Alaska Flight AcademyFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Wasilla, Alaska
Alaska Flight Academy is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 1160 South Crosswind Court in Wasilla, Alaska 99654, under air agency certificate 5NMS069O with location designator 5NMS. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the Anchorage, AK metropolitan statistical area.
The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Wasilla (PAWS), a non-towered field at 354 ft elevation, 0.2 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is on or beside the airfield, which is the usual arrangement for a Part 141 operation flying from its own ramp. 2 public-use airports sit within 10 miles of the address.
Within 100 miles the FAA lists at least five other Part 141 locations; the closest is FLY8MA LLC in Big Lake, AK at 15 miles, followed by Blue River Aviation LLC in Palmer at 15 miles. Alaska has 8 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #25 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Anchorage (5), Big Lake (1) and Palmer (1).
The FAA record carries no agency phone, email or website for this location, so contact details have to come from the school directly. Certification under Part 141 means the FAA has approved the school's training course outlines, facilities and chief-instructor arrangements and inspects them; it is not a quality ranking, and it does not by itself mean the school is VA-approved for GI Bill funding or accredited for federal student aid.
FAA record: Alaska Flight Academy
- FAA designator
- 5NMS
- Air agency certificate
- 5NMS069O
- Locations on certificate
- 1 FAA-listed location
- City / state
- Wasilla, Alaska
- Listed address
- 1160 South Crosswind Court, Wasilla, AK 99654Google MapsApple Maps
- Metro area
- Anchorage, AK
- Nearest public airport
- PAWS Wasilla, Wasilla
- Distance to airport
- 0.2 mi (0.4 km)
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 2
- Part 141 peers in 100 mi
- 5, nearest 15 mi
- Alaska total
- 8 FAA-listed locations (#25 of 51 states)
- FAA data updated
- 24 Aug 2026
Registry fields as reported by the FAA on 24 Aug 2026. Airport and peer distances computed from the geocoded address (Census rooftop match). Individuals named in the FAA record (liaison, accountable manager) are not published.
Alaska Flight Academy is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 5 nearest Part 141 locations. Position from a Census rooftop match. The interactive chart adds PAWS as the amber circle.
Chart tiles: OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap. Boundaries: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files (public domain). School positions: US Census geocoder; airfields: FAA NASR.
Nearest other Part 141 schools
| School | City / state | Distance | Designator |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLY8MA LLC | Big Lake, AK | 15 mi | FL8S |
| Blue River Aviation LLC | Palmer, AK | 15 mi | BRVS |
| Elmendorf Aero Club | Anchorage, AK | 22 mi | IE8S |
| Alyeska Helicopters LLC | Anchorage, AK | 27 mi | 3AYS |
| Land and Sea Aviation Alaska, LLC | Anchorage, AK | 27 mi | 4LAS |
Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all Alaska schools on the Alaska page or the national Part 141 directory.
Cost context
flightschoolcost.com has no state-specific pricing page for Alaska yet. National reference points: a Private Pilot License typically runs $12,000 to $18,000 all-in (see the PPL cost analysis), and the Part 141 versus Part 61 trade-off is worked through on Part 141 vs Part 61.
Primary sources
- AV-Info Find a Facility: 14 CFR Part 141 Pilot Schools. Federal Aviation Administration, data updated 24 Aug 2026, captured 28 August 2026. https://www.faa.gov/av-info/facility-dashboard
- Part 141 pilot schools (regulatory overview). Federal Aviation Administration, accessed August 2026. https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airline_certification/pilotschools
- NASR 28-day subscription, airport data (APT_BASE), effective 6 August 2026. FAA Aeronautical Information Services, accessed August 2026. https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/
- Census Geocoder (batch, Public_AR_Current benchmark). US Census Bureau, run 28 August 2026. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/