FAA Part 139 · Movement & Non-Movement Area Driver Training

Stop Runway Incursions.Be Audit-ready at all times for FAA Inspections.

We run your ground vehicle operation classes on-site — initial, recurrent, and remedial — so your drivers stay compliant with 14 CFR 139.329 and your program is ready for any FAA inspection. You keep the records; we do the teaching.

Led by a 14-year Control Tower Supervisor & veteran ATC manager
The compliance reality

Driver training is mandatory, recurring, and inspected.

Every person who operates a vehicle in your movement and safety areas must be trained before they drive and again every 12 months — with records retained and a program the FAA can validate. For a small ops team, building and running that program is a real burden. That's what we take off your plate.

And this training does more than satisfy an inspector. Vehicle and pedestrian deviations cause roughly one in five runway incursions nationwide, and the FAA's own prevention guidance — AC 150/5210-20A and Part 139 CertAlert 22-07 — names structured, recurrent driver training as the front-line defense against them. Every driver we train is one less chance your airport shows up in the incursion feed above.

12 mo.
Recurrent training cycle required for every airfield driver under 139.329(e)
24 mo.
Training records you must keep after a driver's access ends
100%
Of movement-area drivers must be trained — no exceptions, escorts included
1 in 5
Runway incursions are caused by vehicle/pedestrian deviations — the exact risk FAA guidance says driver training exists to prevent
99%

Proven on the airfield, not just on paper. Our founder first built this driver-training program in 2002, then adapted it for an airfield in combat airspace — Al Taqaddum Airport, Iraq — where it cut runway incursions by 99% almost immediately, and kept delivering long after his tour ended.

Services

Four levels of support — you decide how much we do.

Our help escalates in clear steps: from a self-serve online license you run yourself (Level 1), up to a fully managed program where we run the entire function and teach it in person (Level 4). Every level is built around the FAA's guidance in AC 150/5210-20A — and every plan is customized to your airport, from your Airfield Diagram and Operations Manual down to your hot spots and local procedures. We scale to any field, from a single-runway GA strip to a major hub.

Most airports should start at Level 2. You already run driver training in-house, and you should keep running it — your ops staff know your field. What most airports don't have is a defensible, airport-specific curriculum and a records system that holds up to an FAA inspection. Level 2 builds both, trains your trainers, and hands you the whole thing. One project, then it's yours.

Our pricing is published below. No discovery call required to find out what something costs.

More filled dots = more we handle for you.
Level 1 · You run it

Hosted Online Course (License)

$2,400/yr · Class III–IV
$4,800/yr · Class I–II

The lightest-touch level: you run it, we host it. License our self-paced, airport-branded course and issue enrollment keys to your drivers, tenants, and contractors.

  • Unlimited seats — flat annual license, no per-head billing
  • Customized to your airport — branded, built from your AOM
  • We host; your drivers train on their own schedule
  • Automated knowledge checks & completion tracking
  • Published price — order by form, no discovery call
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Level 2 · We build it, you run it

Build & Hand-Off

$9,500 one-time · Class III–IV
$16,500 · Class I–II

We build your complete, airport-specific training program once and hand it over — with a train-the-trainer session — for your team to run in-house. You keep running your own training. It just gets defensible.

  • Customized to your airport (diagram, AOM, hot spots, procedures)
  • Custom curriculum, driver handbook & slide deck
  • Written exam, answer key & recordkeeping forms
  • Train-the-trainer session for your ops staff
  • Perpetual license to use it — no recurring fee, ever
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Level 3 · We teach it for you

Done-for-You Delivery

$3,200/day + travel · 2-day minimum
Post-incursion remedial from $6,500

We show up and teach. Most often called in after a vehicle or pedestrian deviation, when the program that was in place is the thing that needs review.

  • Post-incursion remedial training and program validation
  • On-site classroom + practical movement-area checkout
  • Tower radio-communication procedures taught by a former controller
  • Sign-in sheets, exams, and completion records turned over to you
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Level 4 · We run everything

Managed Program

$22,000–$48,000/yr
Quoted to your class & driver roster

The full-service level: we own the entire training function year-round — scheduling, in-person delivery, testing, records, and audit support — so you stop thinking about it.

