(818) 399-9905 · Open 9 AM–9 PM, 7 Days a Week · ★★★★★ 4.9 · 500+ Reviews · Van Nuys Airport
No neighborhood in Los Angeles sits closer to the runway than Encino. From Ventura Boulevard you can be standing on the Van Nuys flight line in about ten minutes — which means more lessons per week, faster progress, and a license sooner than you thought possible.
Forget the freeway entirely if you like: Balboa Boulevard runs due north from Ventura Boulevard, past Lake Balboa and the Sepulveda Basin, and delivers you to our hangar-side classroom at 7900 Balboa Blvd., Suite D3 in roughly ten minutes. If you are starting near the 405, hop off at Victory and head west. Either way, parking is free and the coffee is on when you walk in.
Because you live minutes from KVNY, any program on our roster fits neatly around Encino life — before school drop-off, after the office, or on a lazy Sunday.
Your first time at the controls, from $229 — many Encino students book one on a whim and are enrolled by Monday. Reserve yours.
Fly frequently, finish faster: proximity is the single biggest predictor of on-budget training. See the PPL course.
From zero hours to airline-ready, with multi-engine time in our Piper Seminole. Explore the career path.
Encino has always lived with aviation in its peripheral vision — the downwind leg for Van Nuys traffic passes near the Sepulveda Basin, and generations of kids at Lake Balboa have looked up as trainers turned final. Now imagine being the one waving back.
Grab lunch on Ventura Boulevard, drive ten minutes, and log a lesson before your afternoon meeting. Students who train this close to home rarely cancel, rarely lose currency between flights, and consistently reach their checkride in fewer total hours — which is real money saved.
Also serving nearby Tarzana, Sherman Oaks and Calabasas.
Ten minutes from Ventura Boulevard to the run-up area. There is no easier place in LA to become a pilot.
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.
