Flight schools in Minnesota
69 flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes side by side: the 168 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: Saint Cloud 3 · Alexandria 2 · Blaine 2 · Caledonia 2 · Cloquet 2 · Duluth 2 · Mankato 2 · Minneapolis 2 · Pelican Rapids 2 · Princeton 2 · South Saint Paul 2 · Stillwater 2
| Organisation | Kind | Town | Airport | Aircraft | Mostly | Typical aircraft built | Accidents, last 10 years | Of them fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Star Aviation INC website | Flight school | Mankato | Mankato Regional MKT | 33 | Piper PA-28-181 | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Venture North Aviation LLC website | Flight school | Cloquet | Cloquet/Carlton County COQ | 12 | Piper PA-28-181 | 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| Ascent Aviation INC website | Flight school | Duluth | Duluth International DLH | 10 | Cirrus SR20 | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| Accelerated Aviation Instruction LLC website | Flight school | Owatonna | Owatonna Degner Regional OWA | 6 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| Lakes Area Aviation LLC website | Flight school | Little Falls | Little Falls/Morrison County-Lindbergh Field LXL | 6 | Cessna 172 | 1965 | 0 | 0 |
| Mn Helicopters INC website | Flight school | Minneapolis | Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Airport MSP | 6 | Robinson R22 BETA | 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| Adventure North Flying Service LLC website | Flight school | Baudette | Baudette International BDE | 5 | Beechcraft C18S | 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| Fly Well Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Roseville | 4 | Cessna 172N | 1977 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gateway Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Blaine | 4 | Cessna 172H | 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Soaring Club website | Flying club | Stanton | Stanton Airfield SYN | 4 | Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 B | 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| Prescott Flying Club INC website | Flying club | South Saint Paul | 4 | Cirrus SR20 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yankee Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Maple Grove | 4 | Cessna 172N | 1984 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake Superior College website | University or college with a flight programme | Duluth | Duluth International DLH | 3 | Cessna R182 | 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| Legacy Pilot Training LLC website | Flight school | Annandale | 3 | Cessna 150L | 1974 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tailwinds Flying Club website | Flying club | Lake Elmo | 3 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1979 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jsfm Flyers LLC | Flight school | Saint Cloud | 2 | Piper PA-18A 150 | 1957 | 1 | 0 | |
| Litchfield Flying Club INC | Flying club | Litchfield | Litchfield Municipal LJF | 2 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| Nordic Flyers II LLC website | Flight school | Plymouth | 2 | Cessna 182P | 1975 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rangers Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Eden Prairie | 2 | Cessna 172N | 1979 | 0 | 0 | |
| Redwood Area Flyers LLC | Flight school | Redwood Falls | Redwood Falls Municipal RWF | 2 | Cessna 177B | 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| Southeastern Minnesota Flying Club INC | Flying club | Rochester | Rochester International RST | 2 | Cessna 172M | 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| Twin Cities Flight Training INC website | Flight school | Blaine | 2 | Cessna 150L | 1971 | 0 | 0 | |
| 09Y Flying Club website | Flying club | South Saint Paul | 1 | Cessna 177B | 1973 | 0 | 0 | |
| 642 Flyers LLC | Flight school | Mankato | Mankato Regional MKT | 1 | Cessna 140 | 0 | 0 | |
| Acapulco Flying Club LLC website | Flying club | New Brighton | 1 | Cessna 172K | 1968 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aero Club Seven INC | Flying club | Crosslake | 1 | Cessna 172M | 1973 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aero Flight Flying Club website | Flying club | Minneapolis | Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Airport MSP | 1 | Piper PA-23-160 | 1959 | 0 | 0 |
| Agassiz Flyers INC | Flight school | Herman | Herman Municipal 06Y | 1 | Cessna 172N | 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandria Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Alexandria | Alexandria Rgnl/Chandler Field AXN | 1 | Piper PA-28-180 | 1970 | 0 | 0 |
| Ascension Flyers INC | Flight school | Stillwater | 1 | Champion 7FC | 1958 | 0 | 0 | |
| Big Falls Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Intl Falls | 1 | Bellanca 7ECA | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bma Flyers INC website | Flight school | Caledonia | Houston County CHU | 1 | Mooney M20J | 0 | 0 | |
