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 Minnesota side by side: their aircraft, how old they are, and the accident record of those aircraft.
| Organisation | Kind | Town | Airport | Aircraft registered | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Star Aviation INC website North Star Aviation is a flight school based at Mankato Regional Airport in Minnesota that provides pilot training from private pilot through certified flight instructor level. | Flight school | Mankato, Minnesota | Mankato Regional MKT | 33 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Venture North Aviation LLC website Venture North Aviation LLC is a flight school in Cloquet, Minnesota that offers accelerated pilot training courses including private pilot, instrument rating, commercial pilot, and certified flight instructor certifications. | Flight school | Cloquet, Minnesota | Cloquet/Carlton County COQ | 12 | Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181 |
| Ascent Aviation INC website Ascent Aviation is a Part 141 flight school based in Duluth, Minnesota, partnered with Lake Superior College. | Flight school | Duluth, Minnesota | Duluth International DLH | 10 | Cirrus Design Corp SR20 |
| Accelerated Aviation Instruction LLC website Accelerated Aviation Instruction LLC is a flight school in Owatonna, Minnesota that offers accelerated and flexible pilot training programs. | Flight school | Owatonna, Minnesota | Owatonna Degner Regional OWA | 6 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Lakes Area Aviation LLC website Lakes Area Aviation is a flight school with locations in Little Falls, Minnesota; Fort Lupton, Colorado; and Cottonwood, Arizona. | Flight school | Little Falls, Minnesota | Little Falls/Morrison County-Lindbergh Field LXL | 6 | Cessna 172 |
| Mn Helicopters INC website Minnesota Helicopters Inc. | Flight school | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Airport MSP | 6 | Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA |
| Adventure North Flying Service LLC website Adventure North Flying Service is a flight school and FBO operating at Aitkin Municipal Airport and Baudette Lake of the Woods International Airport in Minnesota. | Flight school | Baudette, Minnesota | Baudette International BDE | 5 | Beech C18S |
| Fly Well Flying Club INC website Flywell Flying Club is a flying club based at Anoka County Airport near Minneapolis, Minnesota. | Flying club | Roseville, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 4 | Cessna R182 |
| Gateway Flying Club INC website Gateway Flying Club is a nonprofit equity membership flying club based at Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Blaine, Minnesota. | Flying club | Blaine, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 4 | Cessna 172H |
| Minnesota Soaring Club website Minnesota Soaring Club is a flying club founded in 1959 based at Stanton Airfield, 30 miles south of Minneapolis-Saint Paul. | Flying club | Stanton, Minnesota | Stanton Airfield SYN | 4 | Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-51-1 JUNIOR |
| Prescott Flying Club INC website Prescott Flying Club is an equity-based flying club based at Fleming Field (KSGS) in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving the Minneapolis and Saint Paul area. | Flying club | South Saint Paul, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 4 | Cirrus Design Corp SR20 |
| Yankee Flying Club INC website Yankee Flying Club is a flying club based at Minneapolis Crystal Airport (KMIC) in Crystal, Minnesota. | Flying club | Maple Grove, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 4 | Cessna 172N |
| Lake Superior College website Lake Superior College is a public college in Duluth, Minnesota, part of the Minnesota State system. | University or college with a flight programme | Duluth, Minnesota | Duluth International DLH | 3 | Cessna R182 |
| Legacy Pilot Training LLC website Legacy Flight Training provides ground, simulator, and flight training for owners and operators of Piper PA-46 piston and turboprop aircraft. | Flight school | Annandale, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 3 | Cessna 150L |
