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FAA Part 141NCFAA data updated: 24 Aug 2026

Race City Flight OperationsFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Mooresville, North Carolina

Race City Flight Operations is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 149 Yeager Road in Mooresville, North Carolina 28117, under air agency certificate LKNS032M with location designator LKNS. The certificate holder's legal name is Flight Level Aviation LLC; the FAA record carries the trading name Race City Flight Operations. The same certificate covers 2 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Mooresville site only; the 1 other location is listed below. The address falls in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Lake Norman Airpark (14A), a non-towered field at 839 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 Flight Level Aviation LLC in Statesville, NC at 11 miles, followed by Academy of Aviation LLC in Gastonia at 32 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 no agency phone, email or website for this location, so contact details have to come from the school directly. 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: Race City Flight Operations

FAA designator
LKNS
Air agency certificate
LKNS032M
Locations on certificate
2 FAA-listed locations
City / state
Mooresville, North Carolina
Listed address
149 Yeager Road, Mooresville, NC 28117Google MapsApple Maps
Metro area
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
Nearest public airport
14A Lake Norman Airpark, Mooresville
Distance to airport
0.3 mi (0.6 km)
Public airports in 10 mi
1
Part 141 peers in 100 mi
5, nearest 11 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 (Census rooftop match). Individuals named in the FAA record (liaison, accountable manager) are not published.

Sectional plate · MooresvilleRace City Flight Operations and its nearest Part 141 schools
This schoolListed addressZIP centroidNearest field
Outline map of North Carolina marking Race City Flight Operations in Mooresville and its 5 nearest Part 141 schoolsFlight Level Aviation LLCAcademy of Aviation LLCPressley Aviation LLCHi Tech Helicopters NCPiedmont Flight TrainingRace City Flight Operations

Race City Flight Operations is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 5 nearest Part 141 locations. Position from a Census rooftop match. The interactive chart adds 14A 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 LKNS032M

LocationCity / stateDesignatorNearest airport
Flight Level Aviation LLCStatesville, NC0028KSVH Statesville Regional

Nearest other Part 141 schools

SchoolCity / stateDistanceDesignator
Flight Level Aviation LLCStatesville, NC11 mi0028
Academy of Aviation LLCGastonia, NC32 mi2OQS
Pressley Aviation LLCNew London, NC44 mi6P8S
Hi Tech Helicopters NCElkin, NC47 mi4H1S
Piedmont Flight TrainingWinston Salem, NC52 miZ8YS

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

PPL all-in$12,000 to $17,000North Carolina named-school pricing
Cessna 172 wet$180 to $215/hrPer-hour wet rate band
CFI hourly$60 to $85/hrIndependent and Part 141 staff
VFR days / year260 to 290NOAA climate normals

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.

Registry provenanceFAA-certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school, as listed in the FAA AV-Info "Find a Facility" dataset, data updated 24 Aug 2026 (US government work, public domain). Status is shown as reported by the FAA on that date and is not asserted beyond it: certificates can be surrendered, suspended or amended at any time. Nearest-airport data from FAA NASR (effective 6 August 2026); coordinates from the US Census geocoder. This page is a registry listing, not a review or an endorsement, and flightschoolcost.com has no relationship with the school. To correct or remove this listing email questions@flightschoolcost.com.

Primary sources

  1. 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
  2. Part 141 pilot schools (regulatory overview). Federal Aviation Administration, accessed August 2026. https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airline_certification/pilotschools
  3. 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/
  4. Census Geocoder (batch, Public_AR_Current benchmark). US Census Bureau, run 28 August 2026. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/

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