American Winds College of AeronauticsFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Akron, Ohio

American Winds College of Aeronautics is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 1600 Triplett Blvd., Building B in Akron, Ohio 44306, under air agency certificate AYKS724K with location designator AYKS. The certificate holder's legal name is American Winds Aviation Inc; the FAA record carries the trading name American Winds College of Aeronautics. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the Akron, OH metropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Akron Fulton International (KAKR), a non-towered field at 1,067 ft elevation, 0.5 mile 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. With 4 public-use airports inside 10 miles, this is a dense training area where cross-country and pattern work at other fields is a short hop.

Within 100 miles the FAA lists at least five other Part 141 locations; the closest is KSU - College of Aeronautics and in Stow, OH at 8.6 miles, followed by Community College of Beaver County in Beaver Falls at 59 miles. Ohio has 18 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #11 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Miamisburg (4), Batavia (2) and Columbus (2).

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.