| Tailwinds Flying Club website Tailwinds Flying Club is a flying club based at Lake Elmo, Minnesota (21D) that allows members to co-own and share the costs of aircraft. | Flying club | Lake Elmo, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 3 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Jsfm Flyers LLC | Flight school | Saint Cloud, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 2 | Piper PA-18A 150 |
| Litchfield Flying Club INC | Flying club | Litchfield, Minnesota | Litchfield Municipal LJF | 2 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Nordic Flyers II LLC website Nordic Plains Aviation is a Part 61 flight school operating at Fergus Falls Regional Airport (KFFM) and Bemidji Regional Airport (KBJI) in Minnesota. | Flight school | Plymouth, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 2 | Cessna 182P |
| Rangers Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 2 | Cessna 172N |
| Redwood Area Flyers LLC | Flight school | Redwood Falls, Minnesota | Redwood Falls Municipal RWF | 2 | Cessna 177B |
| Southeastern Minnesota Flying Club INC | Flying club | Rochester, Minnesota | Rochester International RST | 2 | Cessna 172M |
| Twin Cities Flight Training INC website Twin Cities Flight Training is a flight school based at Anoka County–Blaine Airport (KANE) in Blaine, Minnesota. | Flight school | Blaine, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 2 | Cessna 150L |
| 09Y Flying Club website Prescott Flying Club is an equity-based flying club based at Fleming Field (KSGS) in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving the Minneapolis and Saint Paul area. | Flying club | South Saint Paul, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 177B |
| 642 Flyers LLC | Flight school | Mankato, Minnesota | Mankato Regional MKT | 1 | Cessna 140 |
| Acapulco Flying Club LLC website Prescott Flying Club is an equity-based flying club based at Fleming Field (KSGS) in South St. | Flying club | New Brighton, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172K |
| Aero Club Seven INC | Flying club | Crosslake, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172M |
| Aero Flight Flying Club website Club Cherokee is a non-profit, equity-based flying club based at Crystal Airport (KMIC) near Minneapolis, Minnesota. | Flying club | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Airport MSP | 1 | Piper PA-23-160 |
| Agassiz Flyers INC | Flight school | Herman, Minnesota | Herman Municipal 06Y | 1 | Cessna 172N |
| Alexandria Flying Club INC website Alexandria Flying Club is a flying club based in Alexandria, Minnesota. | Flying club | Alexandria, Minnesota | Alexandria Rgnl/Chandler Field AXN | 1 | Piper PA-28-180 |
| Ascension Flyers INC | Flight school | Stillwater, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Champion 7FC |
| Big Falls Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Intl Falls, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Bellanca 7ECA |
| Bma Flyers INC website The Red Baron Flyers is a flying club founded in 1968 based in Caledonia, Minnesota. | Flight school | Caledonia, Minnesota | Houston County CHU | 1 | Mooney M20J |
| Cloud Nine Flying Club INC | Flying club | Fergus Falls, Minnesota | Fergus Falls Regional FFM | 1 | Piper PA-28-180 |
| Colonels Flying Club | Flying club | Princeton, Minnesota | Princeton Municipal PNM | 1 | Bellanca 7ECA |
| Crow Wing Flying Club CORP | Flying club | Nisswa, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Duluth Ang Flying Club INC | Flying club | Cloquet, Minnesota | Cloquet/Carlton County COQ | 1 | Cessna 182Q |
| Fertile Flying Club INC | Flying club | Fertile, Minnesota | Fertile Municipal D14 | 1 | Cessna 150F |
| Fosston Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Fosston, Minnesota | Fosston Muni/Anderson Field FSE | 1 | Cessna 172L |
| Free Flyers Avionics INC | Flight school | Kerkhoven, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-23-250 |
| Fuzzy Flyers LLC | Flight school | Winthrop, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Fuzzy Flyers Llc VELOCITY XL-FG |
| Goodridge Flying Club INC website Gateway Flying Club is an equity membership flying club based at Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Blaine, Minnesota. | Flying club | Goodridge, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172K |
