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Flight schools in Kentucky

42 schools across 25 cities, with ratings and reviews from Google.

42 schools

ETL Aviation

Lexington, KY · KLEX

ETL Aviation

5.0 · 30 Google reviews

NFH Aviation

Pikeville, KY · KPBX

NFH Aviation

5.0 · 9 Google reviews

Where training happens in Kentucky

42 flight schools are listed across 25 cities in Kentucky, flying from 23 different airports. Between them they carry 475 reviews from students on Google, averaging 4.65 out of five. 9 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.

  • Blue Grass Airport (KLEX) Lexington 7 schools
  • Stuart Powell Field (KDVK) Danville 4 schools
  • Bowman Field (KLOU) Louisville 3 schools
  • Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport (K27K) Georgetown 3 schools
  • Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (KCVG) Cincinnati / Covington 2 schools
  • Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (KSDF) Louisville 2 schools

Cities with the most choice

Lexington 8 Louisville 6 Danville 3 Georgetown 3 Richmond 2

Beyond the private certificate

Not every school teaches everything. These are the Kentucky 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) 7

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.