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Flight schools by state

Flight schools in Tennessee

60 schools across 36 cities, with ratings and reviews from Google.

60 schools

Crystal Air

Chattanooga, TN · KCHA

Crystal Air

4.8 · 35 Google reviews

Harmony Air

Nashville, TN · KJWN

Harmony Air

4.7 · 25 Google reviews

Where training happens in Tennessee

60 flight schools are listed across 36 cities in Tennessee, flying from 35 different airports. Between them they carry 2,154 reviews from students on Google, averaging 4.85 out of five. 20 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.

  • John C Tune Airport (KJWN) Nashville 4 schools
  • Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (KDKX) Knoxville 4 schools
  • Bomar Field / Shelbyville Municipal Airport (KSYI) Shelbyville 3 schools
  • Lebanon Municipal Airport (KM54) Lebanon 3 schools
  • McGhee Tyson Airport (KTYS) Knoxville/Maryville 3 schools
  • Smyrna Airport (KMQY) Smyrna 3 schools

Cities with the most choice

Knoxville 5 Nashville 5 Lebanon 3 Millington 3 Shelbyville 3

Beyond the private certificate

Not every school teaches everything. These are the Tennessee 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) 11 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.