University of Nebraska at KearneyFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Kearney, Nebraska
University of Nebraska at Kearney is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 2502 19th Avenue in Kearney, Nebraska 68849, under air agency certificate XNKS290K with location designator XNKS. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the Kearney, NE micropolitan statistical area.
The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Kearney Regional (KEAR), a non-towered field at 2,132 ft elevation, 5.5 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 5.5 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. It is the only public-use airport within 10 miles of the address.
No other Part 141 location appears in the FAA list within 100 miles, so a student here has no certificated alternative without relocating, which is worth weighing against a Part 61 instructor nearby. Nebraska has 6 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #32 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Omaha (3), Kearney (1) and Lincoln (1).
The FAA record carries an agency phone number, (308) 865-8441, 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: University of Nebraska at Kearney
- FAA designator
- XNKS
- Air agency certificate
- XNKS290K
- Locations on certificate
- 1 FAA-listed location
- City / state
- Kearney, Nebraska
- Listed address
- 2502 19th Avenue, Kearney, NE 68849Google MapsApple Maps
- Micropolitan area
- Kearney, NE
- Nearest public airport
- KEAR Kearney Regional, Kearney
- Distance to airport
- 5.5 mi (8.8 km)
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 1
- Agency phone (FAA)
- (308) 865-8441
- Part 141 peers in 100 mi
- none listed
- Nebraska total
- 6 FAA-listed locations (#32 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.
University of Nebraska at Kearney is the amber ring. Position from a Census rooftop match. The interactive chart adds KEAR 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
No other FAA-listed Part 141 location within 100 miles.
Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all Nebraska schools on the Nebraska page or the national Part 141 directory.
Cost context
flightschoolcost.com has no state-specific pricing page for Nebraska 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/