Flight School Los Angeles

There is no single answer, and any school that gives you one is selling. Judge on four things you can check: who owns the aircraft, how many instructors the school employs and how long they have stayed, whether every price is published rather than quoted on application, and whether the field has a control tower. We own our fleet, employ eleven instructors, and train at Van Nuys, which is one of the busiest general aviation airports in the world. Every figure we charge is published: the Sport Pilot certificate is $8,400 and the complete zero-to-airline program is $89,000.

Our published prices are Sport Pilot $8,400, Private Pilot Standard $10,900, Comprehensive $15,900 and Premium $22,500, Instrument Rating $11,700, Multi-Engine add-on $5,100, Solo Certificate $5,500, teens aged 10 to 15 $4,200, and zero-to-airline $89,000. Each covers the aircraft, dual instruction, Redbird simulator time, ground school and books. Financing starts from $2,500 down.

7900 Balboa Blvd, Suite 108A, Van Nuys, CA 91406, on the west side of Van Nuys Airport (KVNY). Use the street address rather than the airport name in a satnav, because the airport has gates along a mile of frontage. Parking is free. We are open 9AM to 9PM, seven days a week, and the phone is (818) 290-8249.

Most students flying twice a week finish a private pilot certificate in three to six months. FAR 61.109 sets a 40-hour minimum and the national average sits nearer 60 to 75 hours, which is why our Comprehensive program is built on 60 logged hours. Los Angeles helps here: Van Nuys had 355 flyable days in the twelve months to August 2026 by our own count of NOAA observations.

Not to start. You can fly dual instruction from day one without one. You need a third-class medical before your first solo on the private pilot track, so most students apply for it in the first month. The sport pilot route at $8,400 does not require an FAA medical at all if you hold a valid US driving license and have never had a medical denied.

Yes, and it is harder at the start for exactly the reason it is better later. Van Nuys is a towered Class D field sitting under the LAX Class B shelf and is one of the busiest general aviation airports in the world. You learn radio discipline, sequencing and airspace as ordinary routine rather than as something bolted on after your checkride.

Cessna, Piper and Diamond single-engine aircraft on the Standard and Comprehensive programs, all owned and maintained by the school. The Premium program is flown in the Cirrus SR22 Turbo with a full glass cockpit and a whole-airframe CAPS parachute. Multi-engine training is flown in the Piper Seminole. Enrolled students fly single-engine aircraft at $179 an hour wet.

Part 61. It gives a flexible syllabus that fits around a job, which is what most of our students need. Part 141 matters if you require an M-1 student visa or VA education benefits; we cannot sign for either, and we will tell you that at the free consultation rather than after you enroll.

Yes, two ways. A $229 discovery flight is 60 minutes of real dual instruction with you flying the aircraft, and the time goes in a logbook. The whole $229 is credited against any program if you enroll within 24 hours. A $189 Redbird MCX full-motion simulator session is the alternative when the marine layer is in.

Yes. We are open 9AM to 9PM every day of the week, and most of our working students fly early on Saturday or after work midweek. Weekend morning slots book furthest ahead, so ask for a recurring slot at the consultation rather than booking week to week.