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 Massachusetts side by side: their aircraft, how old they are, and the accident record of those aircraft.
| Organisation | Kind | Town | Airport | Aircraft registered | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater State University website Bridgewater State University is a public university in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, offering over 100 undergraduate and graduate academic programs. | University or college with a flight programme | Bridgewater, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 12 | Cessna 172R |
| Colonial Air INC website Colonial Air is a fixed-base operator at New Bedford Airport in Massachusetts since 1973. | Flight school | New Bedford, Massachusetts | New Bedford Regional EWB | 7 | Cessna 152 |
| Greater Boston Soaring Club INC website Greater Boston Soaring Club is a non-profit flying club based at Sterling Airport in Massachusetts with over 100 members. | Flying club | Sterling, Massachusetts | Sterling Airport 3B3 | 7 | Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 |
| Beverly Flight Center LLC website Beverly Flight Center is a flight school based in Danvers, Massachusetts, offering pilot training from introductory flights through airline transport pilot certification. | Flight school | Middleton, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 6 | Piper PA-28-161 |
| Eagle East Aviation INC website Eagle East Aviation is a flight school and FBO based at Lawrence Municipal Airport (KLWM) in North Andover, Massachusetts. | Flight school | North Andover, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 6 | Cessna 172M |
| Berkshire Aviation Enterprises LLC website Berkshire Aviation Enterprises LLC operates Great Barrington Airport in Massachusetts and has provided flight instruction, aircraft maintenance, and scenic flights since 1944. | Flight school | Great Barrington, Massachusetts | Great Barrington Airport GBR | 5 | Piper PA-28-151 |
| Athol Orange Aero Club INC website | Flying club | Athol, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 4 | Aeronca 7AC |
| Fca Flight Center INC website FCA Flight Center is a flight school operating at Fitchburg Municipal Airport (KFIT) in Massachusetts since 1999. | Flight school | Fitchburg, Massachusetts | Fitchburg Municipal FIT | 4 | Cessna 150M |
| Norby Aviation LLC website Norby Aviation LLC is a flight school based at Southbridge Municipal Airport (3B0) in Massachusetts that provides pilot training including private pilot, sport pilot, and instrument training. | Flight school | Hopkinton, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 4 | Cessna 150L |
| North Shore Aero Club INC website North Shore Aero Club is a not-for-profit flying club based at Beverly Regional Airport on the North Shore of Boston. | Flying club | Beverly, Massachusetts | Beverly Regional BVY | 4 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Cape Aerial Tours DBA website Stick'n Rudder operates a flight school, sightseeing tour service, and aircraft maintenance facility at Chatham Municipal Airport (CQX) in Massachusetts. | Flight school | Chatham, Massachusetts | Chatham Municipal CQX | 3 | Cessna 172D |
| Cape Cod Aero Club LLC website Cape Cod Aero Club is a not-for-profit equity flying club based at Falmouth Airpark and Hyannis Airport on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. | Flying club | Falmouth, Massachusetts | Falmouth Airpark 5B6 | 3 | Cessna 182Q |
| Cardinal Flyers INC website | Flight school | Northborough, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 3 | Cessna 177B |
| Fly Lugu LLC website Fly Lugu is a Part 61 flight school based at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Massachusetts that provides pilot training from discovery flights through commercial ratings. | Flight school | Southwick, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 3 | Cessna 172M |
| Mit Soaring Association INC website | Flying club | Sterling, Massachusetts | Sterling Airport 3B3 | 3 | Let L 33 SOLO |
| Wolf Aviation Network INC website Wolf Aviation Network is a flight school operating at Westfield and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, offering pilot training from Private Pilot through Commercial ratings under Part 61. | Flight school | Westfield, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 3 | Piper PA-28-151 |
| South Shore Flying Club INC website South Shore Flying Club is a flying club based in Marshfield and Plymouth, Massachusetts, offering membership access to three well-maintained aircraft: a Piper Archer, Cessna Skyhawk, and Cessna 182 Skylane. | Flying club | South Weymouth, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 2 | Cessna 172M |
| Aeronauts Flying Club INC website North Shore Aero Club is a not-for-profit flying club based at Beverly Regional Airport on the North Shore of Boston. | Flying club | Newton, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Boston Center Flying Club INC | Flying club | Dracut, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 182P |
| Brockton Flying Club INC | Flying club | Taunton, Massachusetts | Taunton Muni/King Field TAN | 1 | American General Acft Corp AG5B |
| Cape Flight Instruction INC | Flight school | Cotuit, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172N |
| Cherokee Flying Club INC | Flying club | E Longmeadow, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Doolley Flyers LLC | Flight school | Harvard, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Fi Fi Flyers LLC | Flight school | Littleton, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5 |
| Franklin County Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Turners Falls, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-151 |
| Go Flyers LLC | Flight school | Sudbury, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Beech F33A |
| Hanscom Aero Club website Hanscom Aero Club is a USAF Aero Club based at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts, near Boston. | Flying club | Hanscom Afb, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-161 |
| Hanscom Afb Aero Club website Hanscom Aero Club is a USAF Aero Club based at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts, near Boston. | Flying club | Hanscom Afb, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28R-201 |
| J B Flying Club INC | Flying club | Weymouth, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 140 |
| Legion Flying Club INC | Flying club | Springfield, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172H |
| Mavericks Flying Club INC | Flying club | Lancaster, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Wolfe John J RV-9A |
| Midway Flying Club INC website Midway Flying Club is a non-profit flying club founded in October 2018 that operates from Midway Regional Airport (KJWY) in Midlothian, Texas, between Dallas and Fort Worth. | Flying club | Attleboro, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172N |
| New England Flyers LLC website New England Chute Flyers offers powered parachute flight training, discovery flights, and aircraft sales across New England. | Flight school | Franklin, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Norwood Comanche Flyers LLC | Flight school | Quincy, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-24-250 |
| Old Colony Flying Club INC | Flying club | Plymouth, Massachusetts | Plymouth Municipal PYM | 1 | Lockhart Walter L KOLB TWINSTAR MK III |
| Queen City Aero Club INC | Flying club | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172M |
| Red Bird Flyers LLC website Redbird Flight Simulations designs and manufactures FAA and EASA certified flight training devices and software, including full-motion Advanced Aviation Training Devices, Basic Aviation Training Devices, and desktop simulators for flight sc | Flight school | Acton, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 177B |
| South Mountain Flying Club INC | Flying club | Pittsfield, Massachusetts | Pittsfield Municipal PSF | 1 | Cessna 172M |
| Wachusett Flying Club INC | Flying club | Princeton, Massachusetts | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-180 |
| Worcester Naa Flying Club | Flying club | Worcester, Massachusetts | Worcester Regional ORH | 1 | Cessna 172N |
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.
