FAPP_GEO100: Aviation Geography (P)

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About Course

This course will expand student’s knowledge in relation to countries, their capitals, hubs, gateways, air travel destinations and major carriers around the world. Students will be introduced to the basic aviation language used throughout the industry by referring to three letter airport and airline codes, phonetic alphabet and other frequently used terminology and well as the concept of using the 24-hour clock.

What Will You Learn?

  • Understand the importance of being knowledgeable in world geography and how to apply this knowledge to aviation industry.
  • Identify global features (continents, hemispheres, significance of lines of latitude and longitude, time zones, Prime Meridian, equator, International Date Line)
  • Understand the application of and converting time to 24-hour clock
  • Identify the phonetic alphabet, three-letter airport codes and two-letter airline codes and use them in the appropriate context
  • Identify the location of world’s continents and major countries and interpret information relevant to airline industry
  • Identify major air carriers around the world

Course Content

Module 1

  • Topic 1: Introduction to Aviation Geography
    05:21
  • LO1: Explain the Introduction to Aviation Geography
    06:12
  • LO2: Describe about World time zone and time formats
    11:25
  • LO3: Discuss about Airport, Airline, and Flight Codes
    13:31
  • Topic 2: Introduction to North America: Canada, US, Mexico Central
    05:49
  • LO1: Identity the continents, oceans, and hemispheres
    05:05
  • LO2: Summarise the geography of Canada, major airports and its culture
    18:11
  • LO3: Paraphrase the US geography and list its major airports
    06:38
  • LO4: Discuss about the major airports, and airlines of Mexico combining its geography
    03:54
  • Quiz I
  • Topic 3: Introduction to Central America, Caribbean, and South America
    05:28
  • LO1: Interpret and recognize major cities, airports, and airlines of Central America
    04:32
  • LO2: Develop a comprehensive overview of Caribbean geography, airports, and airline data
    04:33
  • LO3: Identify the cities, airlines, and airports of South America
    07:03
  • Quiz II
  • Topic 4: Introduction to Europe & Russia
    05:03
  • LO1: Identify and describe key geological features in Europe and list its countries and major airports
    11:28
  • LO2: Understand the geological considerations of Russia along with major players in airlines
    04:04
  • Topic 5: Introduction to Africa and Middle East
    00:00
  • LO1: Understand the interplay between geological features, airport locations, and airline operations in Africa
    09:13
  • LO2: List and categorize major airports across different regions of Middle East
    09:04
  • Topic 6: Introduction to Asia
    04:10
  • LO1: Compose the major airlines and airports of various countries in Asia
    00:00
  • Topic 7: Introduction to Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific
    05:44
  • LO1: List the primary geological features of Australia
    03:01
  • LO2: Summarize how the geological characteristics influence the airports in New Zealand
    02:05
  • LO3: Recall the geological considerations specific to South Pacific region
    03:27

Final Exam: Aviation Geography

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