Learn

to Fly

LA Flight

School

Van Nuys Airport · Los Angeles

Learn To Fly Over Los Angeles

Take the controls with an FAA-certified instructor beside you — from your first discovery flight to the airline flight deck.

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★★★★★ 4.9 · 500+ Reviews · Open 9 AM–9 PM, 7 Days

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What Do You Want Flying To Do For You?

Pick a goal — see how big a commitment it is and exactly where to start.

Just curious · Low commitment

Start with a Discovery Flight

Never flown before? Sit up front and take the controls over Los Angeles with an FAA-certificated instructor right beside you — the easiest, lowest-pressure way to find out if flying is for you.

No experience or license required
You fly the plane — not just a ride-along
About an hour, start to finish, at Van Nuys

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For yourself · Medium commitment

Earn Your Private Pilot License

Get certified to fly friends and family on your own schedule. Train on glass-cockpit Cirrus and Diamond aircraft with instructors who fly for a living — structured, steady, and built around your life.

FAA Private Pilot certificate
Fly by day or night, on your terms
One-on-one instruction, flexible scheduling

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Career track · All-in

Become an Airline Pilot

Go from zero experience to airline-ready on one accelerated, structured path — every certificate and rating you need to reach a flight-deck career, with a clear roadmap from day one.

Zero-to-airline career track
Private → Instrument → Commercial → CFI → Multi-Engine
Financing options available

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0+Years Training Pilots

0+Five-Star Reviews

0Aircraft In The Fleet

9–9Open 7 Days A Week

Purchase & Schedule · Van Nuys Airport

Choose Your Discovery Flight

You take the controls on every one — with an FAA-certified instructor beside you and Los Angeles below.

Discovery Flight For One

$229 · all-in · one flyer

Your first hour at the controls — briefing, takeoff, and the moment your instructor says "your controls."

Discovery Flight For Two

$299 · two people · all-in

One of you flies hands-on, the other rides along — our most-gifted experience over the LA skyline.

Luxury discovery flight in a Turbo Cirrus SR22

Luxury — Turbo Cirrus

$399 · two people · extended

A glass-cockpit Cirrus SR22 with extended air time — the flight people plan anniversaries around.

Multi-Engine Discovery

$499 · two people · twin

Two engines and real procedures in our Piper Seminole — a genuine taste of the professional path.

🎟 Every flight can pay for itself — enroll within 24 hours and 100% of the cost credits toward your training.

★ The only one in the Los Angeles area

FAA Approved Full Motion MCX Redbird Flight Simulator

Full Motion Flight Simulator

Advanced Aviation Training Device · Van Nuys Airport

No other flight school in the Los Angeles area trains on anything like it. Our Redbird MCX full-motion simulator banks, pitches, and responds like a real aircraft — and because it's FAA-approved, the hours you fly in it go straight into your logbook. It's woven into every syllabus we teach, with up to 50 hours creditable toward your Commercial Pilot License.

● In motion · live

Redbird MCX · LA Flight School

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Full Immersive Visuals

Wraparound visuals put you inside the flight — weather, terrain, and traffic rendered around you, not on a desktop screen.

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True Motion Platform

The MCX moves with you. Realistic motion cues build muscle memory and reaction time the way only flight can.

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Dual Controls · Single & Multi-Engine

Fly side-by-side with your instructor in single- or multi-engine configuration — every lesson collaborative, every scenario real.

50HRSLoggable toward your Commercial license

FAAApproved Advanced Aviation Training Device

100%Of our syllabi integrate simulator training

1OF 1No other LA flight school has one

FAA Approved · AATD

Pilot Logbook · Simulator Credit

The Hours You Fly In Our Simulator Go In Your Logbook

Entry 01

Instrument procedures & IFR masteryApproaches, holds, and partial-panel work — repeatable on demand

Logged ✓

Entry 02

Emergency scenarios, flown safelyEngine-outs, system failures, weather escapes — no real-world risk

Logged ✓

Entry 03

Single & multi-engine, dual controlsYou and your instructor, side by side, in either configuration

Logged ✓

Entry 04

Full-motion muscle memoryThe platform banks and pitches with you — your body learns to fly

Logged ✓

FAA-creditable toward
your Commercial license50 HOURS

In Every Syllabus. Not An Upsell.

