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Flight schools in Missouri

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

50 schools

Elite Aviation

Chesterfield, MO · KSUS

Elite Aviation

4.6 · 45 Google reviews

Where training happens in Missouri

50 flight schools are listed across 25 cities in Missouri, flying from 25 different airports. Between them they carry 1,004 reviews from students on Google, averaging 4.68 out of five. 7 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.

  • Spirit of St Louis Airport (KSUS) St Louis 6 schools
  • Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (KMKC) Kansas City 5 schools
  • Downtown Airport (K3DW) Springfield 5 schools
  • Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (KCGI) Cape Girardeau 3 schools
  • St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field (KSET) St Charles 3 schools
  • Jefferson City Memorial Airport (KJEF) Jefferson City 2 schools

Cities with the most choice

Kansas City 7 Chesterfield 6 Springfield 6 Portage Des Sioux 3 Scott City 3

Beyond the private certificate

Not every school teaches everything. These are the Missouri 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) 9 Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) 1 Helicopter 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.