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FAA Part 141PAFAA data updated: 24 Aug 2026

Eastern Mennonite UniversityFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Eastern Mennonite University is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 1846 Charter Lane in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601, under air agency certificate 3MZS303L with location designator 3MZS. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the Lancaster, PA metropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Smoketown (S37) at Smoketown, a non-towered field at 370 ft elevation, 2.7 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 2.7 miles from that field, close enough that the aircraft are most likely based there, but confirm the training airport before comparing hourly rates. 2 public-use airports sit within 10 miles of the address.

Within 100 miles the FAA lists at least five other Part 141 locations; the closest is Lancaster Airport in Lititz, PA at 5.0 miles, followed by Aero-Tech Services Inc in Lititz at 5.1 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 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: Eastern Mennonite University

FAA designator
3MZS
Air agency certificate
3MZS303L
Locations on certificate
1 FAA-listed location
City / state
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Listed address
1846 Charter Lane, Lancaster, PA 17601Google MapsApple Maps
Metro area
Lancaster, PA
Nearest public airport
S37 Smoketown, Smoketown
Distance to airport
2.7 mi (4.3 km)
Public airports in 10 mi
2
Part 141 peers in 100 mi
5, nearest 5.0 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.

Sectional plate · LancasterEastern Mennonite University and its nearest Part 141 schools
This schoolListed addressZIP centroidNearest field
Outline map of Pennsylvania marking Eastern Mennonite University in Lancaster and its 5 nearest Part 141 schoolsLancaster AirportAero-Tech Services IncNew Castle AirportEastern Mennonite University

Eastern Mennonite University is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 5 nearest Part 141 locations. Position from a Census rooftop match. The interactive chart adds S37 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.

Nearest other Part 141 schools

SchoolCity / stateDistanceDesignator
Lancaster AirportLititz, PA5.0 mi57WS
Aero-Tech Services IncLititz, PA5.1 miOCCS
Harford Air Services LLCChurchville, MD34 mi7HDS
New Castle AirportNew Castle, DE43 mi37WS
Advanced Aviation Group LLCMiddle River, MD51 miBC1S

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

PPL all-in$12,000 to $17,500Pennsylvania named-school pricing
Cessna 172 wet$175 to $220/hrPer-hour wet rate band
CFI hourly$60 to $90/hrIndependent and Part 141 staff
VFR days / year210 to 240NOAA climate normals

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.

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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