Western Michigan University College of AviationFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Battle Creek, Michigan

Western Michigan University College of Aviation is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 237 North Helmer Road in Battle Creek, Michigan 49037, under air agency certificate JX8S258Q with location designator JX8S. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the Battle Creek, MI metropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Battle Creek Executive at Kellogg Field (KBTL), a towered field at 952 ft elevation, 1.0 mile from the school's listed address. The listed address is 1.0 miles from that field, close enough that the aircraft are most likely based there, but confirm the training airport before comparing hourly rates. 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 School of Missionary Aviation Technology in Ionia, MI at 44 miles, followed by Great Lakes Air Ventures LLC in Mason at 44 miles. Michigan has 11 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #21 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Battle Creek (1), Belleville (1) and Berrien Springs (1).

The FAA record carries an agency phone number, (269) 964-4029, and an agency email, thomas.grossman@wmich.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.