Aviation Program Receives Tour

UMTC Aviation team was treated to a tour of Westover municipal and Air Force airport. Read more.

UMTC Acquires New Air Traffic Control Simulator

UFA, Inc., a developer of air traffic control simulation systems based in Burlington, Massachusetts, has delivered an ATTower air traffic control simulator to the Transportation Center. Read more.

UMass Transportation Center's Aviation Research and Training Facility at Westover Municipal Airport

The UMass Transportation Center's  Aviation Research and Training Facility is located at the Westover Municipal Airport in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The facility is used to conduct advanced aeronautical research and provide training for air traffic controllers, pilots, and other aviation professionals.

The facility is equipped with a high-fidelity 360-degree air traffic control tower simulator that features three-dimensional views of a variety of operational environments.

Key goals of the facility are to create a Massachusetts-based training center for advanced aeronautical research to improve aviation safety and efficiency. The facility develops and applies advanced training methods to ensure air traffic controllers, pilots and airline operators are able to leverage the benefits of newly developed technologies capable of improving aviation safety and efficiency. The facility also encourages and supports economic development in the region.

The simulator also serves as a research platform for faculty who want to do research and address critical questions such as how to integrate unmanned aircraft safely into the national airspace with manned aircraft.