Western Air Flight AcademyFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Watkins, Colorado

Western Air Flight Academy is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 37835 Astra Way, Colorado Air And Space Port in Watkins, Colorado 80137, under air agency certificate WQ5S788K with location designator 1Q5S. 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 Redstone Education, LP 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, (303) 466-6998, 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.