CrystalFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Crystal, Minnesota

Crystal is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 5800 Crystal Airport Road in Crystal, Minnesota 55429, under air agency certificate TBDS360I with location designator T5US. The same certificate covers 3 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Crystal 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 Crystal (KMIC) at Minneapolis, a towered field at 869 ft elevation, 0.3 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is on or beside the airfield, which is the usual arrangement for a Part 141 operation flying from its own ramp. 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 14 miles, followed by Bloomington in Bloomington at 14 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, (763) 533-4162, and an agency email, managermic@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.