US Aviation Academy - North TexasFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in San Marcos, Texas
US Aviation Academy - North Texas is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 2049 Airport Drive in San Marcos, Texas 78666, under air agency certificate W78S781I with location designator W78S. The certificate holder's legal name is US Aviation Group LLC; the FAA record carries the trading name US Aviation Academy - North Texas. The same certificate covers 3 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the San Marcos site only; the 2 other locations are listed below. The address falls in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan statistical area.
The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is San Marcos Regional (KHYI) at Austin, a towered field at 595 ft elevation, 7.3 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 7.3 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. The Census geocoder could not match the FAA street address to a rooftop, so this distance is measured from the 78666 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 Coast Flight Training and Management in San Marcos, TX at under 0.1 miles, followed by Texas State Aviation in San Marcos at under 0.1 miles. Texas has 74 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #2 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Fort Worth (9), Denison (4) and Waco (4). 4 of the Texas entries have no dedicated page because the FAA record lacks a usable address.
The FAA record carries an agency phone number, (940) 383-2484, and an agency email, cramey@usaviationacademy.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: US Aviation Academy - North Texas
- FAA designator
- W78S
- Air agency certificate
- W78S781I
- Locations on certificate
- 3 FAA-listed locations
- City / state
- San Marcos, Texas
- Listed address
- 2049 Airport Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666Google MapsApple Mapsto the ZIP centroid
- Metro area
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
- Nearest public airport
- KHYI San Marcos Regional, Austin
- Distance to airport
- 7.3 mi (11.8 km), from ZIP centroid
- Public airports in 10 mi
- 1
- Agency phone (FAA)
- (940) 383-2484
- Agency email (FAA)
- cramey@usaviationacademy.com
- Part 141 peers in 100 mi
- 5, nearest under 0.1 mi
- Texas total
- 74 FAA-listed locations (#2 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.
US Aviation Academy - North Texas 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 KHYI 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 W78S781I
| Location | City / state | Designator | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Braunfels (KBAZ) | New Braunfels, TX | 0131 | KBAZ New Braunfels NTL |
| New Century (KIXD) | New Century, KS | 0150 | KIXD New Century Aircenter |
Nearest other Part 141 schools
| School | City / state | Distance | Designator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coast Flight Training and Management | San Marcos, TX | under 0.1 mi | 99CS |
| Texas State Aviation | San Marcos, TX | under 0.1 mi | G7YS |
| Texas Aviation Academy, LLC | New Braunfels, TX | 12 mi | 9CZS |
| New Braunfels (KBAZ) | New Braunfels, TX | 14 mi | 0131 |
| Veracity Aviation | Seguin, TX | 19 mi | V79S |
Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all Texas schools on the Texas page or the national Part 141 directory.
What flight training costs in Texas
State-level ranges from the Texas 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/