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 North Dakota side by side: their aircraft, how old they are, and the accident record of those aircraft.
| Organisation | Kind | Town | Airport | Aircraft registered | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Und Aerospace Foundation website The UND Aerospace Foundation is a non-profit corporation that offers professional pilot training programs, including an accelerated 12-month commercial airline pilot program and a 2-year collegiate professional airline pilot program leading | Flight school | Grand Forks, North Dakota | Grand Forks International GFK | 101 | Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181 |
| University of North Dakota website The University of North Dakota is the state's oldest and largest university, founded in 1883, located in Grand Forks with an enrollment of 15,908 students. | University or college with a flight programme | Grand Forks, North Dakota | Grand Forks International GFK | 89 | Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181 |
| Fargo Jet Center LLC website Fargo Jet Center LLC operates two FBO locations in Fargo, North Dakota (KFAR) and Minneapolis, Minnesota (KFCM), providing full-service aviation services including aircraft charter, management, maintenance, avionics, interior and paint serv | Flight school | Fargo, North Dakota | Hector International FAR | 13 | Cessna 172R |
| Minot Aero Center website Minot Aero Center is a family-operated flight school in Minot, North Dakota that provides flight instruction for private pilot, instrument, commercial, and other certificates, aircraft rentals, aircraft maintenance, pilot services, and FAA | Flight school | Minot, North Dakota | Minot International MOT | 6 | Cessna 172L |
| North Dakota State University website | University or college with a flight programme | Fargo, North Dakota | Hector International FAR | 4 | 3D Robotics X8 RTF |
| Valley City Flying Club LLP | Flying club | Valley City, North Dakota | Barnes County Municipal BAC | 2 | Cessna 182J |
| Arthur Flying Club INC | Flying club | Page, North Dakota | Page Regional 64G | 1 | Bellanca 7GCBC |
| Badlands Flyers INC | Flight school | Watford City, North Dakota | Watford City Municipal S25 | 1 | Mooney M20C |
| Buffalo Flying Club INC website The Aero Club of Buffalo is a flying club founded in 1900 dedicated to fostering interest in aeronautics and aviation in the Buffalo and Western New York area. | Flying club | Ayr, North Dakota | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172M |
| Hawley Flying Club INC | Flying club | Fargo, North Dakota | Hector International FAR | 1 | Piper PA-28-161 |
| Heir Borne Flying Club INC | Flying club | Minot, North Dakota | Minot International MOT | 1 | Cessna 172I |
| Missouri River Flying Club LLC website | Flying club | Mandan, North Dakota | Mandan Rgnl/Lawler Field Y19 | 1 | Piper PA-28-140 |
| Page Flying Club INC | Flying club | Page, North Dakota | Page Regional 64G | 1 | Cessna 172N |
| Red River Flyers INC website | Flight school | Wahpeton, North Dakota | Harry Stern Airport BWP | 1 | Cessna 172M |
| Swan Creek Flying Club | Flying club | Ayr, North Dakota | no public airport in town | 1 | Bellanca 7GCBC |
Source: the FAA Civil Aviation Registry, October 23, 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.