| Cloud Nine Flying Club INC | Flying club | Fergus Falls | Fergus Falls Regional FFM | 1 | Piper PA-28-180 | 1973 | 0 | 0 |
| Colonels Flying Club | Flying club | Princeton | Princeton Municipal PNM | 1 | Bellanca 7ECA | 1976 | 0 | 0 |
| Crow Wing Flying Club CORP | Flying club | Nisswa | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duluth Ang Flying Club INC | Flying club | Cloquet | Cloquet/Carlton County COQ | 1 | Cessna 182Q | 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| Fertile Flying Club INC | Flying club | Fertile | Fertile Municipal D14 | 1 | Cessna 150F | 1966 | 0 | 0 |
| Fosston Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Fosston | Fosston Muni/Anderson Field FSE | 1 | Cessna 172L | 1971 | 0 | 0 |
| Free Flyers Avionics INC | Flight school | Kerkhoven | 1 | Piper PA-23-250 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fuzzy Flyers LLC | Flight school | Winthrop | 1 | Fuzzy Flyers Llc VELOCITY XL-FG | 0 | 0 | ||
| Goodridge Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Goodridge | 1 | Cessna 172K | 1968 | 0 | 0 | |
| H e P Flying Club CORP website | Flying club | Wyoming | 1 | Piper PA-12 | 1947 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hector Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Hector | Hector Municipal 1D6 | 1 | Cessna 150G | 1966 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Flight Training Services LLC | Flight school | Hugo | 1 | Aeronca 7DC | 1948 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hyland Flyers INC | Flight school | Coon Rapids | 1 | Cessna 182N | 1969 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake Elmo Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Vadnais Heights | 1 | Cessna 172M | 1974 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberty Flyers INC | Flight school | Ramsey | 1 | Cessna 150M | 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maple Lake Flyers CORP website | Flight school | Maple Lake | Maple Lake Muni-Bill Mavencamp SR Field MGG | 1 | Cessna 175 | 1959 | 0 | 0 |
| Mooney Flying Club LLC website | Flying club | Pelican Rapids | Pelican Rapids Muni-Lyon'S Field 47Y | 1 | Mooney M20J | 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| Morris Hancock Flying Club | Flying club | Morris | Morris Muni/Charlie Schmidt Field MOX | 1 | Cessna 172N | 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicollet Flying Club INC | Flying club | Nicollet | 1 | Champion 7ECA | 1968 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northern Flyers LLC | Flight school | Bemidji | Bemidji Regional BJI | 1 | Cessna 175 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phoenix Flyers LLC | Flight school | Stillwater | 1 | Globe GC-1B | 1946 | 0 | 0 | |
| Princeton Raptors Flying Club website | Flying club | Princeton | Princeton Municipal PNM | 1 | Cessna 172M | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Baron Flyers website | Flight school | Caledonia | Houston County CHU | 1 | Cessna 172M | 1976 | 0 | 0 |
| Rt Flyers LLC | Flight school | Shakopee | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rush City Flyers | Flight school | North Branch | 1 | Piper PA-28-180 | 1967 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sky Hawk Flying Club website | Flying club | Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids/Itasca County-Gordon Newstrom Field GPZ | 1 | Cessna 172K | 1969 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern Minnesota Flyers LLC | Flight school | Northfield | 1 | Hulen Fred R ZODIAC CH 601 HDS | 2002 | 0 | 0 | |
| St Cloud Flying Club LLC website | Flying club | Saint Cloud | 1 | Cirrus SR22 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |
| St Cloud State Univ Aero Club INC | Flying club | St Cloud | St. Cloud Sky Central Airport STC | 1 | Cessna 152 | 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| St Cloud State University Aero Club INC | Flying club | Saint Cloud | 1 | Cessna 172R | 2001 | 0 | 0 | |
| Super Cub Flyers INC | Flight school | Tower | Tower Municipal 12D | 1 | Aeronca 7AC | 1946 | 0 | 0 |
| Tob Cherokee Flyers website | Flight school | Kasson | 1 | Piper PA-28-140 | 1974 | 0 | 0 | |
| Towner Flying Club | Flying club | Pelican Rapids | Pelican Rapids Muni-Lyon'S Field 47Y | 1 | Piper PA-28-140 | 0 | 0 | |
| V-Tail Flyers INC | Flight school | Chanhassen | 1 | Beechcraft J35 | 1958 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vikingland Flying Club website | Flying club | Alexandria | Alexandria Rgnl/Chandler Field AXN | 1 | Cessna 150F | 0 | 0 | |
| Wallys Flyers INC | Flight school | Saint Paul | 1 | Piper/Wally'S Flyers Inc J3C-65 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Watonwan Flyers INC | Flight school | Saint James | 1 | Cessna 172B | 1960 | 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 21, 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.
