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 New Mexico side by side: their aircraft, how old they are, and the accident record of those aircraft.
| Organisation | Kind | Town | Airport | Aircraft registered | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of New Mexico State University website New Mexico State University is a land-grant institution in Las Cruces, New Mexico that provides teaching, research, and service. | University or college with a flight programme | Las Cruces, New Mexico | Las Cruces International LRU | 12 | Navmar Applied Sciences TIGERSHARK BLOCK II |
| Frost Aviation Services INC website Frost Aviation Services is a flight school based at Las Cruces International Airport in New Mexico. | Flight school | Las Cruces, New Mexico | Las Cruces International LRU | 8 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Red Arrow Aviation LLC website Red Arrow Flight Academy is a Part 141 certified flight school based in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, offering pilot training from private pilot through certified flight instructor levels. | Flight school | Santa Teresa, New Mexico | Dona Ana County International Jetport DNA | 8 | Cessna 172N |
| Albuquerque Soaring Club INC website The Albuquerque Soaring Club is a flying club established in 1960 that operates gliders from Moriarty Airport, 35 miles east of Albuquerque, New Mexico. | Flying club | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Albuquerque International Sunport ABQ | 5 | Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 TWIN ASTIR |
| White Sands Soaring Association INC website White Sands Soaring Association is a flying club formed in 1959 that promotes soaring and operates glider flights from Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport in New Mexico. | Flying club | Alamogordo, New Mexico | Alamogordo-White Sands Regional ALM | 5 | Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO |
| Chagres Flight Training LLC | Flight school | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Albuquerque International Sunport ABQ | 3 | Cessna 172N |
| Holloman Afb Aero Club website | Flying club | Holloman Afb, New Mexico | no public airport in town | 3 | Diamond Aircraft DA 40 |
| Roadrunner Flight School LLC website Roadrunner Flight School is a privately owned flight school in Farmington, New Mexico, offering flight training from private pilot through commercial pilot certificates, as well as instrument rating and discovery flights. | Flight school | Farmington, New Mexico | Four Corners Regional FMN | 3 | Cessna 172K |
| Cannon Air Force Base - Aero Club website | Flying club | Clovis, New Mexico | Clovis Regional CVN | 2 | Piper PA-28-161 |
| Co-Operative Cross Roads Flying Club website Crossroads Flying Club is a cooperative flying club based at Double Eagle Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. | Flying club | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Albuquerque International Sunport ABQ | 2 | Piper PA-32R-300 |
| High Desert Flyers LLC | Flight school | Corrales, New Mexico | no public airport in town | 2 | Beech 35-33 |
| High Flyers LLC | Flight school | Hobbs, New Mexico | Lea County Regional HOB | 2 | Beech A36 |
| Hobbs Soaring Society INC website | Flying club | Hobbs, New Mexico | Lea County Regional HOB | 2 | Schweizer SGS 1-26A |
| Kirtland Aero Club website | Flying club | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Albuquerque International Sunport ABQ | 2 | Cessna R172K |
| 377 Morale Welfare Recreational Services Aero Club | Flying club | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Albuquerque International Sunport ABQ | 1 | Cessna R182 |
| Albuquerque Aviation Academy website | Flight school | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Albuquerque International Sunport ABQ | 1 | Cessna 172P |
| C182 Flyers LLC | Flight school | Las Cruces, New Mexico | Las Cruces International LRU | 1 | Cessna 182L |
| Cavern City Flight School LLC website Chandler Aviation, LLC is an FBO at Cavern City Air Terminal in Carlsbad, New Mexico. | Flight school | Carlsbad, New Mexico | Cavern City Air Trml Airport CNM | 1 | Cessna 172M |
| High Desert Flight Instruction LLC website High Desert Aviation provides aerial application services to government entities including the BLM, US Forest Service, and DoD. | Flight school | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Albuquerque International Sunport ABQ | 1 | Cessna 177B |
| High Desert Flyers Association | Flying club | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Albuquerque International Sunport ABQ | 1 | Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12 |
| Kirtland Air Force Base Aero Club website | Flying club | Kirtland Afb, New Mexico | no public airport in town | 1 | Piper PA-28R-200 |
| Taos Sky Flight School LLC | Flight school | El Prado, New Mexico | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna P206E |
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.
