Bridgewater State UniversityFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Bridgewater State University is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 111 Harington Hall, 95 Grove Street in Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02325, under air agency certificate LY8S311Q with location designator 8LYS. The same certificate covers 2 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Bridgewater site only; the 1 other location is listed below. The address falls in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area.
The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Cranland (28M) at Hanson, a non-towered field at 71 ft elevation, 6.8 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 6.8 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 02325 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 Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, MA at 0.7 miles, followed by New Horizon Aviation Inc in Norwood at 18 miles. Massachusetts has 5 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #34 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Bridgewater (2), Danvers (1) and Middleton (1).
The FAA record carries an agency phone number, (508) 717-8726, and an agency email, j1hwang@bridgew.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.
FAA record: Bridgewater State University
- FAA designator
- 8LYS
- Air agency certificate
- LY8S311Q
- Locations on certificate
- 2 FAA-listed locations
- City / state
- Bridgewater, Massachusetts
- Listed address
- 111 Harington Hall, 95 Grove Street, Bridgewater, MA 02325Google MapsApple Mapsto the ZIP centroid
- Metro area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- Nearest public airport
- 28M Cranland, Hanson
- Distance to airport
- 6.8 mi (11.0 km), from ZIP centroid
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 2
- Agency phone (FAA)
- (508) 717-8726
- Agency email (FAA)
- j1hwang@bridgew.edu
- Part 141 peers in 100 mi
- 5, nearest 0.7 mi
- Massachusetts total
- 5 FAA-listed locations (#34 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.
Bridgewater State University 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 28M 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 LY8S311Q
| Location | City / state | Designator | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater State University | Bridgewater, MA | LY8S | 28M Cranland |
Nearest other Part 141 schools
| School | City / state | Distance | Designator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater State University | Bridgewater, MA | 0.7 mi | LY8S |
| New Horizon Aviation Inc | Norwood, MA | 18 mi | 7HZS |
| Horizon Aviation | Warwick, RI | 30 mi | H7ZS |
| North Shore Community College | Danvers, MA | 42 mi | LQ8S |
| Beverly Flight Center LLC | Middleton, MA | 42 mi | B2FS |
Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all Massachusetts schools on the Massachusetts page or the national Part 141 directory.
What flight training costs in Massachusetts
State-level ranges from the Massachusetts 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/