Flight schools in Connecticut

Where training happens in Connecticut

30 flight schools are listed across 14 cities in Connecticut, flying from 11 different airports. Between them they carry 469 reviews from students on Google, averaging 4.54 out of five. 8 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.

• Danbury Municipal Airport (KDXR) Danbury 6 schools
• Hartford Brainard Airport (KHFD) Hartford 6 schools
• Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (KBDR) Bridgeport 3 schools
• Waterbury Oxford Airport (KOXC) Oxford 3 schools
• Goodspeed Airport (42B) East Haddam 2 schools
• Simsbury Airport (4B9) Simsbury 2 schools

Cities with the most choice

Danbury 6 Hartford 6 Oxford 3 Stratford 3 East Haddam 2

Beyond the private certificate

Not every school teaches everything. These are the Connecticut 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.

Helicopter 2 Instrument Rating (IFR) 2 Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) 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.

• 01 Darcy Aviation, LLC Danbury ★ 5.0 (90)
• 02 You Can Fly PPG Simsbury ★ 4.9 (71)
• 03 Meriden Aviation Center, LLC Meriden ★ 4.9 (15)