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FAA Part 141CAFAA data updated: 24 Aug 2026

Above All AviationFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Santa Barbara, California

Above All Aviation is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 45 Hartley Place in Santa Barbara, California 93117, under air agency certificate AA8S420L with location designator AA8S. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Santa Barbara Municipal (KSBA), a towered field at 14 ft elevation, 0.5 mile 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. It is the only public-use airport within 10 miles of the address.

Within 100 miles the FAA lists at least five other Part 141 locations; the closest is Sanbarcollbuscom Inc in Oxnard, CA at 40 miles, followed by Channel Islands Aviation Inc in Camarillo at 46 miles. California has 64 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #3 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in San Jose (6), Long Beach (4) and Riverside (4). 1 of the California entries has no dedicated page because the FAA record lacks a usable address.

The FAA record carries an agency phone number, (805) 683-7575, but no agency email or website for this location. 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: Above All Aviation

FAA designator
AA8S
Air agency certificate
AA8S420L
Locations on certificate
1 FAA-listed location
City / state
Santa Barbara, California
Listed address
45 Hartley Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93117Google MapsApple Maps
Metro area
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
Nearest public airport
KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal, Santa Barbara
Distance to airport
0.5 mi (0.8 km)
Public airports in 10 mi
1
Agency phone (FAA)
(805) 683-7575
Part 141 peers in 100 mi
5, nearest 40 mi
California total
64 FAA-listed locations (#3 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.

Sectional plate · Santa BarbaraAbove All Aviation and its nearest Part 141 schools
This schoolListed addressZIP centroidNearest field
Outline map of California marking Above All Aviation in Santa Barbara and its 5 nearest Part 141 schoolsSanbarcollbuscom IncChannel Islands Aviation IncHelipro IncCorsair Aviation LLCAbove All Aviation

Above All Aviation is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 5 nearest Part 141 locations. Position from a Census rooftop match. The interactive chart adds KSBA 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

SchoolCity / stateDistanceDesignator
Sanbarcollbuscom IncOxnard, CA40 mi98SS
Channel Islands Aviation IncCamarillo, CA46 miDDES
Helipro IncSan Luis Obispo, CA72 miHO0S
Corsair Aviation LLCVan Nuys, CA78 mi60RS
Silver Express CompanyVan Nuys, CA78 mi0109

Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all California schools on the California page or the national Part 141 directory.

What flight training costs in California

PPL all-in$15,000 to $22,000California named-school pricing
Cessna 172 wet$200 to $260/hrPer-hour wet rate band
CFI hourly$80 to $120/hrIndependent and Part 141 staff
VFR days / year250 to 300NOAA climate normals

State-level ranges from the California flight school cost page; this school's own pricing is not in the FAA record. For the Part 141 versus Part 61 cost mechanics see Part 141 vs Part 61, and for the GI Bill's PPL gap see financing options.

Registry provenanceFAA-certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school, as listed in the FAA AV-Info "Find a Facility" dataset, data updated 24 Aug 2026 (US government work, public domain). Status is shown as reported by the FAA on that date and is not asserted beyond it: certificates can be surrendered, suspended or amended at any time. Nearest-airport data from FAA NASR (effective 6 August 2026); coordinates from the US Census geocoder. This page is a registry listing, not a review or an endorsement, and flightschoolcost.com has no relationship with the school. To correct or remove this listing email questions@flightschoolcost.com.

Primary sources

  1. 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
  2. Part 141 pilot schools (regulatory overview). Federal Aviation Administration, accessed August 2026. https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airline_certification/pilotschools
  3. 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/
  4. Census Geocoder (batch, Public_AR_Current benchmark). US Census Bureau, run 28 August 2026. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/

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