Academy CollegeFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Bloomington, Minnesota
Academy College is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 1600 W. 82nd Street, Suite 100 in Bloomington, Minnesota 55431, under air agency certificate A51S515K with location designator A51S. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan statistical area.
The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Minneapolis-ST Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain (KMSP) at Minneapolis, a towered field at 842 ft elevation, 4.2 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 4.2 miles from that field, close enough that the aircraft are most likely based there, but confirm the training airport before comparing hourly rates. 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 Bloomington in Bloomington, MN at under 0.1 miles, followed by Hummingbird Aviation, LLC in Eden Prairie at 7.5 miles. Minnesota has 12 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #19 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Bloomington (2), Duluth (2) and Eden Prairie (2).
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: Academy College
- FAA designator
- A51S
- Air agency certificate
- A51S515K
- Locations on certificate
- 1 FAA-listed location
- City / state
- Bloomington, Minnesota
- Listed address
- 1600 W. 82nd Street, Suite 100, Bloomington, MN 55431Google MapsApple Maps
- Metro area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Nearest public airport
- KMSP Minneapolis-ST Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, Minneapolis
- Distance to airport
- 4.2 mi (6.8 km)
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 2
- Part 141 peers in 100 mi
- 5, nearest under 0.1 mi
- Minnesota total
- 12 FAA-listed locations (#19 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.
Academy College is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 5 nearest Part 141 locations. Position from a Census rooftop match. The interactive chart adds KMSP 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
| School | City / state | Distance | Designator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington | Bloomington, MN | under 0.1 mi | T1ZS |
| Hummingbird Aviation, LLC | Eden Prairie, MN | 7.5 mi | Q5HS |
| Thunderbird Aviation Inc | Eden Prairie, MN | 7.8 mi | TBDS |
| Crystal | Crystal, MN | 14 mi | T5US |
| Lake Elmo Aero | Lake Elmo, MN | 24 mi | DAHS |
Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all Minnesota schools on the Minnesota page or the national Part 141 directory.
What flight training costs in Minnesota
State-level ranges from the Minnesota 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/