Elizabeth City State University SchoolFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Elizabeth City State University School is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 1704 Weeksville Road in Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909, under air agency certificate 3ZBS285L with location designator 3ZBS. The same certificate covers 2 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Elizabeth City site only; the 1 other location is listed below. The address falls in the Elizabeth City, NC micropolitan statistical area.
The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Elizabeth City CG Air Station/Regional (KECG), a towered field at 11 ft elevation, 5.6 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 5.6 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 27909 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 Horizon Flight Center, LLC in Chesapeake, VA at 26 miles, followed by Epix Aviation in Chesapeake at 26 miles. North Carolina has 23 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #7 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Greensboro (2), Asheville (1) and Carthage (1). 1 of the North Carolina entries has no dedicated page because the FAA record lacks a usable address.
The FAA record carries an agency phone number, (252) 335-3443, and an agency email, mbpinner@ecsu.edu; 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.
FAA record: Elizabeth City State University School
- FAA designator
- 3ZBS
- Air agency certificate
- 3ZBS285L
- Locations on certificate
- 2 FAA-listed locations
- City / state
- Elizabeth City, North Carolina
- Listed address
- 1704 Weeksville Road, Elizabeth City, NC 27909Google MapsApple Mapsto the ZIP centroid
- Micropolitan area
- Elizabeth City, NC
- Nearest public airport
- KECG Elizabeth City CG Air Station/Regional, Elizabeth City
- Distance to airport
- 5.6 mi (9.0 km), from ZIP centroid
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 1
- Agency phone (FAA)
- (252) 335-3443
- Agency email (FAA)
- mbpinner@ecsu.edu
- Part 141 peers in 100 mi
- 5, nearest 26 mi
- North Carolina total
- 23 FAA-listed locations (#7 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 (ZIP-centroid approximation). Individuals named in the FAA record (liaison, accountable manager) are not published.
Elizabeth City State University School is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 5 nearest Part 141 locations. Position is the ZIP centroid, not the street address. The interactive chart adds KECG 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 3ZBS285L
| Location | City / state | Designator | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Agency 28504 Kinston Satellite | Kinston, NC | 0202 | KISO Kinston Regional Jetport at Stallings Field |
Nearest other Part 141 schools
| School | City / state | Distance | Designator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Flight Center, LLC | Chesapeake, VA | 26 mi | HR9S |
| Epix Aviation | Chesapeake, VA | 26 mi | 9IXS |
| Prevailance Aerospace, LLC | Chesapeake, VA | 35 mi | 6UUS |
| Rick Aviation Inc | Newport News, VA | 60 mi | IVIS |
| Dillons Aviation Inc | Greenville, NC | 77 mi | YJ4S |
Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all North Carolina schools on the North Carolina page or the national Part 141 directory.
What flight training costs in North Carolina
State-level ranges from the North Carolina 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/