The Cirrus SR22 Turbo on the Van Nuys ramp with its glass panels lit, ready for a discovery flight west toward Thousand Oaks.
Hands-On Introductory Flight · Thousand Oaks

Discovery Flights Over Thousand Oaks And The Conejo Valley

You fly the airplane yourself, from the takeoff roll onward, and the Conejo Valley appears under the nose about eighteen minutes after leaving the Van Nuys runway.

✈︎ 35 Minutes From Thousand Oaks 📍 Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) ★★★★★ 5.0 On Google From $229
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Discovery Flight · Thousand Oaks, Ventura County

An Hour At The Controls, Not A Sightseeing Ride

A discovery flight puts you in the left seat and leaves you there. You run the takeoff, hold the heading, make the turns; the certified instructor next to you handles the radio and the paperwork and nothing else unless it is needed. The hour is logged as dual instruction and counts toward a license, which is the detail most people do not expect. We have flown more than 2,000 of these safely and hold a 5.0 star rating on Google across 100+ reviews.

The run west is the better half of the deal. You cross the Valley in a few minutes, pass the ridge above Calabasas, and then the Conejo Valley opens out as a green bowl with open space wrapped around every side of it. Wildwood, Lake Sherwood, the Amgen campus and your own street all arrive within about a minute of each other, and the ocean sits behind Boney Mountain beyond them.

Two things Thousand Oaks guests usually ask. It makes a strong gift, and a good share of local bookings are birthdays, retirements and graduating seniors from Thousand Oaks High, Westlake and Newbury Park; you buy the flight and the recipient picks their own date. And the Luxury Cirrus For Two at $499 for 60 minutes puts two of you in an SR22 Turbo with a full glass cockpit. Discovery Flight For One starts at $229.

The view over the left wing across the Conejo Valley, with Wildwood Regional Park and Mountclef Ridge below.
How It Works

How The Day Runs — Start To Certificate

A 60-minute flight fills roughly two hours on the field once the briefing, the walkaround and the logbook are counted.

1

Getting There And Checking In

The lot at 7900 Balboa Blvd is free and you walk straight into Suite 108A from it. Bring photo ID and nothing else. Give the 101 more room than you think you need if you are booked before ten, because the eastbound morning run out of Thousand Oaks is a real commute rather than a formality.

2

Choosing Where You Fly

You sit down with your instructor and pick the route. Most Conejo Valley guests want their own valley: over the ridge, along the 101 corridor, a circuit of Wildwood and Lake Sherwood, then home. On a clear day the coast at Point Mugu can be added without much trouble.

3

The Walkaround

You do the pre-flight inspection with the instructor: fuel drained and checked, oil, control surfaces, tires, lights, pitot. It takes about ten minutes and it is the point at which most people stop thinking of this as a ride and start thinking of it as an airplane.

4

Flying It

You taxi, line up and do the takeoff. Van Nuys sends you out to the west and the valley is under you inside twenty minutes. You will fly the climbs, the turns and the cruise yourself, with the instructor's hands nowhere near the controls unless they need to be.

5

Logbook, Photographs And What Happens Next

Your instructor either takes the landing or talks you down through most of it. Back in Suite 108A the hour is written into a logbook you keep. Enroll in a program in the next 24 hours and 100% of what you paid comes straight off the training.

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Discovery Flight Pricing For Thousand Oaks Students

Every figure below is the real, published price. No "call for a quote," no hidden block-time minimums.

Redbird Simulator

Full-motion simulator with an instructor. Never weather-canceled.

$1891 hour
  • ✓Full-motion Redbird, hands on
  • ✓No weight limit, no medical
  • ✓Pause and repeat as you like
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Discovery Flight For One

You in the pilot's seat, instructor beside you, LA underneath.

$22960 min
  • ✓You fly the airplane, hands-on
  • ✓Loggable time toward your license
  • ✓90 min $299 · 120 min $399
  • ✓100% credited if you enroll in 24 hrs
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Discovery Flight For Two

One flies, one rides along. The most-gifted flight we offer.

