University Air CenterFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Gainesville, Florida
University Air Center is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 4701 NE 40th Terrace in Gainesville, Florida 32609, under air agency certificate FBVS824D with location designator FBVS. The certificate holder's legal name is Gulf Atlantic Airways Inc; the FAA record carries the trading name University Air Center. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the Gainesville, FL metropolitan statistical area.
The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Gainesville Regional (KGNV), a towered field at 151 ft elevation, 5.7 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 5.7 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 32609 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 Gleim Internet Inc in Gainesville, FL at 11 miles, followed by Florida State College at Jacksonville in Jacksonville at 39 miles. Florida has 108 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #1 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Pembroke Pines (8), Jacksonville (7) and Miami (7). 1 of the Florida entries has no dedicated page because the FAA record lacks a usable address.
The FAA record carries an agency phone number, (352) 416-0787, and an agency email, paml@universityaircenter.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: University Air Center
- FAA designator
- FBVS
- Air agency certificate
- FBVS824D
- Locations on certificate
- 1 FAA-listed location
- City / state
- Gainesville, Florida
- Listed address
- 4701 NE 40th Terrace, Gainesville, FL 32609Google MapsApple Mapsto the ZIP centroid
- Metro area
- Gainesville, FL
- Nearest public airport
- KGNV Gainesville Regional, Gainesville
- Distance to airport
- 5.7 mi (9.2 km), from ZIP centroid
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 1
- Agency phone (FAA)
- (352) 416-0787
- Agency email (FAA)
- paml@universityaircenter.com
- Part 141 peers in 100 mi
- 5, nearest 11 mi
- Florida total
- 108 FAA-listed locations (#1 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.
University Air Center 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 KGNV 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gleim Internet Inc | Gainesville, FL | 11 mi | G99S |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville | Jacksonville, FL | 39 mi | 4FSS |
| Jax | Jacksonville, FL | 39 mi | 5PQS |
| Epic Flight Academy Inc | Ocala, FL | 42 mi | APXS |
| PRP Aviation, LLC | Ocala, FL | 43 mi | PPSS |
Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all Florida schools on the Florida page or the national Part 141 directory.
What flight training costs in Florida
State-level ranges from the Florida 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/