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Palm Beach Helicopters

Compiled by PilotPassion · Updated 2026-10-15 · FAA list dated 12 October 2026

Palm Beach Helicopters is a Part 141 helicopter flight academy at Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana, offering professional helicopter pilot training with self-examining authority, an FAA-approved simulator and in-house financing. It is approved for veterans.

Helicopter trainingSelf-examining authorityVeterans
LocationLantana, Florida
AirportPalm Beach County Park Airport (LNA)
FAA Part 141 certificateIGIS737K
Registered aircraft8, median year 1998
Daytime VFR93% of hours
Aircraft

The FAA aircraft registry lists 8 piston, turboprop or helicopter aircraft with a valid registration under the name of Airmen Testing and Training Inc, with a Florida owner address. The most common are Robinson R22 BETA (6), Robinson R44 (1), Robinson R44 II (1). The median year of manufacture is 1998, so the typical aircraft is about 28 years old.

ModelAircraft
Robinson R22 BETA6
Robinson R441
Robinson R44 II1

Aircraft registered to the school in the FAA registry. A registration shows ownership, not use, and leased aircraft will not appear.

Flying weather

Using hourly reports from West Palm Beach (about 6 miles away), 2021 to 2025, VFR conditions (cloud base above 3,000 feet and visibility above 5 miles) held for 93% of daytime hours, 7am to 7pm local time. IFR or worse conditions made up 1% of daytime hours. May was the clearest month at 97% VFR, and January the least clear at 87%. On about 327 days a year, at least 80% of daytime hours were VFR.

87Jan91Feb94Mar95Apr97May94Jun96Jul96Aug92Sep91Oct90Nov91Dec
Share of daytime hours with VFR conditions by month, West Palm Beach, 2021 to 2025
The airport

Palm Beach County Park Airport is in West Palm Beach, Florida.

  • Elevation 14 ft
  • Longest runway 10/28, 3,489 ft, asphalt
  • Runways 3

Other schools at LNA

LNA airport page

What Part 141 means

Part 141 lets a flight school hold an FAA certificate for its courses, which follow FAA-approved outlines and FAA inspection. Most US instruction runs under Part 61 instead, so a school without this listing is not necessarily worse.

Common questions

Is Palm Beach Helicopters an FAA Part 141 school?

Yes. FAA records list Airmen Testing and Training Inc as a Part 141 pilot school under certificate IGIS737K, with an address in Lantana, Florida. The FAA list used here was updated on 12 October 2026.

Where is Palm Beach Helicopters based?

Its address in the FAA record is 2615 Lantana Rd, Lantana, Florida, close to Palm Beach County Park Airport (LNA). Confirm training locations with the school.

What aircraft does Palm Beach Helicopters fly?

The FAA registry lists 8 aircraft registered to the company, mostly Robinson R22 BETA and Robinson R44. Ask the school which aircraft it trains in, because a registration shows ownership, not use.

What is the flying weather like near Palm Beach Helicopters?

The nearest weather station reported VFR conditions for 93% of daytime hours from 2021 to 2025.

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Sources

  1. Federal Aviation Administration. AVInfo Find a Facility, Part 141 pilot schools, data updated 12 October 2026. https://www.faa.gov/av-info/facility-dashboard
  2. Federal Aviation Administration. Releasable Aircraft Registry database, downloaded 15 October 2026. https://registry.faa.gov/database/ReleasableAircraft.zip
  3. Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Routine hourly ASOS and AWOS observations, 2021 to 2025. US National Weather Service observations archived at Iowa State University. https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/download.phtml
  4. OurAirports airport and runway data, public domain. https://github.com/davidmegginson/ourairports-data
  5. School description summarised from the school's own website: palmbeachhelicopters.com, read 15 October 2026.