  • Customized to your airport and driver roster
  • All initial + recurrent training delivered in person on a set cadence
  • Records maintained to the 24-month standard
  • Inspection & ACM validation support
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At a glance

Compare the four levels.

LevelWhat we doHow it's deliveredRecords & documentationHow it's priced
Level 1Hosted OnlineYou run it; we host the courseSelf-paced online + your practical checkoutYou keep them$2,400/yr Class III–IV
$4,800/yr Class I–II
Unlimited seats
Level 2Build & Hand-OffWe build it; your team runs itYour instructors, on your scheduleYou keep them$9,500 one-time Class III–IV
$16,500 Class I–II
Level 3Done-for-YouWe teach it for youWe deliver on-site, class by classWe hand completed records to you$3,200/day + travel
2-day minimum
Remedial from $6,500
Level 4ManagedWe run the whole functionWe deliver in person, year-roundWe maintain them to the 24-month standard$22,000–$48,000/yr
Quoted to roster

Every level is customized to your airport — built from your Airfield Diagram, Airfield Operations Manual, hot spots, and local procedures.

Prices are per airport and cover the full program. Travel is billed at cost for on-site work. Curriculum and materials are delivered under a perpetual license to your airport — you can use, copy, and teach from them indefinitely, including after our engagement ends.

14
Years as a Control Tower Supervisor

Tower operations leadership
ATC management billets
Runway / movement-area expertise
Radio-communication procedures
Why Us

Training that comes from the other side of the radio.

The heart of 139.329 is two-way communication between vehicles and the control tower. Your trainer spent 14 years as a Control Tower Supervisor, alongside a career of air traffic control management roles — directing exactly the movement-area coordination your drivers need to get right.

Your drivers won't just learn the rules — they'll understand how the tower sees the airfield, why phraseology matters, and what a controller needs from a vehicle on the movement area.

That perspective is what turns a checkbox class into training that genuinely lowers your runway-incursion and surface-incident risk.

How it works

Compliant and on the airfield in four steps.

Consult

A short call to scope your airport, driver count, and current program.

Tailor

We import your Airfield Diagram and Airfield Operations Manual (AOM) and build the course around your layout, hot spots, and local procedures.

Train

Classroom + practical delivery on your schedule, or a self-paced course.

Document

You receive exams, completions, and audit-ready records.

Questions

What airports ask us first.

Do we have to build our own training program?
No. Under AC 150/5210-20A, the airport operator stays accountable but may delegate training to a contractor — and is expected to validate the program annually. We provide a compliant program and the records you need; you keep oversight.
Is this compliant with 14 CFR 139.329?
Yes. Our curriculum is built directly around the Part 139 training requirement and the FAA's guidance in AC 150/5210-20A, covering movement/safety-area procedures, signs, markings, lighting, radio communications, and the consequences of non-compliance.
Do you train both movement and non-movement area drivers?
Yes — we offer tiered training for non-movement (apron) drivers and full movement-area drivers, including a supervised practical checkout before unescorted access.
What about recordkeeping and FAA inspections?
Every class produces sign-in sheets, test results, and completion records formatted for the 24-month retention standard. Our managed-program clients also get direct inspection and ACM-validation support.
We're a non-certificated or GA airport — can you still help?
Absolutely. The FAA encourages non-certificated airports to run a driver training program appropriate to their needs, and a right-sized program is exactly what we deliver.
Service area

On-site across four regions — and online everywhere.

On-site delivery and program support wherever you operate; our hosted online course is available worldwide. Travel scoped per engagement.

North America Central & South America Europe Far East
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Book a free 20-minute consult.

Prices for Levels 1 through 3 are published above — you don't need to call to learn them. Tell us about your airfield and we'll confirm which level fits, or scope a Level 4 managed program, which is the one that genuinely has to be quoted.

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