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Flight schools in Arkansas

42 schools across 22 cities, with ratings and reviews from Google.

42 schools

Ozark Aviation

Fayetteville, AR · KFYV

Ozark Aviation

5.0 · 53 Google reviews

PWAviation

Searcy, AR · KSRC

PWAviation

5.0 · 5 Google reviews

Where training happens in Arkansas

42 flight schools are listed across 22 cities in Arkansas, flying from 22 different airports. Between them they carry 339 reviews from students on Google, averaging 4.69 out of five. 6 schools hold a rating of 4.8 or better across at least ten reviews, which is the bar worth using when a five-star average rests on two people.

Busiest training airports

Fields with more than one school on them are worth knowing about: you can visit two or three in an afternoon and compare them properly instead of driving across the state twice.

  • Searcy Municipal Airport (KSRC) Searcy 5 schools
  • Drake Field (KFYV) Fayetteville 4 schools
  • Springdale Municipal Airport (KASG) Springdale 4 schools
  • Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (KLIT) Little Rock 3 schools
  • North Little Rock Municipal Airport (KORK) North Little Rock 3 schools
  • Batesville Regional Airport (KBVX) Batesville 2 schools

Cities with the most choice

Searcy 5 Fayetteville 4 Little Rock 4 Springdale 4 Conway 3

Beyond the private certificate

Not every school teaches everything. These are the Arkansas schools that list training past the basic airplane certificate, which is where the state's geography tends to show: seaplane work follows the water, and mountain and tailwheel training follow the terrain.

Instrument Rating (IFR) 5 Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) 1 Gyroplane / Gyrocopter 1

Rated highest by their own students

Ranked on Google rating, counting only schools with fifteen reviews or more. We take no payment for position; this is arithmetic on public review data, not an endorsement.