Tampa Bay Aviation

★ 5/5 · 3 weeks ago

I recently moved to Florida to continue my aviation career and start my Flight Instructor Certification. I had a great experience with the program and Isaiah Karsen has done a fantastic job running the course. He was very open to questions and provided great feedback when instructing and building lesson plans. Tampa Bay Aviation has also helped me with the logistics of preparing to take my checkride and get flight...

Pat Anger

★ 5/5 · 3 months ago

Tampa bay aviation has a great team of instructors and plenty of aircraft to choose from. Cade Beal has been a top instructor from the beginning. Gavin at the front desk is very helpful with scheduling and lets you know of any conflicts ahead of time. I never felt pressured to fly and I’ve been able to finish all of my checkrides right on time.

Mason Landram

★ 5/5 · 8 months ago

I started training with Tampa Bay Aviation in February 2024 and passed my Private Pilot check ride in October 2025. My flight training journey goes back to 90s, with long breaks in between, but TBA is the school that finally got me across the finish line.

Their onboarding was exactly what I needed—proactive without being pushy—and the Clearwater location was a few miles from home. I trained in their PA-28 fleet, ...

Steven Miano

★ 5/5 · 2 years ago

I have had a great experience at Tampa Bay Aviation, I am an online Liberty University student, my school uses TBA as a flight affiliate. I have received great service and assistance throughout working towards my Private Pilots license. John Callahan is my instructor, and let me tell you he is fantastic. He’s super personal, relatable, funny, and has the best teaching methods I’ve experienced from my 8+ instructor...

Everett Frisco

★ 5/5 · 3 years ago

My wife and I took a tour at 5:30 (I had looked up the sun set time prior to booking) and the experience was breathtaking! Our pilot, Jenna, was outstanding and circled around the Don Cesar several times so that we could capture the setting sun on our camera phones. Our flight was smooth, like we were floating 500 feet up in the air - nothing like a plane ride.

Matt at the front desk was great too, providing pe...

Jay Carbonneau