Airport Executive Leadership Program

Professional Certificate Course, *AMPAP Elective
Delivery: Onsite
Duration: 7 weeks (distance learning); 1 week (face to face) sessions

* This course can be taken as an elective for the Airport Professional Accreditation Program (AMPAP), and is worth two AMPAP electives.

Purpose

The Airport Executive Leadership Program is the flagship professional certificate designed to prepare airport leaders to navigate complexity, drive transformation, and lead with purpose.

Developed in partnership with leading academic institutions, this program empowers both individual leaders seeking career acceleration and airports investing in their future leadership pipeline.

Participants gain strategic insight into global airport management, sharpen decision-making skills, and explore the human side of leadership — all within a dynamic learning experience that blends online, experiential, and in-person components.

why join the Program

For individual leaders

Elevate Your Career

Develop the mindset and skillset of a global airport executive ready for senior-level leadership roles.

Lead with Purpose

Build your personal leadership vision, strengthen your emotional intelligence, and learn to lead through uncertainty.

Gain a Global Edge

Join a select international network of peers and mentors shaping the future of the airport industry.

Transform Your Impact

Leave with a personalized Leadership Impact Plan that links your learning directly to real-world leadership outcomes.

For airports

Invest in Future Leaders

Build a pipeline of strategically minded, people-centric executives ready to deliver on your airport’s mission.

Drive Organizational Excellence

Equip your leaders to make data-driven, ethical, and operationally sound decisions that move the organization forward.

Strengthen Your Global Presence

Connect your management team with senior airport professionals and experts worldwide, expanding your airport’s influence and partnerships.

Experience Immediate ROI

Participants return to their roles with new ideas, action plans, and measurable leadership results that benefit the entire organization.

Program structure

3-Week Online Foundation

Leadership self-assessment, personal vision building, and peer discussions on global and organizational context.

6-Day Onsite Immersion

Interactive leadership labs, strategic case studies, and live coaching sessions hosted in Montreal, Canada or Cranfield, United Kingdom.

4-Week Online Integration Phase

Application projects, peer coaching, and reflection activities that connect learning to real-time challenges at the participant’s airport.

* Full program details will be provided to accepted participants.

Target Audience

This program is designed for:

Aspiring and established airport leaders seeking to advance to executive roles.
Airport directors, general managers, and senior managers nominated by their CEO or executive committee as part of a leadership development strategy.

Entry is by selection and requires a statement of motivation and a letter of recommendation from the airport’s chief executive.

Maximum of 25 participants per cohort (2 per year).

How to apply

Submit your nomination with your motivation statement.
Applications are reviewed by ACI; only successful candidates will be contacted.
Accepted participants receive full program details and invoice upon confirmation.

Submit your nomination

Pricing

Dates	Least Developed Countries Member Price / African Airports Development Program Price	Member / WBP Price	Non-Member Price
13 July – 18 September 2026	$7,020 USD	$7,170 USD	$7,955 USD

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