GET TO KNOW THE SCHOOL
A closer look.
Southwest Tennessee Community College offers an aviation operations degree with professional pilot, flight dispatcher, and administration pathways. The professional pilot concentration requires students to already hold a private pilot certificate before admission. Private-pilot training providers mentioned in the FAQ are external options and are not courses taught by the college. Partner airports differ from the Memphis classroom address.
- Professional pilot associate degree and Flight dispatcher associate degree — published options
- Airplane training
Published training options.
The school’s published options are summarized below. Each note explains the training type and what to clarify when comparing the school’s exact course.
Professional pilot associate degree
An academic pathway with its own entry and graduation requirements. Compare the flight qualifications, academic credits and flight fees included in your chosen track.
Flight dispatcher associate degree
An academic pathway with its own entry and graduation requirements. Compare the flight qualifications, academic credits and flight fees included in your chosen track.
Aviation administration associate degree
An academic pathway with its own entry and graduation requirements. Compare the flight qualifications, academic credits and flight fees included in your chosen track.
Aircraft & training scope
Aircraft categories: Airplane
Aircraft models: A current model list was not established from the reviewed sources. Ask which aircraft or training device your course uses.
Private-pilot training providers mentioned in the FAQ are external options and are not courses taught by the college. Partner airports differ from the Memphis classroom address.
Confirm the current flight-training partner, certificate sequence, admissions prerequisites, and flight fees for the professional pilot pathway.
Training framework & verification
Part 141: Matched to the FAA roster dated 2026-10-19. Confirm the approved course and training location with the school. The workbook does not list individual course approvals or establish training quality.
FAA reference: faa.gov. Confirm the approved course and training location with the school.
PART 141 SOURCE CHECK
FAA roster information.
This listing is matched to the supplied FAA Part 141 roster record. Confirm the approved course and training location with the school; the roster does not list course approvals or establish training quality.
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Certificate SWCS084MLocation designator SWCS
Address as recorded: 5983 MACON COVE, MEMPHIS, TN 38134
Use the faa.gov facility dashboard for future cross-reference. The dated record above reflects the FAA workbook used for this directory update. How we check records
TRAINING FIT
Our school review.
Southwest Tennessee Community College is worth comparing if an academic credential is part of your aviation plan. Check how the flight qualifications connect with the academic curriculum and which prerequisites apply before the first flight course.
A written estimate should identify the aircraft, instructor charges, ground lessons, testing and allowance for additional practice. Confirm delivery at Memphis before relying on a provider-wide course menu.
An AI-assisted editorial assessment of the school’s published information. This is separate from student feedback. We have not attended or inspected this school.
WHAT THE AVAILABLE FEEDBACK TELLS US
Student review evidence.
Niche provides student reviews for Southwest Tennessee Community College, but the material reviewed concerns the wider institution. The retrieved college reviews do not identify a flight-training course or aviation-specific student experience. It does not establish the experience of flight students at the listed Memphis training location. General comments about academics, campus life or administration should not be converted into claims about flight instruction, aircraft scheduling or checkride preparation. Ask for aviation-program references and current training arrangements before using the institution-wide feedback in a flight-school comparison.
How to read this evidence
Institution-wide reviews; no campus-specific flight-training conclusions or rating assigned.
Follow up with the school
- Can I speak with two recent Memphis students who completed my intended course?
- What lesson frequency, instructor continuity, final costs and checkride timeline should I expect in writing?
Read the review sources
- Southwest Tennessee Community College Third-party source
Institution-wide reviews; no campus-specific flight-training conclusions or rating assigned.
AI-assisted summary of the cited material. Public comments are individual experiences; the sample may be small, selective, or dated.
How we prepare review summariesMAKE YOUR NEXT CONVERSATION COUNT
Questions for Southwest Tennessee Community College.
- Which flight qualifications are included in my degree or certificate track, and which require separate enrollment?
- Which of these courses and aircraft are actually available at the Memphis location?
- How do flight fees, testing and additional proficiency hours fit into the complete academic budget?
- How often should I train, and how are progress, cancellations and instructor changes handled?
Sources & listing information.
School facts are compiled from the source material below. Imported record identifiers are retained for traceability and are not presented as proof of current certification.
- Southwest Tennessee aviation program
- Southwest Tennessee aviation program FAQ
- School website supplied in source recordsSupplied website; not independently rechecked for this import.
- Source-record reference: checkrides.ioReference retained from the supplied spreadsheet; current content not rechecked for this import.
- faa.gov — Find a FacilityFAA pilot-school facility reference. Part 61 instruction is not a separate FAA school certification.
View source record references
SWCS084M
Part_141_Flight_School_Websites (1).csv; faaverifiedp141.xlsx