Eastman Satellite Campus
The Eastman satellite residential campus has four buildings located on approximately 22 acres with five acres of building space, devoted almost entirely to the aviation program. The remaining property is dedicated to parking lots and aviation support surfaces. The campus is located adjacent to the Heart of Georgia Regional Airport.
The primary academic building for the campus contains 23 classrooms, eight teaching labs and two computer labs. The teaching labs contain a wide variety of aviation related training aides, including complete aircraft maintenance trainers. A Wellness Center and game room are also available for student use, and a Campus Store and Runway Café are available for all campus users.
There are five hangars located in the main building for aircraft storage and maintenance. The campus has 25 fixed wing aircraft, five rotary wing aircraft, and three flight training devices for pilot training. Fourteen flight worthy aircraft are housed in a 14 unit T-Hanger building. The remaining operational aircraft are housed in the maintenance hangar as they undergo maintenance and repairs. The W.S. Stuckey Terminal building, located approximately a quarter mile from the campus building, is an active airport terminal/training facility. It houses state-of-the-art simulation equipment for the training of Air Traffic Controller candidates. This facility also houses an active air traffic control tower. The tower has one classroom and two teaching labs.
There is one 140 student dorm with two bedroom, one bath apartments sharing a kitchen and living space or four bedroom, two bath apartments sharing a kitchen and living space.
The campus technology infrastructure includes two 20 Mb Metro-E fiber links and all buildings have wireless network access. The university also maintains security cameras tied to the campus network to increase student safety and security.