$29960 min
  • ✓Bring a partner, friend or parent
  • ✓90 min $399 · 120 min $499
  • ✓Gift certificates available
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Luxury Discovery Flight

Premium Cirrus SR22 glass cockpit. The anniversary flight.

$49960 min
  • ✓Cirrus SR22 Turbo, glass cockpit
  • ✓90 min $699 · 120 min $949
  • ✓Add a passenger +$100
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Multi-Engine Discovery

Twin-engine Piper Seminole. A real taste of the professional path.

$49960 min
  • ✓Twin-engine Piper Seminole
  • ✓Real multi-engine fundamentals
  • ✓90 min $699 · 120 min $899
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Every discovery flight is 100% credited toward your training if you enroll within 24 hours. For a Thousand Oaks student going on to the $10,900 private pilot program, that makes the first flight effectively free.
The entrance to LA Flight School at 7900 Balboa Blvd Suite 108A, Van Nuys
Getting Here From Thousand Oaks

35 Minutes And 25 Miles From Thousand Oaks

The drive is the 101 east from Thousand Oaks to the Balboa Blvd exit: twenty-five miles through Westlake Village, Agoura Hills, Calabasas and the west Valley, about thirty-five minutes on a clear run. Balboa northbound takes you over Victory and Vanowen and 7900 is on the left, with the airport fence directly behind it. Parking is free in the lot outside Suite 108A, with no structure, no meters and nothing to validate.

Weekend mornings are the easiest time to make this drive and also the smoothest air, so an early Saturday or Sunday slot is what we would suggest for a first flight. Weekday afternoons are fine as long as you are not trying to be here at half past eight. We are open 9 AM to 9 PM seven days a week, which makes a late-afternoon flight followed by dinner back at The Lakes in Westlake Village an easy evening to assemble.

📍 7900 Balboa Blvd, Suite 108A 🅿︎ Free Parking On Site 📞 (818) 290-8249
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Book Your Discovery Flight From Thousand Oaks

Pick your aircraft, pick a date and time, and you are on the schedule. You fly the airplane yourself with an FAA-certified instructor beside you — and every flight is 100% credited toward training if you enroll within 24 hours.

No Weather Cancellations

Redbird Simulator

$189
1 hour

Full-motion simulator with an instructor. No weight limit, no medical needed.

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Discovery Flight For One

$229
60 minutes

You in the pilot's seat over Los Angeles, hands on the controls the whole way.

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Discovery Flight For Two

$299
60 minutes

One of you flies hands-on, the other takes in the skyline. Share the story.

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The Showstopper

Luxury Discovery Flight

$499
60 minutes

Premium Cirrus SR22 glass cockpit and extended air time over the LA basin.

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The Pro Move

Multi-Engine Discovery

$499
60 minutes

Twin-engine Piper Seminole and a genuine look at the professional path.

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The Aircraft You'll Fly

Picking The Airplane For Your Hour

One person, in the Cessna 162 Skycatcher, the Diamond DA20 or the Piper Warrior: $229 for 60 minutes, $299 for 90, $399 for 120. Two people: $299, $399 and $499, with the second seat alongside or behind you depending on which airplane you take. Ninety minutes is the version we would pick from Thousand Oaks: it gives you the valley and the coast without hurrying either.

The Luxury Cirrus For Two is $499 for 60 minutes, $699 for 90 and $949 for 120, in an SR22 Turbo with a glass cockpit and leather seats. If a twin is what interests you, the Seminole version is $499, $699 and $899. If the weather is against you, an hour in the Redbird MCX full-motion simulator is $189 and you can fly the same route in it without leaving the building.

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A Diamond DA20 with its canopy raised on the Van Nuys ramp, the Cirrus SR22 Turbo behind it on the same line.
What You'll See From The Air

What Comes Past The Window

The run west takes about eighteen minutes and the last five of them are all Conejo Valley.

🏢

The Amgen Campus

A dense block of low white research buildings and parking structures on the north side of the 101. From the air it looks less like an office park than a small self-contained town, which is more or less what it is.

🎓

California Lutheran University

Playing fields, the chapel and the tile roofs sitting tight against the base of Mountclef Ridge on the north edge of town. An easy one to point out to whoever is sitting behind you.

