Calhoun Community College Aviation Maintenance Program

Program Overview

This two-year degree program fits someone in North Alabama who wants separate Airframe and Powerplant associate degrees inside the region's aerospace corridor.

Calhoun Community College's Aviation Technology program, operated as Alabama Aviation College, awards two separate two-year degrees, an Aviation Powerplant AAS and an Aviation Airframe AAS. Training takes place in state-of-the-art facilities with modern classrooms and fully equipped labs, and the program maintains relationships with regional aerospace and aviation employers across North Alabama's aviation corridor. The campus is located in Decatur, Alabama.

This is a two-year associate degree program, offered as two distinct AAS credentials rather than one combined degree. Alabama has 5 FAA-certificated Part 147 schools, and the nearest other one is 48 miles away. Nationally, aircraft mechanics earn a median wage of $79,870.

• Program is Alabama Aviation College, a unit of Calhoun Community College
• State-of-the-art facilities featuring modern classrooms and fully equipped laboratory settings
• Serves the growing aviation and aerospace corridor of North Alabama
• Relationships with regional aerospace and aviation employers

As stated on calhoun.edu

Calhoun Community College is at 6250 US Highway 31, Decatur, AL 35671. Compare it with every aviation maintenance school in Alabama.

Annual median wage for aircraft mechanics and service technicians (SOC 49-3011), BLS OEWS May 2025. See the Alabama aircraft mechanic salary data.

The closest FAA-approved schools to Calhoun Community College, by straight-line distance.