Field trips that put students on the flight line.
Guided airport tours, full-motion flight simulators and — for qualifying juniors and seniors — a familiarization flight in a general aviation aircraft.
Airport Tours
Who it’s for: elementary, middle and high school groups within a 1–2 hour drive of KCRQ or KSEE.
- Our field trip program is geared towards elementary, middle, and high school students and will take place at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, CA (KCRQ), and Gillespie Field in El Cajon, CA (KSEE).
- STEM Aviation Academy targets its field trip program at the surrounding schools that are located within a 1-2 hour drive to one of these two airports.
- We recognize that there may be schools that cannot afford to take a class trip to KCRQ or KSEE, and as such, we will subsidize some of the field trips based on need.
For high school students
Tours and Simulators
- The students will have an in-depth guided tour of KCRQ or KSEE Airports, which will last half of the day.
- The tour will cover various areas of the airport, including Fixed-Based Operators (FBOs), hangars housing a range of aircraft types, flight schools, flying clubs, and maintenance facilities.
- Students will have the opportunity to learn about the different roles and functions within the aviation industry, and meet professionals such as pilots, mechanics, air traffic controllers, and airport management personnel.
- Students will also be able to engage in full-motion flight simulator sessions during the field trip, which will last approximately 15 minutes per person.
- Airport tour
- Half day
- Simulator session
- ≈ 15 min per person
- Locations
- KCRQ or KSEE
For high school students
Familiarization Flight
Eligibility
Offered to juniors and seniors committed to a career in aviation. Not every field trip participant receives a flight.
- For juniors and seniors committed to a career in aviation, STEM Aviation Academy provides familiarization flights in a Cessna 152, Cessna 172, or Cirrus SR20 aircraft. These flights are approximately 20 minutes per person.
- Every student’s dream. A real take-off, tour flight, and landing in one of our general aviation aircraft.
- Flight length
- ≈ 20 min
- Aircraft
- C152 · C172 · SR20
- Who
- Juniors & seniors
A day at the airport
Plan a field trip for your class — we’ll follow up to arrange details.
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