Flight schools in Virginia
61 flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes side by side: the 184 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 (9 accidents, 2 fatal). Each name opens the school's own page with the full record.
Towns with two or more: Glen Allen 3 · Lynchburg 3 · Richmond 3 · Virginia Beach 3 · Winchester 3 · Berryville 2 · Charlottesville 2 · Hayes 2 · Mechanicsville 2 · Newport News 2 · North Chesterfield 2 · Reston 2 · Roanoke 2
Flight schools on the map of Virginia, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty University website | University or college with a flight programme | Lynchburg | Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Field LYH | 30 | Cessna 172S | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick Aviation INC website | Flight school | Newport News | Newport News/Williamsburg International PHF | 22 | Cessna 172P | 1980 | 3 | 1 |
| Liberty University School of Aeronautics | Flight school | Lynchburg | Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Field LYH | 13 | Piper PA-44-180 | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Averett University website | University or college with a flight programme | Danville | Danville Regional DAN | 10 | Piper PA-28-181 | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue Ridge Soaring Society website | Flying club | New Castle | 10 | Rolladen-Schneider LS 4A | 1984 | 0 | 0 | |
| Horizon Flight Center LLC website | Flight school | Chesapeake | 8 | Textron Aviation Inc 172S | 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tidewater Soaring Society website | Flying club | Windsor | 8 | Pzl-Swidnik PW-5 | 1997 | 0 | 0 | |
| Skyline Soaring Club INC website | Flying club | Front Royal | Front Royal-Warren County FRR | 7 | Schempp-Hirth DISCUS CS | 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| Merlin Soaring Association INC website | Flying club | Amelia Court House | 5 | Cessna 150L | 1972 | 1 | 1 | |
| Teterboro School of Aeronautics INC | Flight school | Virginia Beach | 5 | Piper PA-22-108 | 1963 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cardinal Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Amherst | 4 | Cessna 177RG | 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| FAA Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Springfield | 4 | Piper PA-28-151 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| Central Virginia Flyers LLC | Flight school | Palmyra | 3 | Piper PA-12 | 1971 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tidewater Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Newport News | Newport News/Williamsburg International PHF | 3 | Cessna 172N | 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance website | Flight school | Virginia Beach | 2 | Beechcraft B-60 | 1973 | 1 | 0 | |
| Blue Ridge Flyers website | Flight school | Leesburg | Leesburg Executive JYO | 2 | Cessna 182K | 1975 | 0 | 0 |
| Highlands Aero Flight Center LLC website | Flight school | Abingdon | Virginia Highlands Airport VJI | 2 | Piper PA-23-160 | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Hokie Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Christiansburg | 2 | Cessna 172M | 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yankee Flyers LLC | Flight school | Berryville | 2 | Piper PA-28-180 | 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
| Acorn Flying Club of Roanoke LLC website | Flying club | Roanoke | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) ROA | 1 | Mooney M20J | 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| Aero Flyers LLC | Flight school | Stephenson | 1 | Cessna 150F | 1966 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aero X Flying Club INC | Flying club | Winchester | Winchester Regional OKV | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aeronca Flying Club INC | Flying club | Winchester | Winchester Regional OKV | 1 | Aeronca 7AC | 1946 | 0 | 0 |
| Air Pirates Flying Club LLC website | Flying club | Virginia Beach | 1 | Cessna 172H | 1966 | 0 | 0 | |
| Air Tech Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Chesterfield | 1 | Piper PA-32R-301 | 1994 | 0 | 0 | |
| Airtime Flying Club LLC | Flying club | Richmond | Richmond International RIC | 1 | Cirrus SR22 | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| American Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Arlington | 1 | Lancair Company LC-40-550FG | 2001 | 0 | 0 | |
| Angel Flyers LLC | Flight school | Charlottesville | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport CHO | 1 | Beechcraft A36 | 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| Avf Flyers LLC | Flight school | Richmond | Richmond International RIC | 1 | Piper PA 46-350P | 0 | 0 | |
