Purdue UniversityFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in West Lafayette, Indiana
Purdue University is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 1581 Aviation Drive, Hangar 6W in West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, under air agency certificate CG9S059R with location designator CG9S. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metropolitan statistical area.
The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Purdue University (KLAF) at Lafayette, a towered field at 606 ft elevation, 0.4 miles 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 Purdue Aviation LLC in West Lafayette, IN at 0.2 miles, followed by Indianapolis Executive in Zionsville at 44 miles. Indiana has 23 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #6 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Columbus (2), Indianapolis (2) and Marion (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: Purdue University
- FAA designator
- CG9S
- Air agency certificate
- CG9S059R
- Locations on certificate
- 1 FAA-listed location
- City / state
- West Lafayette, Indiana
- Listed address
- 1581 Aviation Drive, Hangar 6W, West Lafayette, IN 47907Google MapsApple Maps
- Metro area
- Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
- Nearest public airport
- KLAF Purdue University, Lafayette
- Distance to airport
- 0.4 mi (0.7 km)
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 1
- Part 141 peers in 100 mi
- 5, nearest 0.2 mi
- Indiana total
- 23 FAA-listed locations (#6 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.
Purdue University is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 5 nearest Part 141 locations. Position from a Census rooftop match. The interactive chart adds KLAF 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue Aviation LLC | West Lafayette, IN | 0.2 mi | 8PUS |
| Indianapolis Executive | Zionsville, IN | 44 mi | 0074 |
| Leadership in Flight Training LLC | Danville, IN | 52 mi | 0165 |
| Vincennes University | Indianapolis, IN | 58 mi | PF2S |
| Lift Academy | Indianapolis, IN | 59 mi | 1L7S |
Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all Indiana schools on the Indiana page or the national Part 141 directory.
What flight training costs in Indiana
State-level ranges from the Indiana 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/