Charleston Southern Univ - AeronauticsFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston Southern Univ - Aeronautics is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at Department Of Aeronautics, 9200 University Boulevard in Charleston, South Carolina 29406, under air agency certificate CSUS451L with location designator CSUS. The certificate covers this single location in the FAA list. The address falls in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan statistical area.
The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Charleston AFB/International (KCHS), a towered field at 46 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. The Census geocoder could not match the FAA street address to a rooftop, so this distance is measured from the 29406 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 Carolina Sky Flight Training in Summerville, SC at 16 miles, followed by Propel Aviation Center LLC in Newberry at 45 miles. South Carolina has 6 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #33 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Charleston (1), Columbia (1) and Greenville (1).
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: Charleston Southern Univ - Aeronautics
- FAA designator
- CSUS
- Air agency certificate
- CSUS451L
- Locations on certificate
- 1 FAA-listed location
- City / state
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Listed address
- Department Of Aeronautics, 9200 University Boulevard, Charleston, SC 29406Google MapsApple Mapsto the ZIP centroid
- Metro area
- Charleston-North Charleston, SC
- Nearest public airport
- KCHS Charleston AFB/International, Charleston
- Distance to airport
- 2.7 mi (4.3 km), from ZIP centroid
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 1
- Part 141 peers in 100 mi
- 5, nearest 16 mi
- South Carolina total
- 6 FAA-listed locations (#33 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.
Charleston Southern Univ - Aeronautics 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 KCHS 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
| School | City / state | Distance | Designator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Sky Flight Training | Summerville, SC | 16 mi | CHSS |
| Propel Aviation Center LLC | Newberry, SC | 45 mi | OPES |
| Leadership in Flight Training LLC | Myrtle Beach, SC | 81 mi | 0014 |
| Savannah Aviation | Savannah, GA | 87 mi | SAAS |
| Fly Corps Aviation, LLC | Savannah, GA | 88 mi | 5YCS |
Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all South Carolina schools on the South Carolina page or the national Part 141 directory.
Cost context
flightschoolcost.com has no state-specific pricing page for South Carolina yet. National reference points: a Private Pilot License typically runs $12,000 to $18,000 all-in (see the PPL cost analysis), and the Part 141 versus Part 61 trade-off is worked through on Part 141 vs Part 61.
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/