Helicopter Flight ServicesFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Medford, New Jersey
Helicopter Flight Services is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at Flying W Airport, 60 Fostertown Rd. in Medford, New Jersey 08055, under air agency certificate H59S590K with location designator H59S. The certificate holder's legal name is Herlihy Helicopters Inc; the FAA record carries the trading names Helicopter Flight Services and Ascent Aeronautical Academy. The same certificate covers 2 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Medford site only; the 1 other location is listed below. The address falls in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan statistical area.
The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Flying W (N14) at Lumberton, a non-towered field at 49 ft elevation, 0.1 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. 3 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 Fly Legacy Aviation LLC in Philadelphia, PA at 14 miles, followed by Infinity Flight Group, LLC in Trenton at 23 miles. New Jersey has 7 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #28 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Fairfield (2), Medford (1) and Morristown (1).
The FAA record carries an agency phone number, (609) 265-0822, 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: Helicopter Flight Services
- FAA designator
- H59S
- Air agency certificate
- H59S590K
- Locations on certificate
- 2 FAA-listed locations
- City / state
- Medford, New Jersey
- Listed address
- Flying W Airport, 60 Fostertown Rd., Medford, NJ 08055Google MapsApple Maps
- Metro area
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- Nearest public airport
- N14 Flying W, Lumberton
- Distance to airport
- 0.1 mi (0.2 km)
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 3
- Agency phone (FAA)
- (609) 265-0822
- Part 141 peers in 100 mi
- 5, nearest 14 mi
- New Jersey total
- 7 FAA-listed locations (#28 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.
Helicopter Flight Services is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 5 nearest Part 141 locations. Position from a Census rooftop match. The interactive chart adds N14 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.
Other locations on certificate H59S590K
| Location | City / state | Designator | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herlihy Helicopters Inc | Dover, DE | 0098 | 0N4 Chandelle |
Nearest other Part 141 schools
| School | City / state | Distance | Designator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fly Legacy Aviation LLC | Philadelphia, PA | 14 mi | 4LGS |
| Infinity Flight Group, LLC | Trenton, NJ | 23 mi | IFGS |
| Mercer County Community College | West Windsor, NJ | 24 mi | DQ8S |
| Blue Bell | Blue Bell, PA | 28 mi | 17WS |
| Marywood University | Blue Bell, PA | 28 mi | 0133 |
Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all New Jersey schools on the New Jersey page or the national Part 141 directory.
What flight training costs in New Jersey
State-level ranges from the New Jersey flight school cost page; this school's own pricing is not in the FAA record. For the Part 141 versus Part 61 cost mechanics see Part 141 vs Part 61, and for the GI Bill's PPL gap see financing options.
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/