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FAA Part 141IAFAA data updated: 24 Aug 2026

Advanced Air DBAFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Council Bluffs, Iowa

Advanced Air DBA is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 101 McCandless Lane, Suite 1 in Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503, under air agency certificate PHKS735S with location designator PHKS. The certificate holder's legal name is Carver Aero, LLC; the FAA record carries the trading names Advanced Air DBA and Revv Aviation. The same certificate covers 2 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Council Bluffs site only; the 1 other location is listed below. The address falls in the Omaha, NE-IA metropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Council Bluffs Municipal (KCBF), a non-towered field at 1,245 ft elevation, 2.9 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 2.9 miles from that field, close enough that the aircraft are most likely based there, but confirm the training airport before comparing hourly rates. The Census geocoder could not match the FAA street address to a rooftop, so this distance is measured from the 51503 ZIP-code centroid and is approximate. 2 public-use airports sit within 10 miles of the address.

Within 100 miles the FAA lists at least five other Part 141 locations; the closest is Carver Aero, LLC-Eppley in Omaha, NE at 7.6 miles, followed by Offutt Aero Club in Offutt Afb at 9.7 miles. Iowa has 12 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #18 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Cedar Rapids (2), Sioux City (2) and Ames (1).

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: Advanced Air DBA

FAA designator
PHKS
Air agency certificate
PHKS735S
Locations on certificate
2 FAA-listed locations
City / state
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Listed address
101 McCandless Lane, Suite 1, Council Bluffs, IA 51503Google MapsApple Mapsto the ZIP centroid
Metro area
Omaha, NE-IA
Nearest public airport
KCBF Council Bluffs Municipal, Council Bluffs
Distance to airport
2.9 mi (4.6 km), from ZIP centroid
Public airports in 10 mi
2
Part 141 peers in 100 mi
5, nearest 7.6 mi
Iowa total
12 FAA-listed locations (#18 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.

Sectional plate · Council BluffsAdvanced Air DBA and its nearest Part 141 schools
This schoolListed addressZIP centroidNearest field
Outline map of Iowa marking Advanced Air DBA in Council Bluffs and its 5 nearest Part 141 schoolsCarver Aero, LLC-EppleyOffutt Aero ClubUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha Aviation InstituteOracle Aviation LLCIgnite Flight AcademyAdvanced Air DBA

Advanced Air DBA 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 KCBF 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 PHKS735S

LocationCity / stateDesignatorNearest airport
Carver Aero, LLC-EppleyOmaha, NEAHKSKOMA Eppley Airfield

Nearest other Part 141 schools

SchoolCity / stateDistanceDesignator
Carver Aero, LLC-EppleyOmaha, NE7.6 miAHKS
Offutt Aero ClubOffutt Afb, NE9.7 miLTCS
University of Nebraska at Omaha Aviation InstituteOmaha, NE12 mi9UOS
Oracle Aviation LLCOmaha, NE17 mi0208
Ignite Flight AcademyLincoln, NE56 mi7FPS

Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all Iowa schools on the Iowa page or the national Part 141 directory.

What flight training costs in Iowa

PPL all-in$10,500 to $15,500Iowa named-school pricing
Cessna 172 wet$150 to $200/hrPer-hour wet rate band
CFI hourly$55 to $85/hrIndependent and Part 141 staff
VFR days / year200 to 230NOAA climate normals

State-level ranges from the Iowa 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.

Registry provenanceFAA-certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school, as listed in the FAA AV-Info "Find a Facility" dataset, data updated 24 Aug 2026 (US government work, public domain). Status is shown as reported by the FAA on that date and is not asserted beyond it: certificates can be surrendered, suspended or amended at any time. Nearest-airport data from FAA NASR (effective 6 August 2026); coordinates from the US Census geocoder. This page is a registry listing, not a review or an endorsement, and flightschoolcost.com has no relationship with the school. To correct or remove this listing email questions@flightschoolcost.com.

Primary sources

  1. 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
  2. Part 141 pilot schools (regulatory overview). Federal Aviation Administration, accessed August 2026. https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airline_certification/pilotschools
  3. 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/
  4. Census Geocoder (batch, Public_AR_Current benchmark). US Census Bureau, run 28 August 2026. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/

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