Texas Southern University student Derrick Hudson goes over a checklist on one of the school's planes at Ellington Airport in Houston on Thursday, March 11, 2021.The city of Houston will develop a $5 million training facility for future pilots studying at Texas Southern University.
The new Aviation Education Facility will include a 22,000-square-foot aircraft hangar, as well as training and classroom space, an above-ground aviation fuel tank, vehicle parking and a 20,000 square foot apron, also referred to as the “tarmac.”“We are honored to be the first tenants in this new lease space,” said Terence Fontaine, TSU’s executive director of aviation.
The school’s aviation students already train at Ellington but will now have a designated space at the southeast Houston airport. The new facility is the latest of many additions to the program, which has quadrupled in enrollment in the past year, Fontaine said.