(818) 290-8249 · Open 9 AM–9 PM, 7 Days a Week · ★★★★★ 4.9 · 500+ Reviews · Van Nuys Airport
Studio City is built on great sets — but the one with no ceiling is ten minutes north at Van Nuys Airport. Take the controls of a real airplane and watch the studios, the Hollywood Hills, and the whole glittering basin roll by beneath you.
From Studio City, Van Nuys Airport is a short hop over the hill — one of the busiest general-aviation airports in the world, right in your backyard. You can be briefing with an instructor before lunch and airborne over Ventura Boulevard by early afternoon.
Few places on earth look better from a cockpit than Los Angeles at golden hour: the studios, Griffith Observatory, the Hollywood Sign, and the coast beyond. Our students come for the flying and stay for that view.
You do not just ride along — you fly. Mena described flying “the Diamond over LA, Hollywood and Malibu” and called the views and the feel of the controls “just awesome.” That hands-on first flight is what hooks people, and it is why so many Studio City visitors come back to start training.
Creative work runs on inspiration. Not much delivers it like taking the controls of an airplane over your own city.
Every lesson is one-on-one with an FAA-certified flight instructor who flies our aircraft daily — not a rotating cast of strangers. They are calm, patient, and genuinely good at turning a nervous first-timer into a confident pilot, which is exactly why our reviews mention them by name again and again.
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.
