BloomingtonFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Bloomington, Minnesota

Bloomington is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 1600 West 82 Street Suite 100, Academy College in Bloomington, Minnesota 55431, under air agency certificate TBDS360I with location designator T1ZS. The same certificate covers 3 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Bloomington site only; the 2 other locations are listed below. 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 Academy College 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 an agency phone number, (952) 851-0066, and an agency email, ngo@thunderbirdaviation.com; 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.