🥾

Wildwood Regional Park

Open grassland and the canyon that drops to Paradise Falls, immediately west of the houses. It is the view that surprises people most, because you can finally see how completely the open space wraps around the city.

🌊

Point Mugu And The Boney Mountain Ridge

Beyond the valley to the southwest: the highest ground in the Santa Monica Mountains with the ocean directly behind it. On a clear afternoon the Channel Islands are sitting out there as well.

The Route You Fly

Your Discovery Flight Route Over Los Angeles

About an hour from Van Nuys Airport: Universal Studios, the Hollywood Sign, Griffith Observatory and a full circle around Downtown LA, then west just north of SoFi Stadium and LAX to the coast, from Venice Beach up to Malibu. Your instructor takes off and lands. You fly 50–80% of it.

  • About 1 Hour From Van Nuys
  • You Fly 50–80%
  • From $229 All-In
  • No Experience Needed
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  1. The San Fernando Valley seen over the wing of a small training airplane just after takeoff from Van Nuys Airport, with tree-lined streets and a long boulevard running toward the hills
    The San Fernando Valley Over The Wing

    01Instructor Takeoff

    Van Nuys Airport

    Wheels Up From Van Nuys

    Your instructor takes off from one of the busiest general aviation airports in the world and talks you through every step. Once you are clear of the field, the controls are yours.

  2. Universal Studios Hollywood seen from a small airplane, the theme park and studio soundstages on the hillside above the 101 freeway, with the Los Angeles River, Burbank and the Verdugo Mountains behind
    Universal Studios Hollywood From The Air

    02You’re Flying

    Universal Studios

    The Backlot From Above

    The studio lots turn out to be far bigger than they look on TV, with the soundstages lined up like a small town.

  3. The Hollywood Sign on the slope of Mount Lee, seen almost level with the letters from a small airplane, with the radio tower on the summit and the San Gabriel Mountains in the distance
    The Hollywood Sign On Mount Lee

    03You’re Flying

    Hollywood Sign

    Nine Letters On Mount Lee

    The most famous sign in the world, seen from where almost nobody gets to see it: level with the hilltop.

  4. Griffith Observatory and its white domes on the ridge of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park, seen from a small airplane, with the Los Angeles basin stretching to the horizon
    Griffith Observatory From The Air

    04You’re Flying

    Griffith Observatory

    The Domes On The Ridge

    The white domes of Griffith Observatory on the slope of Mount Hollywood, with the whole Los Angeles basin laid out beyond them.

  5. The Downtown Los Angeles skyscrapers seen over the wing of a small airplane circling the towers on a discovery flight
    Circling The Downtown Towers

    05You’re Flying

    Downtown LA

    A Full Circle Around Downtown

    In on the south side, then a full counterclockwise circle around the towers: up the east side, over the top and back around. The San Gabriel Mountains stand behind the skyline.

  6. SoFi Stadium in Inglewood at golden hour, seen from a small airplane passing just north of it, with the neighborhoods of South Los Angeles in the foreground
    SoFi Stadium From Just North

    06You’re Flying

    SoFi Stadium

    The Roof You Know From TV

    We pass just north of the stadium and never fly over it. Its huge translucent roof, home of the Rams and the Chargers, sits right off your left wing.

  7. Los Angeles International Airport and its runways seen from a small airplane passing north of the airport, with Santa Monica Bay and the Palos Verdes Peninsula on the horizon
    LAX From The North Side

    07You’re Flying

    LAX

    Airliners On Final, Off Your Left Wing

    Jets lining up for one of the busiest airports on Earth, off your left wing. We stay north of LAX and never fly over it.

  8. Venice Beach seen over the wing of a small airplane, with the wide sand, the surf and the boardwalk, and the Westside stretching inland to the hills
    Venice Beach Over The Wing

    08You’re Flying

    Venice Beach

    Right Turn Up The Coast

    The boardwalk, the skate park and the sand, then a right turn up the coast with all of Santa Monica Bay opening up ahead of you.

