Arctic Flyers Flight Training

★ 5/5 · 3 months ago

Rick has an awesome flight school that is based in Lake Hood. Lake Hood is a great place to learn how to fly. He has an incredible amount of experience with I think over 40,000 hours.. which is about 4 1/2 years in an airplane! I’ve trained with Rick and his other instructor Josh from my private pilot through my commercial. Would highly recommend going here!

Trent M

★ 5/5 · 2 years ago

If you want to learn to fly and become one of the best and most competent pilots, learn from Arctic Flyers. I learned to fly years ago from both Heidi and Rick. They prepare you for all flying conditions you would expect in encounter. I especially appreciated their mountain flight training and they even lined me up to take an aerobatics lesson, not to fly aerobatics but to train you how the plane feels and reacts ...

Dave and Marcia Trudgen

★ 5/5 · 2 years ago

Rick and Heidi (now retired) have been providing flight instruction for decades. I have been a student of theirs from my private to commercial ratings. Flying with Rick will prepare you to handle just about anything. Rick has the experience of a career flight instructor, flying professionally himself and working for the FAA. I highly recommend Arctic Flyers are a place to learn how to fly. They are the best in...

Sarah Ballard

★ 5/5 · 2 years ago

I earned my private pilot’s license in 1995 with Arctic Flyers. I flew with both Rick and Heidi, who both are exceptional instructors. They are very thorough on the ground and in the air, 30 years later I can hear their voices in certain, unusual situations. Both are great about extrapolating a seemingly routine flight into another scenario, which has been very valuable in my experience. I also got my float ra...

debra miller

★ 5/5 · 2 years ago

I highly recommend Arctic Flyers if you’re looking for professional, quality flight instruction. Rick Ruess is a top notch instructor with years of experience and unlike a lot of instructors out there, flight instruction is his passion and he’s not teaching to build hours and move on. Rick genuinely cares about his students and the training they receive. I am confident in saying I am a safer, more knowledgeable, a...

Joshua Butler