U S A F Academy Aero ClubFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Usafa, Colorado
U S A F Academy Aero Club is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 9222 Airfield Drive in Usafa, Colorado 80840, under air agency certificate O3BS567K with location designator O3BS. 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 City of Colorado Springs Municipal (KCOS) at Colorado Springs, a towered field at 6,187 ft elevation, 13 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 13 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. No public-use airport lies within 10 miles of the listed 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 12 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 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: U S A F Academy Aero Club
- FAA designator
- O3BS
- Air agency certificate
- O3BS567K
- Locations on certificate
- 1 FAA-listed location
- City / state
- Usafa, Colorado
- Listed address
- 9222 Airfield Drive, Usafa, CO 80840Google MapsApple Maps
- Metro area
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Nearest public airport
- KCOS City of Colorado Springs Municipal, Colorado Springs
- Distance to airport
- 13 mi (21.1 km)
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 0
- 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.
U S A F Academy Aero Club is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 5 nearest Part 141 locations. Position from a Census rooftop match. The interactive chart adds KCOS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Ussf Flight Training Center | Peterson Afb, CO | 12 mi | LJ8S |
| Arapahoe Flight Club LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | 12 mi | AHFS |
| Direct Connect Flight Academy | Peyton, CO | 13 mi | DC1S |
| Epic Aviation, Inc | Inglewood, CO | 41 mi | 0135 |
| ATP Flight Academy | Englewood, CO | 42 mi | 0114 |
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
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.
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/