| Back Seat Flyers | Flight school | Berryville | 1 | Piper J3C-65 | 1943 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bantle Flyers LLC website | Flight school | North Chesterfield | 1 | Piper PA-28-180 | 1968 | 0 | 0 | |
| Beech Aero Club website | Flying club | Ashburn | 1 | Beechcraft 23 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | |
| Big Sky Navigation & Flight Training LLC website | Flight school | Bristol | 1 | Beechcraft B95A | 1961 | 0 | 0 | |
| Boll Weevil Flyers LLC | Flight school | Reedville | 1 | Piper PA-28R-201 | 1977 | 0 | 0 | |
| Central Virginia Flyers Flying Club INC | Flying club | Glen Allen | 1 | Cessna 172N | 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| Champ Flyers of Va LLC | Flight school | Glen Allen | 1 | Aeronca 7AC | 1946 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ddt Flyers LLC | Flight school | Lynchburg | Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Field LYH | 1 | Piper PA-28-236 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fouga Flyers LLC | Flight school | Manassas | 1 | Fouga (Etablissements Et Cie) CM 170R MAGISTER | 1962 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fourth Stoop Flyers LLC | Flight school | Manakin Sabot | 1 | Cessna 172S | 2012 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hanover Flying Club LLC website | Flying club | Mechanicsville | 1 | Cirrus SR22 | 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Flight Flying Club LLC | Flying club | Reston | 1 | Piper PA-28-180 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | |
| M/T Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Hayes | 1 | Fairchild M-62A | 1942 | 0 | 0 | |
| Midland Flyers LLC | Flight school | Warrenton | Warrenton/Fauquier Airport HWY | 1 | Piper PA-28-140 | 1966 | 0 | 0 |
| Mile High Flyers Club INC | Flying club | Fort Valley | 1 | Cessna 172M | 1973 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northern Virginia Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Aldie | 1 | Cessna 182P | 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nrv Flyers INC website | Flight school | Blacksburg | Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive BCB | 1 | Mooney M20C | 1974 | 0 | 0 |
| P/T Flyers LLC | Flight school | Hayes | 1 | Beechcraft D95A | 1967 | 0 | 0 | |
| River City Flying Club | Flying club | Glen Allen | 1 | Cessna 182M | 1968 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roanoke Valley Flying Club website | Flying club | Roanoke | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) ROA | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 | 1975 | 0 | 0 |
| Rva Flyers Fleet LLC website | Flight school | Richmond | Richmond International RIC | 1 | Diamond Aircraft DA 40 | 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| Shannon School of Aeronautics LLC website | Flight school | Fredericksburg | Shannon Airport EZF | 1 | Beechcraft 76 | 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| Sky Bryce Flying Club LLC website | Flying club | Basye | 1 | Cessna 172G | 1965 | 0 | 0 | |
| Smith Mountain Lake Flying Club LLC | Flying club | Hardy | 1 | Diamond Aircraft DA 40 | 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
| South River Flyers LLC | Flight school | Natural Bridge | 1 | Icp Srl SAVANNAH S | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thirty-Two Gulf Flying Club website | Flying club | Reston | 1 | Cessna 172M | 1973 | 0 | 0 | |
| Three Chopt Flying Club website | Flying club | Charlottesville | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport CHO | 1 | Mooney M20F | 1967 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia 601 Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Vesuvius | 1 | Weeks William A ZODIAC 601XLB | 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winchester Skylane Flyers LLC | Flight school | Winchester | Winchester Regional OKV | 1 | Cessna 182Q | 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| Wing Nuts Flying Club LTD website | Flying club | North Chesterfield | 1 | Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC42-550FG | 2006 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wings Aero Club LLC website | Flying club | Union Hall | 1 | Cessna 182L | 1967 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wings Level Flying Club website | Flying club | Mechanicsville | 1 | Piper PA-28-235 | 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 23, 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.
