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FAA Part 141LAFAA data updated: 24 Aug 2026

Southern Seaplane IncFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Belle Chasse, Louisiana

Southern Seaplane Inc is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 1 Coquille Ln. in Belle Chasse, Louisiana 70037, under air agency certificate 9D4S388C with location designator 9D4S. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Lakefront (KNEW) at New Orleans, a towered field at 7 ft elevation, 12 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 12 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. No public-use airport lies within 10 miles of the listed address.

Within 100 miles the FAA lists 4 other Part 141 locations; the closest is Gulf Coast Aviation LLC in New Orleans, LA at 11 miles, followed by Gulf Coast Aviation LLC in Houma at 43 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 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: Southern Seaplane Inc

FAA designator
9D4S
Air agency certificate
9D4S388C
Locations on certificate
1 FAA-listed location
City / state
Belle Chasse, Louisiana
Listed address
1 Coquille Ln., Belle Chasse, LA 70037Google MapsApple Maps
Metro area
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
Nearest public airport
KNEW Lakefront, New Orleans
Distance to airport
12 mi (19.6 km)
Public airports in 10 mi
0
Part 141 peers in 100 mi
4, nearest 11 mi
Louisiana total
8 FAA-listed locations (#26 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.

Sectional plate · Belle ChasseSouthern Seaplane Inc and its nearest Part 141 schools
This schoolListed addressZIP centroidNearest field
Outline map of Louisiana marking Southern Seaplane Inc in Belle Chasse and its 4 nearest Part 141 schoolsGulf Coast Aviation LLCGulf Coast Aviation LLCGulf Coast Aviation LLCGulf Coast Aviation LLCSouthern Seaplane Inc

Southern Seaplane Inc is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 4 nearest Part 141 locations. Position from a Census rooftop match. The interactive chart adds KNEW 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

SchoolCity / stateDistanceDesignator
Gulf Coast Aviation LLCNew Orleans, LA11 miU3XS
Gulf Coast Aviation LLCHouma, LA43 mi0118
Gulf Coast Aviation LLCKiln, MS49 mi23US
Gulf Coast Aviation LLCBaton Rouge, LA81 mi13US

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

What flight training costs in Louisiana

PPL all-in$11,000 to $16,500Louisiana named-school pricing
Cessna 172 wet$160 to $215/hrPer-hour wet rate band
CFI hourly$55 to $85/hrIndependent and Part 141 staff
VFR days / year215 to 235NOAA climate normals

State-level ranges from the Louisiana 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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