(818) 399-9905 · Open 9 AM–9 PM, 7 Days a Week · ★★★★★ 4.9 · 500+ Reviews · Van Nuys Airport
Burbank built its name on sound stages, but the quickest route to a pilot certificate is not at Hollywood Burbank Airport — it is fifteen minutes west at Van Nuys, where LA Flight School has spent 15+ years turning first-timers into licensed pilots.
Most Burbank addresses put you at our door in roughly 15 minutes: take the 5 to the 170, exit at Sherman Way or Roscoe, and continue west to Balboa Boulevard. Coming from the Media District or Magnolia Park? Victory and Vanowen run straight across the Valley floor and are often faster than the freeway at rush hour. You will find us at 7900 Balboa Blvd., Suite D3, on the west side of Van Nuys Airport, with free parking right outside the classroom door.
Whether you work a studio schedule or a nine-to-five, every course we teach departs from KVNY, a quarter hour from downtown Burbank.
Take the controls on day one — from $229, with your fee credited toward training if you enroll within 24 hours. See discovery flights.
Our structured Part 61 course pairs you with one dedicated instructor from first lesson to checkride. Explore the private pilot course.
A zero-to-airline pathway through commercial, multi-engine and CFI ratings — all without leaving the Valley. View the airline program.
Hollywood Burbank (BUR) is a Class C airline field. Student pilots there share final approach with Boeing 737s, absorb long holds for commercial departures, and pay airline-airport fees for the privilege. Every minute you spend idling behind a Southwest jet is Hobbs time you are paying for.
Van Nuys is different: it is one of the busiest general-aviation airports in the world, built around training and private flying. You will still earn sharp radio skills in a professionally towered environment — Warner Bros., the Equestrian Center and the Verdugos slide past your wing minutes after takeoff — but your lessons move at your pace, not an airline's.
Also serving nearby Glendale, North Hollywood and Studio City.
One short drive over the 170 and you are in the left seat. Book your discovery flight or sit down with us for a free training plan.
Real students, real first flights, real ratings — straight from Google and Yelp.
The fastest way to know if the left seat is for you is to stand on the flight line. Book a free consultation — or reach us whichever way you like.
Tour the school, meet your instructors, sit in the cockpit, and leave with a personal training plan and exact pricing. Your Discovery Flight fee is credited toward training when you enroll within 24 hours.
One minute, a few details, fast answers from a real person on our team.
