Flight schools and flying clubs
2,447 training organisations: flight schools and academies (1,290), universities and colleges with a flight programme (134) and flying clubs (1,023), each with the aircraft it registers, its town and the main public airport there. Read this as a start, not an official list: the FAA publishes no downloadable list of flight schools (its online finder covers only certificated Part 141 schools), so this one is drawn from the FAA aircraft register: companies whose names say "flight school", "academy", "training" or "flying club", and companies whose names don't but which own fleets of training aircraft and say on their own websites that they give flying lessons. A school that rents all its aircraft from someone else is not here yet.
Compare the training organisations in Connecticut side by side: their aircraft, how old they are, and the accident record of those aircraft.
| Organisation | Kind | Town | Airport | Aircraft registered | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meriden Aviation Center LLC website Meriden Aviation Center is a flight school in Meriden, Connecticut that provides pilot training from private pilot through flight instructor certificates and ratings. | Flight school | Meriden, Connecticut | Meriden Markham Municipal MMK | 9 | Piper PA-28-161 |
| Three Wing Flight School LLC website | Flight school | Stratford, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 7 | Piper PA-28-161 |
| Avia Flight Academy LLC website Avia Flight Academy is a flight school operating from two locations in Connecticut—Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford and Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Oxford. | Flight school | Stratford, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 6 | Piper PA-28-180 |
| Premier Flight Center LLC website Premier Flight Center is a flight school in Hartford, Connecticut offering pilot training from private pilot through airline transport pilot certificates, as well as ground school courses. | Flight school | Hartford, Connecticut | Hartford-Brainard Airport HFD | 6 | Cessna 172R |
| Connecticut Soaring Association INC website Connecticut Soaring Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit flying club based at Windham Airport in Connecticut that promotes soaring and general aviation. | Flying club | New London, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 5 | Schweizer SGS 2-33A |
| Oxford Flying Club INC website Oxford Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club founded in 1996 in Oxford, Connecticut. | Flying club | Oxford, Connecticut | Waterbury-Oxford Airport OXC | 4 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| 43Rd Aviation Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Wethersfield, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 3 | Cessna 182Q |
| Coastal Air INC website Coastal Air is a flight school based at Groton/New London Airport in Connecticut that provides pilot training including introductory flights, private pilot certificates, instrument ratings, and commercial pilot training. | Flight school | Groton, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 3 | Piper PA-28-140 |
| Connecticut Flyers INC website CT Flyers, Inc. | Flight school | Madison, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 2 | Cessna 172M |
| Silver City Flying Club INC website Silver City Flying Club Inc is a non-profit equity ownership flying club founded in 1946 with 40 members. | Flying club | Bristol, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 2 | Cessna 172P |
| Civil Air Patrol Flying Association INC | Flying club | Branford, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-180 |
| Connecticut Valley Flyers INC website Connecticut Valley Flyers is a flying club based at Brainard Airport in Hartford, Connecticut. | Flight school | Glastonbury, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172K |
| Future Flyers of Connecticut LLC | Flight school | Simsbury, Connecticut | Simsbury Airport 4B9 | 1 | Cessna 175 |
| Groton Flyers LLC | Flight school | Bozrah, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Housatonic Flying Club INC website The Flying 20 Club is a flying club based at Danbury Airport (KDXR) in Connecticut, founded in 1940. | Flying club | Danbury, Connecticut | Danbury Municipal DXR | 1 | Cessna 177B |
| Lindbergh Flyers INC | Flight school | Marlborough, Connecticut | Salmon River Airfield 9B8 | 1 | Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12 |
| Low and Sow Flyers LLC | Flight school | New Hartford, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper J3C-65 |
| Meriden Flyers LLC website CT Flyers is an equity-based flying club founded in 1993 based at Chester Airport in Connecticut. | Flight school | Middlefield, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 1 | Ward Joseph A RV7A |
| Nutmeg Flying Club website | Flying club | Stratford, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-180 |
| River Valley Flyers LLC website Connecticut Valley Flyers is a flying club based at Brainard Airport in Hartford, Connecticut. | Flight school | West Hartford, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Spirit of Meriden Flight Club INC website | Flying club | Orange, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 1 | Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12 |
| Twenty-One Flyers INC | Flight school | Norwalk, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172M |
| Vagabond Flyers INC | Flight school | West Hartford, Connecticut | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-15 |
Source: the FAA Civil Aviation Registry, October 21, 2026: 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 found by their fleets of training aircraft and confirmed by their own websites. The airport is the main public landing place in the town the company registers its aircraft from, which is usually, not always, where it works. A name links to the company's aircraft. Is your company here, or missing? Claim, correct or add a listing: the base, the website, what you do, and your own pictures; "confirmed" marks a listing the company itself has checked.