  9. Santa Monica Pier and its Ferris wheel from the air at sunset, with the sun going down over the Pacific Ocean and waves breaking along the beach
    Santa Monica Pier From The Air

    09You’re Flying

    Santa Monica Pier

    The Pier And The Ferris Wheel

    The pier, the Ferris wheel and the beach, straight out of a thousand films.

  10. The Malibu coastline at sunset seen from a small airplane, the Santa Monica Mountains dropping into the Pacific Ocean with Pacific Coast Highway along the shore
    The Malibu Coast At Sunset

    10You’re Flying

    Malibu

    The Mountains Meet The Pacific

    Up the coast past the Palisades to Malibu, where the Santa Monica Mountains drop straight into the ocean.

  11. The wing of a small airplane over the San Fernando Valley on the way back to Van Nuys, with the city grid below and mountains under the clouds on the horizon
    Heading Back Across The San Fernando Valley

    11You’re Flying

    Warner Center

    Over The Hills To Warner Center

    North over the Santa Monica Mountains to Warner Center in Woodland Hills, then east across the San Fernando Valley with Van Nuys straight ahead.

  12. 12Instructor Landing

    Back At Van Nuys

    Your Instructor Lands, Then A Quick Debrief

    Have your own pilot logbook? Bring it and your instructor will be happy to sign it. Enroll within 24 hours of landing and 100% of what you paid is credited toward your training.

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Typical route. Weather and air traffic control set the final path on the day.

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A discovery flight guest in a headset flying a Cirrus over the Hollywood Hills with a hand on the controls, seen from the back seat
Hands On The Controls Over LA

Hands-On From The Left Seat

You Fly The Airplane. Not A Ride Along.

50–80%Of the flight is flown by you

Your instructor takes off and lands. Almost everything in between is yours: turns, climbs, descents, holding a heading over Los Angeles. How much depends on you and the conditions on the day.

You fly the airplane. Turns, climbs, descents and holding a heading over Los Angeles, for roughly 50–80% of the flight depending on you and the conditions. Your instructor has an identical set of controls and handles the radio.

Tap Takeoff, You Fly or Landing to see who is flying.

  • No license, experience or medical certificate needed
  • Bring your own logbook and your instructor will be happy to sign it
  • 100% credited toward training if you enroll within 24 hours of landing
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Questions From Thousand Oaks

Discovery Flight FAQ

You fly it. You do the takeoff roll, the climb, the turns and the cruise, with a certified instructor in the other seat working the radio and holding a second set of controls. Most people fly considerably more of the hour than they expected to when they walked in the door.

Set aside roughly two hours on the field for a 60-minute flight. The drive is twenty-five miles east on the 101 to the Balboa Blvd exit, roughly thirty-five minutes clear and longer in the morning peak. Parking at 7900 Balboa Blvd, Suite 108A is free and directly outside. Our hours are 9 AM to 9 PM, every day of the week.

Yes. Every minute of it goes into your logbook as dual instruction, against the hours a private pilot certificate requires. Enroll in a program within 24 hours and 100% of what you paid comes off the price of the training, so the hour behaves like a deposit rather than a cost.

Discovery Flight For Two is $299 for 60 minutes, $399 for 90 and $499 for 120, and you can swap seats partway through if you both want a turn. In the SR22 Turbo the Luxury Cirrus For Two is $499, $699 and $949. If a teenager is the one who catches the bug, the Teen Flight Training Package at $4,200 is the next step.

It is one of the better ones. You buy the flight and the duration, and the person flying picks a date that suits them, which is simpler than coordinating a surprise around a weather forecast. The Luxury Cirrus For Two at $499 for 60 minutes is the usual choice for a milestone. All they need to bring on the day is photo ID.

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Fly It Yourself, Or Give The Flight To Someone Else

Every discovery flight below can be booked for yourself in the next few minutes, or bought as a gift certificate that is emailed within minutes and never expires. Same flight, same price, either way.

A student's hands on the control stick and a kneeboard in a training aircraft, the instrument panel lit in front of them Most Given

Discovery Flight For One

One person, one instructor, and no audience. Hands on the controls from the left seat, briefed before you go and debriefed after you land.

