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FAA Part 141COFAA data updated: 24 Aug 2026

Redstone Education, LPFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Watkins, Colorado

Redstone Education, LP is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 37397 Cessna Way in Watkins, Colorado 80137, under air agency certificate Y61S816K with location designator 0156. The same certificate covers 2 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Watkins site only; the 1 other location is listed below. The address falls in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Colorado Air and Space Port (KCFO) at Denver, a towered field at 5,515 ft elevation, 5.8 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 5.8 miles from that field, so it may be an administrative or campus address rather than the ramp; ask the school where its training aircraft are actually based. The Census geocoder could not match the FAA street address to a rooftop, so this distance is measured from the 80137 ZIP-code centroid and is approximate. 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 Western Air Flight Academy in Watkins, CO at under 0.1 miles, followed by ATP Flight Academy in Englewood at 16 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, (720) 416-1294, 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: Redstone Education, LP

FAA designator
0156
Air agency certificate
Y61S816K
Locations on certificate
2 FAA-listed locations
City / state
Watkins, Colorado
Listed address
37397 Cessna Way, Watkins, CO 80137Google MapsApple Mapsto the ZIP centroid
Metro area
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
Nearest public airport
KCFO Colorado Air and Space Port, Denver
Distance to airport
5.8 mi (9.4 km), from ZIP centroid
Public airports in 10 mi
1
Agency phone (FAA)
(720) 416-1294
Part 141 peers in 100 mi
5, nearest under 0.1 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 (ZIP-centroid approximation). Individuals named in the FAA record (liaison, accountable manager) are not published.

Sectional plate · WatkinsRedstone Education, LP and its nearest Part 141 schools
This schoolListed addressZIP centroidNearest field
Outline map of Colorado marking Redstone Education, LP in Watkins and its 5 nearest Part 141 schoolsWestern Air Flight AcademyATP Flight AcademyEpic Aviation, IncMetropolitan State University of DenverMcAir AviationRedstone Education, LP

Redstone Education, LP is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 5 nearest Part 141 locations. Position is the ZIP centroid, not the street address. The interactive chart adds KCFO 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.

Other locations on certificate Y61S816K

LocationCity / stateDesignatorNearest airport
McAir AviationBroomfield, COY61SKBJC Rocky Mountain Metro

Nearest other Part 141 schools

SchoolCity / stateDistanceDesignator
Western Air Flight AcademyWatkins, COunder 0.1 mi1Q5S
ATP Flight AcademyEnglewood, CO16 mi0114
Epic Aviation, IncInglewood, CO17 mi0135
Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, CO22 miMSAS
McAir AviationBroomfield, CO31 miY61S

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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