Choose from the aircraft dispatcher schools below to start your career today!

Alaska
Technical Aviation Services, Inc.
1415 East Tudor Road
Anchorage, AK 99507-1033

Arizona
Institute of Flight Operations and Dispatch
3710 S. Park Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85713

California
Jeppesen Academy
3355 East Spring Street #211
Long Beach, CA 90806

Lewis University
9465 Earhart Road
Oakland, CA 94614

Florida
Anoka Technical College
561 Pearl Harbor Drive
Daytona Beach, FL 32114

Aviation Training Services
561 Pearl Harbor Drive
Daytona Beach, FL 32114

Airline Ground Schools Inc.
4800 N.W. 36th Street
Miami, FL 33159

Career Academy
6555 N.W. 36th Street, Suite 219
Miami, FL 33166

Delta Aircraft Dispatcher School
9500 N.W. 41st Street
Miami, FL 33178

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
P.O. Box 660528
Miami Springs, FL 33266

Michigan Institute of Aeronautics
600 South Clyde-Morris Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900

Middle Tennessee State University
150 West University Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901-6975

Mountain View College
499 N.W. 70th Ave., Suite 110
Plantation, FL 33317-7572

Sheffield School of Aeronautics
499 NW 70th Ave. Ste. 110
Ft. Lauderdale, FL  33317

Georgia
The Airline Academy
1234 Phoenix Blvd. Suite 525
Atlanta, GA 30343

Miami Dade Community College
Atlanta, GA

Illinois
Flight Safety International (LGA)
Palwaukee Inn and Conference Center
1900 South Milwaukee Avenue, Suite 202
Wheeling, IL 60090

Flight Safety International (STL)
Route 53, Harold White Aviation Center
Romeoville, IL 60441

Kentucky
Falcon Air Academy
73 Cavalier Blvd. #211
Florence, KY 41042

Michigan
Flight Dispatch Careers, Inc.
47884 D. Street
Belleville, MI 48111

Minnesota
Flight Operations Strategies Inc
1355 West Highway 10
Anoka, MN 55303

Flight Control Academy
1101 E. 78th Street, Suite 100
Bloomington, MN 55420

Missouri
World Airline Dispatcher Schools
4619 LeBorget drive
St Louis, MO

Montana
Florida Institute of Technology
1511 Poly Drive
Billings, MT 59102

New York
Academics of Flight
43-49 45th Street
Sunnyside, NY 11104

Academics of Flight International
Marine Air Terminal LaGuardia Airport
Flushing, NY 11371

Academy College
82-130 Country Pointe Circle
Queens Village, NY 11427

North Carolina
Airline Flight Dispatch Group Higher Power Aviation, Inc.
4001 Providence Court
Wilmington, NC 28412

Tennessee
The Everett Group
Box 67 Aero Space Department
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Texas
Green River Community College
878 Greenview Drive
Grand Prairie, TX 75050

Phoenix East Aviation
4849 West Illinois Avenue
Dallas, TX 75211-6599

Rocky Mountain College
4201 N Main Street, Suite 242
Fort Worth, TX 76106-2736

San Jacinto College
Suite F214, MD929, 4501 Hwy 360 South
Fort Worth, TX 76155-2122

Utah
Insights
444 South River Road
St George, UT 84790

Washington
Sierra Academy of Aeronautics-International Training Center
12401 SE 320th Street
Auburn, WA 98092-3699

Aircraft Dispatcher Job Description

Aircraft Dispatchers are licensed airmen certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration and have joint responsibility with the captain for the safety and operational control of flights under his/her guidance.

Aircraft Dispatchers authorize, regulate, and control commercial airline flights according to government and company regulations to expedite and ensure safety of flight by performing the following tasks:

• responsible for economics, passenger service and operational control of day to day flight operations.
• analyze and evaluate meteorological information to determine potential hazards to safety of flight and to select the most desirable and economic route of flight.
• compute the amount of fuel required for the safe completion of flight according to type of aircraft, distance of flight, maintenance limitations, weather conditions and minimum fuel requirements prescribed by federal aviation regulations.
• prepare flight plans containing information such as maximum allowable takeoff and landing weights, weather reports, field conditions, NOTAMS and many other informational components required for the safe completion of flight.
• prepare and signs the dispatch release which is the legal document providing authorization for a flight to depart.
• delay or cancel flights if unsafe conditions threaten the safety of his/her aircraft or passengers.
• monitor weather conditions, aircraft position reports, and aeronautical navigation charts to evaluate the progress of flight.
• update the pilot in command of significant changes to weather or flight plan and recommends flight plan alternates, such as changing course, altitude and, if required, enroute landings in the interest of safety and economy.
• originate and disseminate flight information to others in his/her company including stations and reservations. This is the source of information provided to the traveling public.

Aircraft Dispatchers have undergone extensive training to have earned the coveted Aircraft Dispatcher's certificate having taken and passed both an extensive oral examination and the comprehensive Dispatch ADX test, administered by the Federal Aviation Administration.  These tests are equivalent to the same Air Transport Pilot (ATP) written and oral examinations that an airline captain must successfully complete.

Aircraft Dispatchers participate in frequent and detailed recurrent training courses covering aircraft systems, company operations policy, meteorology and Federal Air Regulations as required by the FAA.

(SOURCE - Airline Dispatchers Federation)