New Castle AirportFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in New Castle, Delaware
New Castle Airport is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at New Castle Airport, 131 North Dupont Highway in New Castle, Delaware 19720, under air agency certificate G7WS414K with location designator 37WS. The same certificate covers 5 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the New Castle site only; the 4 other locations are listed below. The address falls in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan statistical area.
The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is New Castle (KILG) at Wilmington, a towered field at 80 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 Herlihy Helicopters Inc in Dover, DE at 33 miles, followed by Harford Air Services LLC in Churchville at 35 miles. Delaware has 4 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #38 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Dover (2), Dover Afb (1) and New Castle (1).
The FAA record carries an agency phone number, (302) 324-9970, and an agency email, bsnyder@flygateway.org; 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: New Castle Airport
- FAA designator
- 37WS
- Air agency certificate
- G7WS414K
- Locations on certificate
- 5 FAA-listed locations
- City / state
- New Castle, Delaware
- Listed address
- New Castle Airport, 131 North Dupont Highway, New Castle, DE 19720Google MapsApple Maps
- Metro area
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- Nearest public airport
- KILG New Castle, Wilmington
- Distance to airport
- 0.8 mi (1.4 km)
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 1
- Agency phone (FAA)
- (302) 324-9970
- Agency email (FAA)
- bsnyder@flygateway.org
- Part 141 peers in 100 mi
- 5, nearest 33 mi
- Delaware total
- 4 FAA-listed locations (#38 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.
New Castle Airport is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 5 nearest Part 141 locations. Position from a Census rooftop match. The interactive chart adds KILG 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 G7WS414K
| Location | City / state | Designator | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avp - Fly Gateway Aviation Institute | Avoca, PA | 0144 | KAVP Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International |
| Blue Bell | Blue Bell, PA | 17WS | KLOM Wings Field |
| Fly Gateway Aviation Institute | Allentown, PA | G7WS | KXLL Allentown Queen City Municipal |
| Lancaster Airport | Lititz, PA | 57WS | KLNS Lancaster |
Nearest other Part 141 schools
| School | City / state | Distance | Designator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herlihy Helicopters Inc | Dover, DE | 33 mi | 0098 |
| Harford Air Services LLC | Churchville, MD | 35 mi | 7HDS |
| Delaware State University | Dover, DE | 36 mi | UDWS |
| Blue Bell | Blue Bell, PA | 37 mi | 17WS |
| Marywood University | Blue Bell, PA | 37 mi | 0133 |
Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all Delaware schools on the Delaware page or the national Part 141 directory.
Cost context
flightschoolcost.com has no state-specific pricing page for Delaware yet. National reference points: a Private Pilot License typically runs $12,000 to $18,000 all-in (see the PPL cost analysis), and the Part 141 versus Part 61 trade-off is worked through on Part 141 vs Part 61.
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/