Louisiana Tech UniversityFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Ruston, Louisiana

Louisiana Tech University is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at Ruston Regional Airport (Rsn), 136 Aviation Blvd. in Ruston, Louisiana 71270, under air agency certificate GP8S172Q with location designator GP8S. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the Ruston, LA micropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Ruston Regional (KRSN), a non-towered field at 317 ft elevation, 0.5 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 2 other Part 141 locations; the closest is Texas American Flight Academy Inc in Monroe, LA at 32 miles, followed by Gulf Coast Aviation LLC in Alexandria at 82 miles. Louisiana has 8 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #26 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Alexandria (1), Baton Rouge (1) and Belle Chasse (1).

The FAA record carries an agency phone number, (318) 257-5080, and an agency email, webmaster@latech.edu; 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.