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FAA Part 141WAFAA data updated: 24 Aug 2026

Sim Flight Center, Inc.FAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Puyallup, Washington

Sim Flight Center, Inc. is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 16911 103rd Ave East #102 in Puyallup, Washington 98374, under air agency certificate 1SZS107L with location designator 1SZS. The certificate holder's legal name is Safety in Motion Flight Center Inc; the FAA record carries the trading name Sim Flight Center, Inc.. The same certificate covers 2 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Puyallup site only; the 1 other location is listed below. The address falls in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Pierce County/Thun Field (KPLU), a non-towered field at 538 ft elevation, 0.2 miles from the school's listed address. The listed address is on or beside the airfield, which is the usual arrangement for a Part 141 operation flying from its own ramp. 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 Clover Park Technical College in Puyallup, WA at 0.8 miles, followed by Sierra Fox in Puyallup at 2.2 miles. Washington has 25 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #5 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Auburn (4), Puyallup (3) and Everett (2).

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: Sim Flight Center, Inc.

FAA designator
1SZS
Air agency certificate
1SZS107L
Locations on certificate
2 FAA-listed locations
City / state
Puyallup, Washington
Listed address
16911 103rd Ave East #102, Puyallup, WA 98374Google MapsApple Maps
Metro area
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Nearest public airport
KPLU Pierce County/Thun Field, Puyallup
Distance to airport
0.2 mi (0.3 km)
Public airports in 10 mi
2
Part 141 peers in 100 mi
5, nearest 0.8 mi
Washington total
25 FAA-listed locations (#5 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 · PuyallupSim Flight Center, Inc. and its nearest Part 141 schools
This schoolListed addressZIP centroidNearest field
Outline map of Washington marking Sim Flight Center, Inc. in Puyallup and its 5 nearest Part 141 schoolsClover Park Technical CollegeSierra FoxGreen River CollegeClassic Helicopter CorpSim Flight Center, Inc.

Sim Flight Center, Inc. is the amber ring; the navy pins are the 5 nearest Part 141 locations. Position from a Census rooftop match. The interactive chart adds KPLU 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 1SZS107L

LocationCity / stateDesignatorNearest airport
Safety in Motion Flight Center IncOlympia, WA7ZSSKOLM Olympia Regional

Nearest other Part 141 schools

SchoolCity / stateDistanceDesignator
Clover Park Technical CollegePuyallup, WA0.8 miMK8S
Sierra FoxPuyallup, WA2.2 mi56NS
Green River CollegeAuburn, WA16 miDL8S
Classic Helicopter CorpAuburn, WA16 miGJOS
Rainier Flight ServicesAuburn, WA16 mi1B8S

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

What flight training costs in Washington

PPL all-in$14,000 to $19,000Washington named-school pricing
Cessna 172 wet$200 to $240/hrPer-hour wet rate band
CFI hourly$70 to $100/hrIndependent and Part 141 staff
VFR days / year200 to 250NOAA climate normals

State-level ranges from the Washington 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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