Flight schools and flying clubs
2,389 training organisations: flight schools and academies (1,088), universities and colleges with a flight programme (143) and flying clubs (1,158), 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 list of certificated flight schools, so this one is drawn from company names on the FAA aircraft register. A school whose name does not say "flight school", "academy" or "training", or that rents its aircraft from someone else, is not here yet.
| Organisation | Kind | Town | Airport | Aircraft registered | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Area Technical College website Lake Area Technical College is a technical college in Watertown, South Dakota that operates an FAA Part 147-certified Aviation Maintenance Technology program. | University or college with a flight programme | Watertown, South Dakota | Watertown Regional ATY | 9 | Cessna 172F |
| South Dakota State University website | University or college with a flight programme | Brookings, South Dakota | Brookings Regional BKX | 8 | Cessna 172S |
| Lake Area Technical Institute website Lake Area Technical College is a technical college in Watertown, South Dakota that operates an FAA Part 147-certified Aviation Maintenance Technology program. | University or college with a flight programme | Watertown, South Dakota | Watertown Regional ATY | 4 | Aeromot AMT-200S |
| Belle Fourche Flight Center LLC website | Flight school | Belle Fourche, South Dakota | Belle Fourche Municipal EFC | 2 | Cessna 172D |
| Mockingbird Flying Club website Mockingbird Flying Club is a member-owned flying club based at Sioux Falls Regional Airport in South Dakota. | Flying club | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Joe Foss Field FSD | 2 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Black Hills Soaring Club INC | Flying club | Rapid City, South Dakota | Rapid City Regional RAP | 1 | Piper PA-25 |
| Bon Homme Flyers INC | Flight school | Tyndall, South Dakota | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172M |
| Brown County Flying Club | Flying club | Aberdeen, South Dakota | Aberdeen Regional ABR | 1 | Cessna 172P |
| Chamberlain Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Chamberlain, South Dakota | Chamberlain Municipal 9V9 | 1 | Cessna 172N |
| Driftwood Creek Flying Club LLC | Flying club | Yankton, South Dakota | Chan Gurney Municipal YKN | 1 | Beech A36 |
| Faulk County Flying Club INC | Flying club | Faulkton, South Dakota | Faulkton Municipal 3FU | 1 | Cessna 172N |
| Hutchinson Flying Club LLC website Mockingbird Flying Club is a member-owned flying club based at Sioux Falls Regional Airport in South Dakota. | Flying club | Freeman, South Dakota | no public airport in town | 1 | Cessna 172H |
| Marsh Flyers LLC | Flight school | Britton, South Dakota | Britton Municipal BTN | 1 | Piper PA-28-140 |
| Mockingbird Flying Club INC website Mockingbird Flying Club is a member-owned flying club based at Sioux Falls Regional Airport in South Dakota. | Flying club | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Joe Foss Field FSD | 1 | Piper PA-28-181 |
| Rapid 6 Flyers LLC | Flight school | Rapid City, South Dakota | Rapid City Regional RAP | 1 | Piper PA-32-300 |
| Skyhawks Flying Club INC website | Flying club | Canton, South Dakota | Canton Municipal 7G9 | 1 | Cessna 182L |
| Tri County Flying Club LLP website Tri-County Flyers is a flying club based at Smoketown Airport near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. | Flying club | Estelline, South Dakota | no public airport in town | 1 | Beech S35 |
| Yankton Flyers | Flight school | Yankton, South Dakota | Chan Gurney Municipal YKN | 1 | Cessna 172K |
| Yellow Flyers INC | Flight school | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Joe Foss Field FSD | 1 | Piper PA-28-235 |
Source: the FAA Civil Aviation Registry, October 9, 2026: company owners whose names say flight school, academy, flight training, flying club, or a university or college with three or more aircraft. 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.
