Blue BellFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Blue Bell is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at Wings Field, 1501 Narcissa Road in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19422, under air agency certificate G7WS414K with location designator 17WS. The same certificate covers 5 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Blue Bell site only; the 4 other locations are 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 Wings Field (KLOM) at Philadelphia, a non-towered field at 302 ft elevation, 0.2 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 Marywood University in Blue Bell, PA at under 0.1 miles, followed by Fly Legacy Aviation LLC in Philadelphia at 14 miles. Pennsylvania has 30 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #4 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Allentown (3), Beaver Falls (3) and Blue Bell (2). 1 of the Pennsylvania entries has no dedicated page because the FAA record lacks a usable address.
The FAA record carries an agency phone number, (215) 646-0400, and an agency email, bsnyder@flygateway.org; 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: Blue Bell
- FAA designator
- 17WS
- Air agency certificate
- G7WS414K
- Locations on certificate
- 5 FAA-listed locations
- City / state
- Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
- Listed address
- Wings Field, 1501 Narcissa Road, Blue Bell, PA 19422Google MapsApple Maps
- Metro area
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- Nearest public airport
- KLOM Wings Field, Philadelphia
- Distance to airport
- 0.2 mi (0.3 km)
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 1
- Agency phone (FAA)
- (215) 646-0400
- Agency email (FAA)
- bsnyder@flygateway.org
- Part 141 peers in 100 mi
- 5, nearest under 0.1 mi
- Pennsylvania total
- 30 FAA-listed locations (#4 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.
Blue Bell is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 5 nearest Part 141 locations. Position from a Census rooftop match. The interactive chart adds KLOM 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 G7WS414K
| Location | City / state | Designator | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avp - Fly Gateway Aviation Institute | Avoca, PA | 0144 | KAVP Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International |
| Fly Gateway Aviation Institute | Allentown, PA | G7WS | KXLL Allentown Queen City Municipal |
| Lancaster Airport | Lititz, PA | 57WS | KLNS Lancaster |
| New Castle Airport | New Castle, DE | 37WS | KILG New Castle |
Nearest other Part 141 schools
| School | City / state | Distance | Designator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marywood University | Blue Bell, PA | under 0.1 mi | 0133 |
| Fly Legacy Aviation LLC | Philadelphia, PA | 14 mi | 4LGS |
| Penn Flight Academy | Quakertown, PA | 22 mi | P3NS |
| Infinity Flight Group, LLC | Trenton, NJ | 25 mi | IFGS |
| Helicopter Flight Services | Medford, NJ | 28 mi | H59S |
Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all Pennsylvania schools on the Pennsylvania page or the national Part 141 directory.
What flight training costs in Pennsylvania
State-level ranges from the Pennsylvania 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/