Thunderbird Aviation IncFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Thunderbird Aviation Inc is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 14091 Pioneer Trail in Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55347, under air agency certificate TBDS360I with location designator TBDS. The same certificate covers 3 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Eden Prairie 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 Flying Cloud (KFCM) at Minneapolis, a towered field at 906 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. 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 Hummingbird Aviation, LLC in Eden Prairie, MN at 0.4 miles, followed by Academy College in Bloomington at 7.8 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) 941-1212, and an agency email, tbirdflightdept@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.