Simulator sessions are scheduled into every LA Flight School training program from day one — that's how our students fly sharper and spend less.

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Private Pilot LicenseProcedures, pattern work & first emergencies in the sim before the sky

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Instrument RatingIFR scenarios, real weather playbooks, unlimited repetition

C

Commercial Pilot LicenseLog up to 50 simulator hours toward your certificate

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Airline Pilot ProgramCrew-style scenario training from first lesson to final checkride

Commercial · up to 50 hrs · §61.129 ATP · up to 25 hrs · §61.159 Instrument · up to 10 hrs · §61.65 Private · up to 2.5 hrs · §61.109

✓ Save serious money

Simulator time costs a fraction of aircraft time — and it still counts.

✓ Practice the unpracticeable

Fly emergencies and failures no one should ever try in a real aircraft.

✓ Learn faster, fly sharper

Pause, rewind, and repeat any maneuver until it's muscle memory.

Book a 1-Hour Sim Demo — $189 Explore the Simulator AATD FAA Approved Flight Training

Our fleet · 20 aircraft + full-motion simulator

Meet Your Training Fleet

One of the largest training fleets in Los Angeles — 20 airplanes plus an FAA full-motion simulator, with multiple of every model, so there's always an aircraft ready when you are.

20Airplanes in the fleet

MultipleOf every model

6Types · trainer to twin

FAAFull-motion simulator

Your Instructors

Meet The Instructors You’ll Fly With

FAA-certified, five-star reviewed, and beside you on every flight — from first takeoff to checkride.

Alex

Founder & Chief Flight Instructor

The heart of LA Flight School, with 20+ years in the cockpit and more student mentions than any other instructor. Alex personally guides pilots from first discovery flight through Commercial, Instrument and multi-engine — a retired 787 captain called him “a fantastic flight instructor.”

Joseph

Certified Flight Instructor

“Joe” is one of our most requested instructors. First-timers walk in nervous and leave exhilarated thanks to his calm, confident manner — a favorite for golden-hour discovery flights up the coast in the Diamond.

Anthony

Certified Flight Instructor

The instructor students mention when they talk about confidence. Caring and reassuringly calm, Anthony is a natural with first-timers, teens and first solos — handing over the controls early while keeping everything feeling completely safe.

Noah

Flight Instructor

Noah makes flying feel effortless — safe, easy and smooth, with the best vantage points over the Hollywood Sign, downtown LA and the Malibu coast. His buttery landings get their own shout-outs in reviews.

Francis

Instrument & Multi-Engine Instructor

The instructor students lean on when training gets technical. Francis teaches instrument and multi-engine work in the twin with patience and clarity, making difficult-looking controls feel manageable and easy.

Kayla

Flight Instructor

Patient and endlessly encouraging, Kayla is known for unforgettable routes through Los Angeles out to Malibu, often timed for sunset. More than one student calls her the reason they fell in love with aviation.

Adam

Flight Instructor

Adam pairs a calm, friendly temperament with real precision in the cockpit — crystal-clear instructions and flights that feel smooth and well-organized from start to finish. Exactly what a first-timer hopes for.

Ralph

Flight Instructor

From the moment the wheels leave the ground, Ralph's professionalism and passion for aviation are unmistakable — an exceptional pilot and teacher who puts every experience level at ease.

Logan

Flight Instructor

The instructor for the curious — Logan welcomes every question and answers it thoroughly. His discovery flights tour LA's greatest hits, from Universal Studios to the Santa Monica Pier, with plenty of hands-on time.

Alexis

Flight Instructor

The instructor students describe as someone you can fully trust — exactly what gives first-timers the courage to take the controls. Patient, encouraging, and hands-on from minute one.

Sophia

Student Coordinator

The warm first voice nearly every student meets. Sophia handles scheduling with a calm, can-do attitude, bending the calendar around busy lives from the first call to the post-flight celebration.

Mona

Office Manager

The steady hand who keeps the whole school running — finances, scheduling and a warm welcome for everyone who walks in. Mona makes the paperwork painless and the front office feel like home.

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