Minnesota State University MankatoFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Mankato, Minnesota

Minnesota State University Mankato is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at Armstrong Hall, Room 328, Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minnesota 56001, under air agency certificate 6MUS178L with location designator 6MUS. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the Mankato, MN metropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Mankato Regional (KMKT), a non-towered field at 1,021 ft elevation, 7.2 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 7.2 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 56001 ZIP-code centroid and is approximate. 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 North Star Aviation Inc in Mankato, MN at under 0.1 miles, followed by Thunderbird Aviation Inc in Eden Prairie at 55 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, (507) 389-6116, but no agency email or website 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.