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 Maine side by side: their aircraft, how old they are, and the accident record of those aircraft.
| Organisation | Kind | Town | Airport | Aircraft registered | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwoods Air LLC website Northwoods Air is a flight school located in Old Town, Maine that offers pilot training from discovery flights through commercial certification, including private pilot, instrument rating, commercial, tailwheel, seaplane, and accelerated co | Flight school | Orono, Maine | no public airport in town | 19 | Cessna 172P |
| Chickadee Aviation LLC website Chickadee Aviation is a Part 61 flight school located at Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport in Maine. | Flight school | Rangeley, Maine | Stephen A Bean Municipal 8B0 | 4 | Cessna 172K |
| American Classic Flying Club LLC website | Flying club | Waterville, Maine | Waterville Regional WVL | 2 | Cessna 172L |
| Bald Eagle Flying Club website | Flying club | Bridgton, Maine | no public airport in town | 2 | Cessna 172N |
| Maine Coastal Flight Center INC website Maine Coastal Flight Center operates a full-service aviation center at Hancock County–Bar Harbor Airport (KBHB) in Trenton, Maine. | Flight school | Bangor, Maine | Bangor International BGR | 2 | Cessna 172S |
| Sandy River Flying Club website | Flying club | Phillips, Maine | no public airport in town | 2 | Cessna 150F |
| University Flying Club INC | Flying club | Orono, Maine | no public airport in town | 2 | Cessna 152 |
| Cavu Flight Training LLC website | Flight school | Freeport, Maine | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-180 |
| Dexter Aero Club INC | Flying club | Stetson, Maine | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172M |
| Houlton International Flying Club website The Houlton International Flying Club is a flying club based at Houlton International Airport in Maine. | Flying club | Houlton, Maine | Houlton International HUL | 1 | Piper PA-28-140 |
| Knox County Flying Club website The Knox County Flying Club is a flying club based at Knox County Regional Airport (KRKD) in Owls Head, Maine. | Flying club | Owls Head, Maine | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-140 |
Source: the FAA Civil Aviation Registry, October 22, 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.