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FAA Part 141PAFAA data updated: 24 Aug 2026

ST. Francis UniversityFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Loretto, Pennsylvania

ST. Francis University is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 132 Franciscan Way in Loretto, Pennsylvania 15940, under air agency certificate 6L9S861C with location designator 6L2S. The same certificate covers 3 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Loretto site only; the 2 other locations are listed below. The address falls in the Johnstown, PA metropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Ebensburg (9G8) at Ebensburg, a non-towered field at 2,099 ft elevation, 7.8 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 7.8 miles from that field, so it may be an administrative or campus address rather than the ramp; ask the school where its training aircraft are actually based. 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 Nulton Aviation Services Inc in Johnstown, PA at 17 miles, followed by Nulton Aviation Services Inc in Friedens at 38 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, (724) 493-0000, and an agency email, wguzic@nultonaviation.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: ST. Francis University

FAA designator
6L2S
Air agency certificate
6L9S861C
Locations on certificate
3 FAA-listed locations
City / state
Loretto, Pennsylvania
Listed address
132 Franciscan Way, Loretto, PA 15940Google MapsApple Maps
Metro area
Johnstown, PA
Nearest public airport
9G8 Ebensburg, Ebensburg
Distance to airport
7.8 mi (12.6 km)
Public airports in 10 mi
1
Agency phone (FAA)
(724) 493-0000
Agency email (FAA)
wguzic@nultonaviation.com
Part 141 peers in 100 mi
5, nearest 17 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 · LorettoST. Francis University and its nearest Part 141 schools
This schoolListed addressZIP centroidNearest field
Outline map of Pennsylvania marking ST. Francis University in Loretto and its 5 nearest Part 141 schoolsNulton Aviation Services IncNulton Aviation Services IncLaurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy LLCRavotti Air LLCCloud 9 AviationST. Francis University

ST. Francis 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 9G8 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 6L9S861C

LocationCity / stateDesignatorNearest airport
Nulton Aviation Services IncJohnstown, PA6L9SKJST John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County
Nulton Aviation Services IncFriedens, PA01722G9 Somerset County

Nearest other Part 141 schools

SchoolCity / stateDistanceDesignator
Nulton Aviation Services IncJohnstown, PA17 mi6L9S
Nulton Aviation Services IncFriedens, PA38 mi0172
Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy LLCLatrobe, PA43 miGYRS
Ravotti Air LLCLeechburg, PA54 mi1D1S
Cloud 9 AviationWest Mifflin, PA67 mi0222

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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