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FAA Part 141UTFAA data updated: 24 Aug 2026

Balloon the RockiesFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Park City, Utah

Balloon the Rockies is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 7749 North Whileaway Road in Park City, Utah 84098, under air agency certificate KL6S669N with location designator KL6S. The same certificate covers 2 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Park City site only; the 1 other location is listed below. The address falls in the Heber, UT micropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Heber Valley (KHCR) at Heber, a non-towered field at 5,637 ft elevation, 19 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is 19 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 84098 ZIP-code centroid and is approximate. No public-use airport lies within 10 miles of the listed address.

Within 100 miles the FAA lists at least five other Part 141 locations; the closest is Cornerstone Aviation Inc in Salt Lake City, UT at 22 miles, followed by FLT Academy in Woods Cross at 22 miles. Utah has 18 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #12 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Provo (3), Cedar City (2) and Logan (2). 1 of the Utah entries has no dedicated page because the FAA record lacks a usable address.

The FAA record carries an agency phone number, (435) 513-1210, and an agency email, mike@aeronaut.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: Balloon the Rockies

FAA designator
KL6S
Air agency certificate
KL6S669N
Locations on certificate
2 FAA-listed locations
City / state
Park City, Utah
Listed address
7749 North Whileaway Road, Park City, UT 84098Google MapsApple Mapsto the ZIP centroid
Micropolitan area
Heber, UT
Nearest public airport
KHCR Heber Valley, Heber
Distance to airport
19 mi (30.8 km), from ZIP centroid
Public airports in 10 mi
0
Agency phone (FAA)
(435) 513-1210
Agency email (FAA)
mike@aeronaut.com
Part 141 peers in 100 mi
5, nearest 22 mi
Utah total
18 FAA-listed locations (#12 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.

Sectional plate · Park CityBalloon the Rockies and its nearest Part 141 schools
This schoolListed addressZIP centroidNearest field
Outline map of Utah marking Balloon the Rockies in Park City and its 5 nearest Part 141 schoolsCornerstone Aviation IncFLT AcademyTakeflight, LLCUpper Limit Aviation, IncBountiful Flight, LLCBalloon the Rockies

Balloon the Rockies 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 KHCR 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 KL6S669N

LocationCity / stateDesignatorNearest airport
Balloon the Rockies IncHurricane, UT7KLS1L8 General Dick Stout Field

Nearest other Part 141 schools

SchoolCity / stateDistanceDesignator
Cornerstone Aviation IncSalt Lake City, UT22 miQN7S
FLT AcademyWoods Cross, UT22 miBF1S
Takeflight, LLCWest Jordan, UT26 mi66US
Upper Limit Aviation, IncWest Jordan, UT26 miUZRS
Bountiful Flight, LLCSpringville, UT37 miFB2S

Straight-line distances between listed addresses. See all Utah schools on the Utah page or the national Part 141 directory.

What flight training costs in Utah

PPL all-in$11,500 to $16,500Utah named-school pricing
Cessna 172 wet$175 to $220/hrPer-hour wet rate band
CFI hourly$60 to $85/hrIndependent and Part 141 staff
VFR days / year270 to 300NOAA climate normals

State-level ranges from the Utah 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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