Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Flight School will further the mission of Elizabeth City State University by providing a much-needed state of the art, iconic building to house the Department of Aviation and Emergency Management on campus. The Aviation Program includes Avionics, Aviation Management, Flight Education, Professional Aeronautics/Air Traffic Control, and Unmanned Aircraft Systems concentrations. As the only four-year collegiate aviation education program in North Carolina, ECSU offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Aviation Science and is certified by the FAA as a Part 141 Flight Training Program. It will be a catalyst for transforming the aviation science program at Elizabeth City State University. Located in the heart of the STEM precinct of campus and will border the Academic Green, it serves as a crossroads for campus connectivity and student learning. The Flight School will be an inspiring, flexible model for academic and research creativity that is focused on collaboration, discovery, and transfer of knowledge. The building design will promote creativity and collaboration and will showcase and celebrate the aviation science program at Elizabeth City State University. The building will be approximately 56,000 gross square feet (GSF) comprised of specialty classrooms, lab spaces, indoor drone flight pavilion, flight simulator lab, conference center, grab and go cafe, collaboration/study space, and office space.
