About Avotek’s Learning Center
We opened our learning center in the summer of 2024 with a mission of bolstering AMTS instructors. We offer courses from how to teach adult learners, meet today’s curriculum challenges, and learn about subject-specific topics. The center accommodates 20 people.
One classroom is configured for traditional lecture style instruction with first-class airline seats. The other is set up for lab type work with workbenches. The center also houses a large museum/display area with many aircraft artifacts, training aids, and interesting samples, as well as examples of aircraft construction, maintenance, and history.
Upcoming Courses:
- Composite Materials, Fabrication and Damage Repair – Module 1 – August 5–9, 2024
- AMTS Instructor ACS Transition Training – August 12-13 (Class is full. Accepting waitlist registrations.) or August 19-20
- AMTS New Instructor Training – August 14–16, 2024
The learning center is at our facility in Weyers Cave, Virginia. Information is below about traveling here, where to stay, and what to do.
Getting to Weyers Cave, Virginia
Nearby Airports
- SHD (Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport): Closest airport (2 mi) – Minimal travel time
- CHO (Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport): 28 mi, 45-minute drive
- ROA (Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport): 96 mi, 1.5-hour drive
- IAD (Washington Dulles International Airport): 92 mi, 2-hour drive
- RIC (Richmond International Airport): 102 mi, 2-hour drive
The easiest way to reach Weyers Cave, Virginia, is to fly into the Shenandoah Valley!
Where to Stay
These cities have many good options for lodging:
- Harrisonburg, VA, 10 to 15 minutes north
- Staunton, VA, 10 to 15 minutes south
- Charlottesville, VA, 45 minutes east
Things to do
- Grand Caverns
- Skyline Drive (Shenandoah National Park) and the Blue Ridge Parkway are beautiful places to take a drive, see beautiful vistas, enjoy hiking trails
- New Market Battlefield, Civil War history
- Monticello in Charlottesville, Thomas Jefferson’s home
- Massanutten Resort and Waterpark
- Many restaurants, wineries, breweries are nearby