High Tide AviationFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Southport, North Carolina
High Tide Aviation is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 4535 Airport Road SE in Southport, North Carolina 28461, under air agency certificate HTTS071M with location designator HTTS. The same certificate covers 2 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Southport site only; the 1 other location is listed below. The address falls in the Wilmington, NC metropolitan statistical area.
The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Cape Fear Regional Jetport/Howie Franklin Field (KSUT) at Oak Island, a non-towered field at 26 ft elevation, 2.6 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 2.6 miles from that field, close enough that the aircraft are most likely based there, but confirm the training airport before comparing hourly rates. The Census geocoder could not match the FAA street address to a rooftop, so this distance is measured from the 28461 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 Aaa in Wilmington, NC at 22 miles, followed by Leadership in Flight Training LLC in Myrtle Beach at 54 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, (910) 477-1926, and an agency email, jessica@flyhightide.com; 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: High Tide Aviation
- FAA designator
- HTTS
- Air agency certificate
- HTTS071M
- Locations on certificate
- 2 FAA-listed locations
- City / state
- Southport, North Carolina
- Listed address
- 4535 Airport Road SE, Southport, NC 28461Google MapsApple Mapsto the ZIP centroid
- Metro area
- Wilmington, NC
- Nearest public airport
- KSUT Cape Fear Regional Jetport/Howie Franklin Field, Oak Island
- Distance to airport
- 2.6 mi (4.2 km), from ZIP centroid
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 1
- Agency phone (FAA)
- (910) 477-1926
- Agency email (FAA)
- jessica@flyhightide.com
- Part 141 peers in 100 mi
- 5, nearest 22 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.
High Tide Aviation 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 KSUT 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 HTTS071M
| Location | City / state | Designator | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Tide Aviation | Saint Simon's Island, GA | 0048 | KSSI ST Simons Island |
Nearest other Part 141 schools
| School | City / state | Distance | Designator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaa | Wilmington, NC | 22 mi | 134S |
| Leadership in Flight Training LLC | Myrtle Beach, SC | 54 mi | 0014 |
| All American Aviation Services Inc | Fayetteville, NC | 85 mi | 34AS |
| D2 Flight Academy | New Bern, NC | 96 mi | 8TWS |
| Air Agency 28504 Kinston Satellite | Kinston, NC | 97 mi | 0202 |
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/