Air Venture Flight CenterFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Olive Branch, Mississippi
Air Venture Flight Center is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 11299 Airport Road in Olive Branch, Mississippi 38654, under air agency certificate VZZS866K with location designator VZZS. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metropolitan statistical area.
The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Olive Branch/Taylor Field (KOLV), a towered field at 402 ft elevation, 0.2 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 3 other Part 141 locations; the closest is Sanders Flight Training Center Inc in Memphis, TN at 12 miles, followed by University of Memphis in Memphis at 13 miles. Mississippi has 3 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #43 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Cleveland (1), Kiln (1) and Olive Branch (1).
The FAA record carries an agency phone number, (662) 892-4144, 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.
FAA record: Air Venture Flight Center
- FAA designator
- VZZS
- Air agency certificate
- VZZS866K
- Locations on certificate
- 1 FAA-listed location
- City / state
- Olive Branch, Mississippi
- Listed address
- 11299 Airport Road, Olive Branch, MS 38654Google MapsApple Maps
- Metro area
- Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Nearest public airport
- KOLV Olive Branch/Taylor Field, Olive Branch
- Distance to airport
- 0.2 mi (0.4 km)
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 1
- Agency phone (FAA)
- (662) 892-4144
- Part 141 peers in 100 mi
- 3, nearest 12 mi
- Mississippi total
- 3 FAA-listed locations (#43 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.
Air Venture Flight Center is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 3 nearest Part 141 locations. Position from a Census rooftop match. The interactive chart adds KOLV 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanders Flight Training Center Inc | Memphis, TN | 12 mi | 0034 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis, TN | 13 mi | UOMS |
| Southwest Tennessee Community College | Memphis, TN | 13 mi | SWCS |
Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all Mississippi schools on the Mississippi page or the national Part 141 directory.
Cost context
flightschoolcost.com has no state-specific pricing page for Mississippi yet. National reference points: a Private Pilot License typically runs $12,000 to $18,000 all-in (see the PPL cost analysis), and the Part 141 versus Part 61 trade-off is worked through on Part 141 vs Part 61.
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/