Flight schools in Michigan
96 flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes side by side: the 306 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 (10 accidents). Each name opens the school's own page with the full record.
Towns with two or more: Kalamazoo 7 · Ann Arbor 3 · Brighton 3 · Midland 3 · Battle Creek 2 · Bay City 2 · Berrien Springs 2 · Farmington Hills 2 · Mattawan 2 · Menominee 2 · Petoskey 2 · Saint Joseph 2 · Sault Sainte Marie 2 · Shelby Township 2 · Traverse City 2 · Troy 2 · Waterford 2
Flight schools on the map of Michigan, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University website | University or college with a flight programme | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International AZO | 55 | Cirrus SR20 | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Northwestern Michigan College website | University or college with a flight programme | Traverse City | Cherry Capital Airport TVC | 21 | Cessna 172S | 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrews University website | University or college with a flight programme | Berrien Springs | Andrews University Airpark C20 | 13 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1976 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue Sky Aviation LLC website | Flight school | Menominee | Menominee Regional MNM | 12 | Cessna 172N | 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| Lansing Community College website | University or college with a flight programme | Mason | Mason Jewett Field TEW | 11 | Cessna 150C | 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Michigan Flyers INC website | Flight school | Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor Municipal ARB | 10 | Cessna 152 | 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandhill Soaring Club INC website | Flying club | Brighton | Brighton Airport 45G | 9 | Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 TWIN ASTIR | 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| Sky Walker Flight School LLC website | Flight school | Adrian | Lenawee County ADG | 9 | Cessna 150H | 1971 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum website | Flight school | Detroit | Detroit Metro Wayne County DTW | 9 | Cessna 172N | 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| West Michigan Aviation Academy | Flight school | Grand Rapids | Gerald R Ford International GRR | 7 | Cessna 172S | 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| West Michigan Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Norton Shores | 7 | Cessna 172M | 1972 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adrian Soaring Club INC website | Flying club | Ypsilanti | 6 | Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II | 1971 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marquette County Flying Club website | Flying club | Marquette | Marquette Sawyer Regional SAW | 6 | Cessna 150J | 1970 | 1 | 0 |
| Troy Oakland Pilots Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Troy | Oakland/Troy Airport VLL | 5 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| Ann Arbor Flyers INC website | Flight school | Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor Municipal ARB | 4 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| Fun Flyers LLC | Flight school | Comstock | 4 | Cessna 170 | 1973 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hangar 20 Flying Club LLC | Flying club | Climax | 4 | Cessna 172A | 1961 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake Superior State University | University or college with a flight programme | Sault Sainte Marie | 4 | DJI MAVIC 2 PRO | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mohawk Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Ada | 4 | Cessna 172L | 1977 | 0 | 0 | |
| Regents of the University of Michigan website | University or college with a flight programme | Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor Municipal ARB | 4 | Airbus Helicopters EC 155 B1 | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| Three Rivers Aero LLC website | Flight school | Three Rivers | Three Rivers Muni/Dr Haines Airport HAI | 4 | Beechcraft 95-B55 (T42A) | 1974 | 0 | 0 |
| Eximious Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Ferndale | 3 | Flight Design Gmbh CTLS | 1983 | 1 | 0 | |