Hands-On Stick TimePre-Flight BriefingLoggable Flight Time

Flight Length

$229Book Or Gift
Same Price

The Hollywood sign on its ridge seen past the wing of a light aircraft, with the San Fernando Valley beyond Two Seats

Discovery Flight For Two

The same flight with a passenger in the back seat, briefed and on the intercom. Couples book it; so do parents who would rather watch than hear about it.

One Passenger SeatPiper Warrior Or ArcherHeadsets For Both

Flight Length

$299Book Or Gift
Same Price

A Cirrus SR22 Turbo parked on the ramp with both gullwing doors raised, showing the leather interior and glass cockpit The Nice One

Luxury Discovery Flight

The nicest airplane we put a first-time flyer in. Glass cockpit, air conditioning, leather seats, and a parachute built into the airframe rather than strapped to the person.

Turbocharged Cirrus SR22Air ConditioningWhole-Airframe Parachute

Flight Length

Bring A PassengerInstructor + 2 is our maximum+$100

$499Book Or Gift
Same Price

The flight school's Piper Seminole twin-engine training aircraft parked inside the hangar at Van Nuys Twin Engine

Multi-Engine Seminole

Two engines, and the airplane instrument-rated pilots move into when they start thinking about a career. Flown from the left seat with a multi-engine instructor.

Piper Seminole TwinMulti-Engine DepartureCareer-Track Instructor

Flight Length

$499Book Or Gift
Same Price

Gift It issues a real gift certificate, emailed within minutes, which never expires and credits in full toward training. Flights are limited to 180 lb per person, 370 lb combined. Questions: (818) 290-8249, 9 AM–9 PM, seven days.

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The Rest Of What We Teach

Real pricing on every program we teach at Van Nuys Airport, beyond the pricing already shown above.

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100+ Google Reviews

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Private Pilot

The one most people mean by “learn to fly.” Fly with an instructor, fly alone, then carry passengers on your own certificate.

Fly With An Instructor Fly Solo Carry Passengers $10,900 Enroll Now A flight instructor and a young student side by side in the cockpit of a light training aircraftYouth Program

Teen Flight Training

Ages 10–15. For young people who want to start before they can legally solo.

$4,200 View Course Side profile of a Diamond DA20 training aircraft with its canopy raised on the ramp at Van Nuys AirportMilestone

Solo Certificate

Enough training to take an aircraft around the pattern alone. The day everything changes.

$5,500 View Course Three Cessna 162 Skycatcher light sport aircraft parked in a row on the ramp at Van Nuys AirportCertificate

Sport Pilot

A real certificate with fewer hours and narrower privileges. The shortest honest route to flying yourself.

$8,400 View Course A pilot at the controls of a Diamond DA20 with the canopy open on the ramp at Van Nuys AirportBundle

Comprehensive Private Pilot

Private Pilot with flight time, ground instruction and study materials bundled into one price.

$15,900 View Course A student pilot at the controls of a Diamond DA20 on the ramp at Van Nuys AirportBundle

Premium Private Pilot

The same certificate as Private, with the most flight time before your checkride. Eighty logged hours, ground instruction and materials, all in one price.

80 Logged Hours Ground School Included Materials Included $22,500 View Course Sun breaking under a low cloud deck over Santa Monica Bay, seen from the cockpit in flightRating

Instrument Rating

The rating after Private. Turns a fair-weather pilot into a useful one who can file, launch and land in cloud.

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Multi-Engine Rating

For pilots already certificated who are adding a twin. Trained in our own Piper Seminole.

$5,100 View Course A Piper Arrow II photographed head-on inside the hangar with its landing gear doors open

Our Fleet

See Every Aircraft You Could Train In

Diamond DA20, Cessna 162, Piper Arrow II and our Piper Seminole twin — all on the field at Van Nuys.

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The Full Route

Airline Pilot Program

Zero experience to airline-hireable qualifications, in one continuous program rather than nine separate ones. Financing is available, and every hour of it is flown out of Van Nuys.

$89,000Financing Available

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Course prices are packages, not hourly rates - the aircraft, your instructor, ground school and simulator time are all in the figure. A free in-person tour of the hangar and the flight line, no obligation. Or call and we will talk you through the ladder in ten minutes.

