Manchester, United Kingdom

General Information
Oxford Aviation Academy UK Limited,
Woodford Aerodrome,
Chester Road,
Woodford,
Cheshire,
SK7 1AG

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t. +44 (0)1625 854040
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e. info@oaa.com

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4 Full Flight Simulators - A320, BAe146, B757/B767 & B737CL Aircraft Types
13 classrooms (including two specialist CBT classrooms)
Quarter 2, 2012 For Dangerous Goods/Aviation Security Training courses please click here
The Manchester training facility is approximately eight miles from Manchester International Airport. OAA Manchester is located on the former BAE Systems site at Woodford, Cheshire.

The training centre includes 13 air-conditioned multimedia equipped classrooms including two specialist Computer Based Training (CBT) classrooms; there are also the following full flight simulators: A320, BAe 146-200/300, B737-300 and B757/767.

All of our training can be delivered either here at Manchester, any other OAA location or at our customer locations subject to local aviation authority approval. The UK CAA has approved the training centre under JAR-FCL as a Type Rating Training Organisation (TRTO) across all types (our training centre is part of TRTO 25 which is based in Gatwick.); view our Pilot training fact sheet to find out more information. In addition, maintenance training is completed in accordance with EASA and CASA Part 147 and, if required, in accordance with BCAR section L; view our Engineering Course fact sheet to find out more information.

Additional Services

Product Support

We are proud of our in-house Product Support team who have developed a number of training systems and applications to support the wider business.

The team provide design and creative input into the training centre and company marketing activities.

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In summary, the team provide:

  • Video and digital media production
  • Bespoke courseware design
  • Training needs Analysis (TNA)
  • eLearning and Web Based Training (WBT)
  • Web application design and development
  • Simulator airfield visual modelling
  • Interactive CD ROM and interface design
  • Graphic Design
  • 3D modelling
  • Animation

Visual Modelling

Our in-house modelling and ESIG Worldfile generation capability allows us to keep our airfield database continuously up to date. Based on our customer's specific requirements we are also able build new airfield models for the SPX and ESIG series of visual systems.

Our capabilities in summary:

  • Real-time airfield database generation and update for ESIG and SPX visual systems.
  • Conversion from ESIG to SPX format and vice versa.
  • ESIG Worldfile generation and update.
  • Airbus A320 (Engineer Only)
  • BAe ATP
  • BAe 146/Avro RJ
  • Boeing 737CL
  • Boeing 737NG (Engineer Only)
  • Boeing 757/767 (Pilot Only)
  • Embraer 170/190 (Engineer Only)
  • Jetstream 31/32
  • Jetstream 41

For more information on Engineer Training click here

For more information on Pilot Training click here