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.
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
| Location | City / state | Designator | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety in Motion Flight Center Inc | Olympia, WA | 7ZSS | KOLM Olympia Regional |
Nearest other Part 141 schools
| School | City / state | Distance | Designator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Park Technical College | Puyallup, WA | 0.8 mi | MK8S |
| Sierra Fox | Puyallup, WA | 2.2 mi | 56NS |
| Green River College | Auburn, WA | 16 mi | DL8S |
| Classic Helicopter Corp | Auburn, WA | 16 mi | GJOS |
| Rainier Flight Services | Auburn, WA | 16 mi | 1B8S |
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
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.
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/