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Aviation Career Education Academies

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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.

2025 North Carolina ACE Academies 

​ Airport
​Location
​Contact 
​Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport 
​3900 Paul J. Helms Drive
Monroe
​Malcolm Weeks
(704) 282-4730
mweeks@monroenc.org
​Curtis L. Brown Jr. Airfield 
​466 Airport Road, Elizabethtown
​Russell Worley
(910) 874-3719
rworley@elizabethtownnc.gov
​Fayetteville Regional Airport
​400 Airport Road, Suite 1
Fayetteville
​Deontae Watson
(910) 433-1623
deontaewatson@fayettevillenc.gov
​Henderson-Oxford Airport
​6514 Airport Road 
Oxford 
​James N. Brown, Jr. 
(252) 738-3520
brownj@vgcc.edu
​Kinston Regional Jetport
​2780 Jetport Road,
Kinston
​Amanda Conner
(919) 618-2051
aconner1@ncdot.gov
​Laurinburg-Maxton Airport 
​16701 Airport Road
Maxton 
​Seth Hatchell
(910) 844-5081
shatchell@lmairport.com
​Northeastern Regional Airport 
​113 Airport Drive
Edenton 
​Corey Gooden
(336) 306-8145
corey.gooden@edenton.nc.gov
​Smith Reynolds Airport
​Forsyth Tech Mazie S. Woodruff Aviation Technology Lab, 2739 Aviation Drive, Winston-Salem
​Alexandria Shaw 
(336) 306-8145
shawaceacademy@gmail.com​
​Statesville Regional Airport
​238 Airport Road 
Statesville
​John M. Ferguson 
(704) 873-1111
jferguson@statesvillenc.net
​Triangle North Executive Airport 
​440 Airport Road
Louisburg 
​James N. Brown, Jr. 
(252) 738-3520
brownj@vgcc.edu​
​Washington-Warren Airport
​201 Airport Road
Washington
​Al Powell 
(609) 412-9743
beaufortcountypal@hotmail.com
​​Wilmington International Airport 
​1740 Airport Blvd.
Suite 12
Wilmington 
​Matt Johnson
(910) 341-4333 ext. 1015
mjohnson@flyilm.com

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