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Over 100 Reviews. 5.0 Stars.

Every review below is real and shown verbatim, in the reviewer’s own words — written by the people who learned to fly here, not by us.

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The Downtown Los Angeles skyline under an overcast sky, seen from a small airplane on a flight with LA Flight School, from the Google review by Marc Bolanos SAFETY FIRST
Marc BolanosJAN 2026 Google
★★★★★
Very safety and detail oriented. Pre-flight briefing explained everything there was. To my knowledge, this flight school is exceptional in their ability.
The view from the pilot seat of a small training airplane, with the instrument panel beside the window and Los Angeles below, from the Google review by Diego Gutierrez DISCOVERY FLIGHT
Diego GutierrezOCT 2024 Google
★★★★★
I recently had the chance to take my first-ever discovery flight, and it was nothing short of amazing! From the moment I stepped into the cockpit, the...
The sun setting over the hills past the wing of a small airplane on a sunset flight from Van Nuys, from the Google review by Ethan Pilon SUNSET CIRRUS
Ethan PilonOCT 2024 Google
★★★★★
It was a great flight! I did a sunset flight and Alex let us fly an awesome. Website was easy to book, and the plane itself was really fun to fly...
A yellow and white Piper training airplane, registration N6312C, parked on the ramp at Van Nuys Airport under a clear blue sky, from the Google review by Mia Bompat FLYING LESSON
Mia BompatJUN 2026 Google
★★★★★
We had a great flying lesson with Ralph and came away with a much better understanding of both the aircraft and the principles of flight. Ralph is a...
Sunset over the Santa Monica Mountains and the Malibu coastline, seen from a small airplane above Santa Monica Bay, from the Google review by Sanaz Diba KIDS LUXURY FLIGHT
Sanaz DibaAUG 2024 Google
★★★★★
I got 2 luxury discovery flights for my kids. I wanted them to have the experience of flying. Our instructor Alex was amazing he made sure they feel...
Pink and orange sunset clouds over the ridgelines of the Santa Monica Mountains, photographed from a small airplane, from the Google review by Rakkad Alhouqani HONEYMOON SURPRISE
Rakkad AlhouqaniJUL 2024 Google
★★★★★
Last minute booking to surprise my wife on our honeymoon. She had no experience with flying and was scared of flying, but Alex was very easygoing and knew...
A row of yellow and white LA Flight School training airplanes parked on the ramp at Van Nuys Airport at dusk, from the Google review by Niyousha Aslejafari FULL-MOTION SIM
Niyousha AslejafariNOV 2025 Google
★★★★★
Amazing flight school in van nuys airport. I have been a student here for the past few months and i could not be happier. I started doing a lot of...
A student and an instructor in headsets in the front seats of a small airplane, flying toward the sunset over the Pacific, from the Google review by Bruce Guido DISCOVERY FOR TWO
Bruce GuidoNOV 2024 Google
★★★★★
I booked a Discovery Flight for Two for my girlfriend's birthday and it was the perfect gift for her. She couldn't have been more excited to get to...
A smiling LA Flight School student standing in front of a white training airplane outside the hangar at Van Nuys Airport, from the Google review by George Attallah SIMULATORS
George AttallahAPR 2024 Google
★★★★★
Very professional and great airplanes. I love the flight simulators. The pricing is very fair compared to any other flight school
A student pilot in a headset sitting in a Cirrus with the door raised, parked outside a hangar at Van Nuys Airport, from the Google review by Tania Anders TEEN FIRST LESSON
Tania AndersJUN 2025 Google
★★★★★
We gifted our teenage son his first flying lesson. He was so excited! Alex greeted us and gave a reassuring brief that made us all feel comfortable and at...
A white Cirrus being moved out of its hangar at Van Nuys Airport before a flight, from the Google review by Meghan Klien FIRST-TIME FLYER
Meghan KlienOCT 2024 Google
★★★★★
Flying is my husband's hobby and I was incredibly anxious and apprehensive about the discovery flight. However, I felt completely safe and at ease once we...
The Downtown Los Angeles skyline under an overcast sky, seen from a small airplane on a flight with LA Flight School, from the Google review by Marc Bolanos SAFETY FIRST