| H e P Flying Club CORP website High Flying Club is an aircraft ownership club based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. | Flying club | Wyoming, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-12 |
| Hector Flyers LLC website | Flight school | Hector, Minnesota | Hector Municipal 1D6 | 1 | Cessna 150G |
| Herman Flight Training Services LLC | Flight school | Hugo, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Aeronca 7DC |
| Hyland Flyers INC | Flight school | Coon Rapids, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 182N |
| Lake Elmo Flyers LLC website Lake Elmo Aero is a flight school located at Lake Elmo Airport in Minnesota offering flight training for private pilot, instrument, commercial, multi-engine, and instructor certifications, as well as tailwheel endorsements and discovery fli | Flight school | Vadnais Heights, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172M |
| Liberty Flyers INC | Flight school | Ramsey, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 150M |
| Maple Lake Flyers CORP website | Flight school | Maple Lake, Minnesota | Maple Lake Muni-Bill Mavencamp SR Field MGG | 1 | Cessna 175 |
| Mooney Flying Club LLC website | Flying club | Pelican Rapids, Minnesota | Pelican Rapids Muni-Lyon'S Field 47Y | 1 | Mooney M20J |
| Morris Hancock Flying Club | Flying club | Morris, Minnesota | Morris Muni/Charlie Schmidt Field MOX | 1 | Cessna 172N |
| Nicollet Flying Club INC | Flying club | Nicollet, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Champion 7ECA |
| Northern Flyers LLC | Flight school | Bemidji, Minnesota | Bemidji Regional BJI | 1 | Cessna 175 |
| Phoenix Flyers LLC | Flight school | Stillwater, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Globe GC-1B |
| Princeton Raptors Flying Club website | Flying club | Princeton, Minnesota | Princeton Municipal PNM | 1 | Cessna 172M |
| Red Baron Flyers website Red Baron Flyers is a flying club founded in 1968 in Caledonia, Minnesota. | Flight school | Caledonia, Minnesota | Houston County CHU | 1 | Cessna 172M |
| Rt Flyers LLC | Flight school | Shakopee, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Rush City Flyers | Flight school | North Branch, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-180 |
| Sky Hawk Flying Club website Sky Hawk Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club founded in 1971, based at Omaha/Millard Municipal Airport (KMLE) in Omaha, Nebraska. | Flying club | Grand Rapids, Minnesota | Grand Rapids/Itasca County-Gordon Newstrom Field GPZ | 1 | Cessna 172K |
| Southern Minnesota Flyers LLC | Flight school | Northfield, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Hulen Fred R ZODIAC CH 601 HDS |
| St Cloud Flying Club LLC website The SCSU Aero Club is a non-profit flying club operated by students, faculty, and staff of St. | Flying club | Saint Cloud, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Cirrus Design Corp SR22 |
| St Cloud State Univ Aero Club INC | Flying club | St Cloud, Minnesota | St. Cloud Sky Central Airport STC | 1 | Cessna 152 |
| St Cloud State University Aero Club INC | Flying club | Saint Cloud, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172R |
| Super Cub Flyers INC | Flight school | Tower, Minnesota | Tower Municipal 12D | 1 | Aeronca 7AC |
| Tob Cherokee Flyers website Cherokee Flyers is a Part 61 aeroclub founded in 1999 that provides flight training and aircraft rentals at Volk Field (KVRB) in Kasson, Minnesota. | Flight school | Kasson, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28-140 |
| Towner Flying Club | Flying club | Pelican Rapids, Minnesota | Pelican Rapids Muni-Lyon'S Field 47Y | 1 | Piper PA-28-140 |
| V-Tail Flyers INC | Flight school | Chanhassen, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Beech J35 |
| Vikingland Flying Club website Vikingland Flying Club is a flying club based at Alexandria Regional Airport in Alexandria, Minnesota. | Flying club | Alexandria, Minnesota | Alexandria Rgnl/Chandler Field AXN | 1 | Cessna 150F |
| Wallys Flyers INC | Flight school | Saint Paul, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper/Wally'S Flyers Inc J3C-65 |
| Watonwan Flyers INC | Flight school | Saint James, Minnesota | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172B |
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.
