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FAA Part 141COFAA data updated: 24 Aug 2026

Direct Connect Flight AcademyFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Peyton, Colorado

Direct Connect Flight Academy is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 13775 Judge Orr Road in Peyton, Colorado 80831, under air agency certificate DC1S400L with location designator DC1S. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the Colorado Springs, CO metropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Meadow Lake (KFLY) at Colorado Springs, a non-towered field at 6,878 ft elevation, 0.8 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 Rocky Mountain Ussf Flight Training Center in Peterson Afb, CO at 12 miles, followed by Arapahoe Flight Club LLC in Colorado Springs at 13 miles. Colorado has 18 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #10 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Broomfield (2), Grand Junction (2) and Loveland (2).

The FAA record carries an agency phone number, (719) 208-7049, and an agency email, ben.dwyer@flydcfa.com; it carries no website, so the contact details above are the only ones the FAA publishes 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: Direct Connect Flight Academy

FAA designator
DC1S
Air agency certificate
DC1S400L
Locations on certificate
1 FAA-listed location
City / state
Peyton, Colorado
Listed address
13775 Judge Orr Road, Peyton, CO 80831Google MapsApple Maps
Metro area
Colorado Springs, CO
Nearest public airport
KFLY Meadow Lake, Colorado Springs
Distance to airport
0.8 mi (1.4 km)
Public airports in 10 mi
1
Agency phone (FAA)
(719) 208-7049
Agency email (FAA)
ben.dwyer@flydcfa.com
Part 141 peers in 100 mi
5, nearest 12 mi
Colorado total
18 FAA-listed locations (#10 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 · PeytonDirect Connect Flight Academy and its nearest Part 141 schools
This schoolListed addressZIP centroidNearest field
Outline map of Colorado marking Direct Connect Flight Academy in Peyton and its 5 nearest Part 141 schoolsRocky Mountain Ussf Flight Training CenterArapahoe Flight Club LLCU S A F Academy Aero ClubEpic Aviation, IncATP Flight AcademyDirect Connect Flight Academy

Direct Connect 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 KFLY 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
Rocky Mountain Ussf Flight Training CenterPeterson Afb, CO12 miLJ8S
Arapahoe Flight Club LLCColorado Springs, CO13 miAHFS
U S A F Academy Aero ClubUsafa, CO13 miO3BS
Epic Aviation, IncInglewood, CO45 mi0135
ATP Flight AcademyEnglewood, CO45 mi0114

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

What flight training costs in Colorado

PPL all-in$13,000 to $18,000Colorado named-school pricing
Cessna 172 wet$190 to $230/hrPer-hour wet rate band
CFI hourly$65 to $90/hrIndependent and Part 141 staff
VFR days / year240 to 280NOAA climate normals

State-level ranges from the Colorado 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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