Marc BolanosJAN 2026 Google
★★★★★
Very safety and detail oriented. Pre-flight briefing explained everything there was. To my knowledge, this flight school is exceptional in their ability.
The view from the pilot seat of a small training airplane, with the instrument panel beside the window and Los Angeles below, from the Google review by Diego Gutierrez DISCOVERY FLIGHT
Diego GutierrezOCT 2024 Google
★★★★★
I recently had the chance to take my first-ever discovery flight, and it was nothing short of amazing! From the moment I stepped into the cockpit, the...
The sun setting over the hills past the wing of a small airplane on a sunset flight from Van Nuys, from the Google review by Ethan Pilon SUNSET CIRRUS
Ethan PilonOCT 2024 Google
★★★★★
It was a great flight! I did a sunset flight and Alex let us fly an awesome. Website was easy to book, and the plane itself was really fun to fly...
A yellow and white Piper training airplane, registration N6312C, parked on the ramp at Van Nuys Airport under a clear blue sky, from the Google review by Mia Bompat FLYING LESSON
Mia BompatJUN 2026 Google
★★★★★
We had a great flying lesson with Ralph and came away with a much better understanding of both the aircraft and the principles of flight. Ralph is a...
Sunset over the Santa Monica Mountains and the Malibu coastline, seen from a small airplane above Santa Monica Bay, from the Google review by Sanaz Diba KIDS LUXURY FLIGHT
Sanaz DibaAUG 2024 Google
★★★★★
I got 2 luxury discovery flights for my kids. I wanted them to have the experience of flying. Our instructor Alex was amazing he made sure they feel...
Pink and orange sunset clouds over the ridgelines of the Santa Monica Mountains, photographed from a small airplane, from the Google review by Rakkad Alhouqani HONEYMOON SURPRISE
Rakkad AlhouqaniJUL 2024 Google
★★★★★
Last minute booking to surprise my wife on our honeymoon. She had no experience with flying and was scared of flying, but Alex was very easygoing and knew...
A row of yellow and white LA Flight School training airplanes parked on the ramp at Van Nuys Airport at dusk, from the Google review by Niyousha Aslejafari FULL-MOTION SIM
Niyousha AslejafariNOV 2025 Google
★★★★★
Amazing flight school in van nuys airport. I have been a student here for the past few months and i could not be happier. I started doing a lot of...
A student and an instructor in headsets in the front seats of a small airplane, flying toward the sunset over the Pacific, from the Google review by Bruce Guido DISCOVERY FOR TWO
Bruce GuidoNOV 2024 Google
★★★★★
I booked a Discovery Flight for Two for my girlfriend's birthday and it was the perfect gift for her. She couldn't have been more excited to get to...
A smiling LA Flight School student standing in front of a white training airplane outside the hangar at Van Nuys Airport, from the Google review by George Attallah SIMULATORS
George AttallahAPR 2024 Google
★★★★★
Very professional and great airplanes. I love the flight simulators. The pricing is very fair compared to any other flight school
A student pilot in a headset sitting in a Cirrus with the door raised, parked outside a hangar at Van Nuys Airport, from the Google review by Tania Anders TEEN FIRST LESSON
Tania AndersJUN 2025 Google
★★★★★
We gifted our teenage son his first flying lesson. He was so excited! Alex greeted us and gave a reassuring brief that made us all feel comfortable and at...
A white Cirrus being moved out of its hangar at Van Nuys Airport before a flight, from the Google review by Meghan Klien FIRST-TIME FLYER
Meghan KlienOCT 2024 Google
★★★★★
Flying is my husband's hobby and I was incredibly anxious and apprehensive about the discovery flight. However, I felt completely safe and at ease once we...
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Eighteen minutes from the runway by air, thirty-five by road, and seeing the whole Conejo Valley in one windscreen is worth both numbers. Pick a date on (818) 290-8249, or call in at 7900 Balboa Blvd, Suite 108A any day between 9 AM and 9 PM.

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Discovery Flight
$229
60 Minutes, Hands-On
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