviation workforce development in North Carolina with grants of up to $5,000 per airport annually for public airports that host aerospace and aviation career-focused summer academies for middle and high school students.
Applications are accepted in the fall for academies offered the following summer.
North Carolina’s program aligns with the Federal Aviation Administration's ACE Academy program, which seeks to provide young people the opportunity to explore and pursue the many rewarding careers available in the aviation sector.
2024 North Carolina ACE Academies
Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport
| 3900 Paul J. Helms Drive, Monroe
| Bob Heitz
(704) 282-4731
rheitz@monroenc.org
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Curtis L. Brown Jr. Airfield
| 466 Airport Road, Elizabethtown
| Russell Worley
(910) 874-3719
rworley@elizabethtownnc.gov
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Fayetteville Regional Airport
| 400 Airport Road, Suite 1, Fayetteville
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Deontae Watson
(910) 433-1623
deontaewatson@fayettevillenc.gov
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Kinston Regional Jetport
| 2780 Jetport Road, Kinston
| Amanda Conner
(919) 618-2051
aconner1@ncdot.gov
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Smith Reynolds Airport
| Forsyth Tech Mazie S. Woodruff Aviation Technology Lab, 2739 Aviation Drive, Winston-Salem
| Alexandria Shaw
(336) 306-8145
shawaceacademy@gmail.com
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Statesville Regional Airport
| 238 Airport Road, Statesville
| John M. Ferguson
(704) 873-1111
jferguson@statesvillenc.net
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Washington Warren Airport
| 201 Airport Road, Washington
| Al Powell
(609) 412-9743
beaufortcountypal@hotmail.com
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