A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE Written by Ginger Pinholster / Embry-Riddle News Team
A dramatically modernized flight training center, set to debut by summer 2024, followed closely by a sprawling new airport complex and other improvements, will reflect the status of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott Campus Flight Operations as a shining jewel of aviation education in the American west. As a first step, an existing simulation facility will be reimagined and expanded. That project — a $9.2 million investment approved by Embry-Riddle’s Board of Trustees — will begin to ensure that the scenic Prescott, Arizona, campus remains a premier flight-training location, fully prepared to serve ever-increasing numbers of aspiring aviators in an efficient and safe manner. “The excellence of our programs and the strong job market have meant that we have seen a dramatic increase in enrollments,” said Dr. Anette Karlsson, chancellor of the Prescott Campus. “These facilities improvements are essential and will be a great benefit to our faculty, students and staff.”
Over the past three years (fiscal years 2020 through 2022), Embry-Riddle has invested approximately $22.4 million in new aircraft and simulators for the Prescott Campus, and over the next three years, the university will invest another $34.4 million, said the university’s Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President Dr. Randy Howard. The Robertson Flight Simulation Center (also known internally as F7) renovation and future projects at the airport will ensure
Embry-Riddle has the right facilities for state-of-the-art simulators and aircraft, he added.
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Increased Enrollment /// Prescott Flight Department enrollment increased from 486
students to 955 from Fall 2018 to Fall 2023.
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