| Horizon Flyers LLC | Flight school | Kingsford | 3 | Piper PA-28-140 | 1971 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mang Aero Club INC website | Flying club | Belleville | Belleville Airport 43G | 3 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshall Soaring Club website | Flying club | Marshall | Brooks Field RMY | 3 | Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9B | 1976 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason County Aero Club | Flying club | Ludington | Mason County LDM | 3 | Cessna 150H | 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Troy | Oakland/Troy Airport VLL | 3 | Cessna 172M | 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| American Eagle Flying Club | Flying club | New Hudson | Oakland Southwest Airport Y47 | 2 | Cessna 182Q | 1976 | 0 | 0 |
| Brighton Flying Club LLC website | Flying club | Brighton | Brighton Airport 45G | 2 | Cessna 150E | 1967 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawn Patrol Flying Club | Flying club | Northville | 2 | Cessna 172M | 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eagles Flying Club | Flying club | Menominee | Menominee Regional MNM | 2 | Cessna 150G | 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| Iosco Flying Club website | Flying club | E Tawas | 2 | Cessna 150J | 1973 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kal Aero Flight Instruction LLC website | Flight school | Mattawan | 2 | Cessna 172H | 1967 | 0 | 0 | |
| Land O Lakes Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Bloomfield Hills | 2 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1983 | 0 | 0 | |
| Olds Forge Flyers INC website | Flight school | Lansing | Capital Region International LAN | 2 | Cessna 172P | 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| Puddle Jumpers Flying Club INC | Flying club | Interlochen | Green Lake Airport Y88 | 2 | Aeronca S-65-CA | 1941 | 0 | 0 |
| US Junior Soaring Association website | Flying club | Brighton | Brighton Airport 45G | 2 | Schempp-Hirth DISCUS B | 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| Walled Lake Flying Club website | Flying club | Waterford | 2 | Cessna 172N | 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| 150 Flyers | Flight school | Ithaca | 1 | Cessna 172F | 1964 | 0 | 0 | |
| 150 Flyers LLC | Flight school | Waterford | 1 | Cessna 150L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 57D Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Shelby Township | 1 | Cessna 172N | 1978 | 0 | 0 | |
| Battle Creek Aero Club INC | Flying club | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International AZO | 1 | Beechcraft D-45 | 1957 | 0 | 0 |
| Battle Creek Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Battle Creek | Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field BTL | 1 | Cessna 172R | 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| Bay Area Recreational Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Midland | Jack Barstow Airport IKW | 1 | Piper PA-22-108 | 1961 | 0 | 0 |
| Bay de Noc Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Escanaba | Delta County ESC | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| Blissfield Flight Club INC | Flying club | Blissfield | Betz Airport 44G | 1 | Aeronca 7AC | 1945 | 0 | 0 |
| Boyne Valley Flyers Club INC website | Flying club | Boyne Falls | Boyne Mountain Airport BFA | 1 | Cessna 152 | 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| C Ville Flying Club website | Flying club | Nunica | Hat Field 5N7 | 1 | Cessna 182H | 1964 | 0 | 0 |
| Cereal City Flying Club LLC | Flying club | Battle Creek | Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field BTL | 1 | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B | 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlevoix Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Petoskey | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1984 | 1 | 0 | |
| D & M Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Petoskey | 1 | Piper PA-23-250 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | |
| D & S Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Portage | 1 | Cessna 172F | 0 | 0 | ||
| De Flyers LLC | Flight school | Vicksburg | 1 | Piper PA-32RT-300T | 1979 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dearborn Flying Club INC | Flying club | Grosse Pt Shr | 1 | Cessna 172F | 1965 | 0 | 0 | |
| Father John 77 Flying Club INC | Flying club | Flushing | Dalton Airport 3DA | 1 | Piper PA-28-140 | 1972 | 0 | 0 |
| Fly By Knights Aero Club INC | Flying club | Bay City | James Clements Municipal 3CM | 1 | Cessna 182C | 1960 | 0 | 0 |
| Foxtrot Flight Training LLC website | Flight school | Berrien Springs | Andrews University Airpark C20 | 1 | Cessna 150M | 1976 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankfort Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Beulah | 1 | Piper PA-22-150 | 1957 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fremont Glider Club website | Flying club | Rothbury | 1 | Schweizer SGS 2-33A | 1973 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fruit Belt Flyers INC | Flight school | Saint Joseph | 1 | Cessna 172N | 1977 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gra Flying Club LLC | Flying club | Bay City | James Clements Municipal 3CM | 1 | Cessna 172E | 1963 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawk Flying Club | Flying club | Caledonia | 1 | Cessna 172M | 1975 | 0 | 0 | |
