Flight schools in Iowa
40 flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes side by side: the 129 aircraft they register with the FAA, how old those aircraft are, and every accident or incident the NTSB recorded involving them in the last 10 years (4 accidents). Each name opens the school's own page with the full record.
Towns with two or more: Ankeny 3 · Cedar Rapids 2 · Iowa City 2 · Oxford 2
Flight schools on the map of Iowa, with the examiners nearby schools at their town's main public airport, examiners at the airport the FAA's listing places them
Click a dot for names, telephone numbers and the contact buttons. A dot with a number holds several people at one airport.
| Organisation | Kind | Town | Airport | Aircraft | Mostly | Typical aircraft built | Accidents, last 10 years | Of them fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Air INC website | Flight school | Iowa City | Iowa City Municipal IOW | 45 | Cessna 172S | 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| Iowa Lakes Community College website | University or college with a flight programme | Estherville | Estherville Municipal EST | 19 | Cessna 172M | 1974 | 0 | 0 |
| Des Moines Flying Club LLC website | Flying club | Indianola | 6 | Mooney M20J | 1979 | 0 | 0 | |
| Indian Hills Community College website | University or college with a flight programme | Ottumwa | Ottumwa Regional OTM | 6 | Piper PA-28-161 | 1975 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Castle Aero Club LTD | Flying club | Oxford | 4 | Aeronca 11AC | 1967 | 0 | 0 | |
| Iowa State University website | University or college with a flight programme | Ames | Ames Municipal AMW | 4 | DJI AGRAS T16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quad Cities Aero LLC website | Flight school | Bettendorf | 4 | Cessna 172K | 1975 | 1 | 0 | |
| State University of Iowa website | University or college with a flight programme | Iowa City | Iowa City Municipal IOW | 4 | Bell TH-57 | 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue Sky Flying Club LLC website | Flying club | Granger | 3 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | |
| Executive Aero Flight Club LLC website | Flying club | Cedar Rapids | The Eastern Iowa Airport CID | 2 | Cirrus SR20 | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Ez Flyers LLC | Flight school | Grinnell | Grinnell Regional GGI | 2 | DJI AGRAS T100 | 1 | 0 | |
| Vintage Flying Club website | Flying club | Ankeny | Ankeny Regional IKV | 2 | Aeronca 7AC | 1941 | 1 | 0 |
| Alamakee Flyers | Flight school | Waukon | Waukon Municipal Y01 | 1 | Cessna 172M | 1973 | 0 | 0 |
| Bonanza Flyers INC | Flight school | Sioux City | Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field SUX | 1 | Beechcraft J35 | 1958 | 0 | 0 |
| C Flyers INC | Flight school | Dyersville | Dyersville Area Airport IA8 | 1 | Cessna 172M | 1972 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedar County Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Tipton | Mathews Memorial 8C4 | 1 | Piper PA-28-151 | 1974 | 0 | 0 |
| Cherokee Flyers Lc website | Flight school | Ellsworth | 1 | Beechcraft V35 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clear Skies Flying Club LLC website | Flying club | Ankeny | Ankeny Regional IKV | 1 | Flight Design Gmbh CTLS | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| Clinton Aeroclub website | Flying club | Clinton | Clinton Municipal CWI | 1 | Cessna 172K | 1968 | 0 | 0 |
| Cloud 9 Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Cedar Rapids | The Eastern Iowa Airport CID | 1 | Piper PA-28R-200 | 1975 | 0 | 0 |
| Cm Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Wayland | 1 | Cirrus SR22 | 2016 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denison Flying Club LLC | Flying club | Denison | Denison Municipal DNS | 1 | Piper PA-28R-200 | 1969 | 0 | 0 |
| Eagles Flyers INC | Flight school | Eldridge | 1 | Mooney M20J | 1984 | 0 | 0 | |
| East Fork Flyers LLC | Flight school | Lu Verne | 1 | Piper PA-28-180 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fod Flyers LLC | Flight school | Fort Dodge | Fort Dodge Regional FOD | 1 | Cessna 177B | 1975 | 0 | 0 |
| Fugarwe Flyers website | Flight school | Oxford | 1 | Pearson Arthur E NIEUPORT 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Live Pilot Training LLC website | Flight school | Ankeny | Ankeny Regional IKV | 1 | Piper PA-46-310P | 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| Low and Slow Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Urbandale | 1 | American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nishna Valley Flying Club | Flying club | Red Oak | Red Oak Municipal RDK | 1 | Cessna 172L | 1971 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest Iowa Flyers LLC | Flight school | Everly | 1 | Mooney M20J | 1978 | 0 | 0 | |
| Palo Alto Flyers | Flight school | West Bend | 1 | Cessna 172N | 0 | 0 | ||
| Piper Pig Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Storm Lake | Storm Lake Municipal SLB | 1 | Piper J3C-65 | 1946 | 0 | 0 |
| Road Runner Flying Club INC | Flying club | Radcliffe | 1 | Piper PA-28-236 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Field Flying Club LLC | Flying club | Elgin | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| Solar Flying Club website | Flying club | Grimes | 1 | Cessna 172M | 1975 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stick & Rag Flying Club | Flying club | Clarinda | Schenck Field ICL | 1 | Piper J3C-65 | 1946 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweet Pea Flying Club LLC website | Flying club | State Center | 1 | Ercoupe 415-C | 1946 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderbird Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Steamboat Rock | 1 | Beechcraft A23 | 1965 | 0 | 0 | |
| Timber Creek Flyers Lc | Flight school | Albion | 1 | Cessna 172M | 1973 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yankee Flyers INC website | Flight school | Mount Vernon | 1 | Beechcraft A36 | 1973 | 0 | 0 |
How to read this. Only the aircraft registered to each organisation today are counted, wherever they were flying and whoever was flying them, including any accident before the organisation owned them; aircraft a school leases from their owners are registered to those owners and are not counted. "Typical aircraft built" is the year by which half of an organisation's aircraft had been built. A school that flies more hours will show more accidents; nobody publishes those hours, so these are records, not scores, and the list is in order of fleet size, not of safety.
Sources: the FAA Civil Aviation Registry, October 22, 2026, for the organisations (company owners whose names say flight school, academy, flight training, flying club, or a university or college with three or more aircraft, and schools whose names don't say so, checked by hand or confirmed by their own websites) and their aircraft; the NTSB's aviation accident database, cases to September 30, 2026, for the accidents and incidents. A school that leases all its aircraft from their owners is not here yet. Is your school here, or missing? Claim, correct or add a listing.