| Iron Wing Flying Club INC | Flying club | Shelby Township | 1 | Mooney M20J | 1977 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jackson Road Flyers website | Flight school | Wayne | 1 | Cessna 150F | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jjc Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Gladwin | Gladwin Zettel Memorial GDW | 1 | Cessna 182P | 1975 | 0 | 0 |
| Kal Aire Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Mattawan | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kalamazoo Flight Instruction LLC website | Flight school | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International AZO | 1 | Cessna 172B | 1961 | 0 | 0 |
| Kbeh Hangar Flyers LLC | Flight school | Bridgman | 1 | Atkin William F HARMON ROCKET II | 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake Air Academy LLC website | Flight school | Richland | 1 | Bellanca 7GCBC | 1974 | 0 | 0 | |
| Macatawa Flyers INC website | Flight school | Allegan | Padgham Field 35D | 1 | Cessna 172M | 1973 | 0 | 0 |
| Meridian Aero Club INC | Flying club | Midland | Jack Barstow Airport IKW | 1 | Cessna 172M | 1975 | 0 | 0 |
| Mooney Flyers INC | Flight school | Sault Sainte Marie | 1 | Mooney M20E | 1966 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mt Pleasant Aero Club LLC | Flying club | Mount Pleasant | Mount Pleasant Municipal MOP | 1 | Cessna 175C | 1961 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwind Flying Club | Flying club | Traverse City | Cherry Capital Airport TVC | 1 | Cessna 172 | 1956 | 0 | 0 |
| Oshtemo Flyers LLC | Flight school | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International AZO | 1 | Cessna 150E | 1965 | 0 | 0 |
| Percy Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Dexter | 1 | Cessna 172RG | 1981 | 0 | 0 | |
| Powerhawk Flyers LLC | Flight school | Farmington Hills | 1 | Cessna 210L | 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Baron Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Pleasant Ridge | 1 | Cessna 150G | 1967 | 0 | 0 | |
| Romeo Flying Club LLC | Flying club | Leonard | 1 | Cessna 172K | 1969 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saint Clair Flight Academy INC website | Flight school | Richmond | Robertson Field D99 | 1 | Cessna 172S | 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandusky Flight Academy LLC | Flight school | Sandusky | Sandusky City Airport Y83 | 1 | Cessna 172A | 1959 | 0 | 0 |
| Senior Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International AZO | 1 | Champion 7ECA | 1968 | 0 | 0 |
| Sierra Flying Club website | Flying club | Buckley | 1 | Piper PA-28-180 | 1970 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soaring Eagle Flying Club | Flying club | Midland | Jack Barstow Airport IKW | 1 | Mooney M20F | 1966 | 0 | 0 |
| St Clair Flyers website | Flight school | Saint Clair | 1 | Cessna 172N | 1978 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sweet Potato Flying Club LLC | Flying club | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International AZO | 1 | Piper PA-23-160 | 1959 | 0 | 0 |
| Taildraggers Flyers INC | Flight school | Saint Joseph | 1 | Cessna 172M | 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| Timbers Flying Club website | Flying club | West Branch | West Branch Community Airport Y31 | 1 | Cessna 172N | 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| Tooth & Go Flyers LLC | Flight school | Farmington Hills | 1 | Mooney M20E | 1964 | 0 | 0 | |
| University of Detroit Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Livonia | 1 | Cessna 177B | 0 | 0 | ||
| V Tail Flyers LLP | Flight school | South Lyon | 1 | Beechcraft K35 | 1959 | 0 | 0 | |
| W H Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Kingston | 1 | Cessna 172L | 0 | 0 | ||
| Waco Aero Club LLC | Flying club | Clinton Township | 1 | Waco UPF-7 | 1941 | 0 | 0 | |
| West Bay Flyers LLC | Flight school | Standish | 1 | Taylorcraft BC-65 | 1940 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whizbang Flyers LLC | Flight school | Houghton Lake | Roscommon County/Blodgett Memorial HTL | 1 | Cessna 182Q | 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuri Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International AZO | 1 | Aeronca 7AC | 1946 | 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.
