Google ratings
Best Flight Schools in California (2026)
The highest review-weighted Google ratings in California are ActivePILOT Flight Academy (Van Nuys), LA Flight School (Los Angeles), and One Source Aviation Flight School (Van Nuys). This page lists 10 schools.
Google rating, not an FSI score.
Last updated October 30, 2026 · Newest stored listing or Google Places timestamp among schools that cleared the review floor for this page
Top 10
| # | School | City | Google rating | Reviews | Part 141 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ActivePILOT Flight Academy | Van Nuys, CA | 5.0 | 97 | — |
| 2 | LA Flight School | Los Angeles, CA | 5.0 | 91 | — |
| 3 | One Source Aviation Flight School | Van Nuys, CA | 5.0 | 79 | — |
| 4 | Essence Flight School Van Nuys | Van Nuys, CA | 4.9 | 523 | — |
| 5 | Santa Monica Flyers | Santa Monica, CA | 4.9 | 270 | — |
| 6 | Bay Area Flight Training | Hayward, CA | 5.0 | 33 | — |
| 7 | JET & ROTOR AVIATION ACADEMY | SACRAMENTO, CA | 4.9 | 153 | Part 141 |
| 8 | DISCOVERY AVIATION INC | DISCOVERY BAY, CA | 5.0 | 30 | Part 141 |
| 9 | SKYWARD AIR PILOT ACADEMY | Santa Monica, CA | 4.9 | 146 | — |
| 10 | Accelerated Flight Academy | Van Nuys, CA | 5.0 | 29 | — |
How this list is made
Airplane schools need at least 10 Google reviews. Listings that share a Google Place id count once. Order is a review-weighted average of the stored Google rating. The prior is the unweighted mean of the Google rating among every airplane school in that scope that remains after the review floor and the one-row-per-Place-id rule, not only the schools shown in the table. Google rating, not a FlightSchoolIntel quality score. Google rating, not an FSI score. Each page shows at most 10 schools and does not publish the rest of the list. Metro pages use a 30-mile radius from a city-center point. A city with fewer than 5 qualifying schools has no article of its own. Schools without map coordinates stay off metro pages and can still appear on a state page. Methodology
Questions
- How is this list ordered?
- Airplane listings need at least 10 Google reviews. Rows that share a Google Place id are one listing. Order is a review-weighted average of the stored Google rating. The prior is the unweighted mean of the Google rating among every airplane school in that scope that remains after the review floor and the one-row-per-Place-id rule, not only the schools shown in the table. Google rating, not a FlightSchoolIntel quality score. Google rating, not an FSI score. The weighted average is not published as a score. This page shows at most 10 schools.
- Is this every flight school in California?
- No. This page shows 10 schools. Schools under 10 Google reviews are omitted, and schools past the tenth are not listed here. This is not a complete directory.
- How many schools on this page have an FAA Part 141 certificate number?
- 2 of the 10 schools on this page have an FAA Part 141 certificate number on file. The Part 141 label is shown only when that number is stored.
- Who is listed first on this page?
- First is ActivePILOT Flight Academy in Van Nuys, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 97 reviews. Second is LA Flight School in Los Angeles, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 91 reviews. Third is One Source Aviation Flight School in Van Nuys, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 79 reviews.
- Which cities appear in this table?
- Cities in this table: Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Hayward, SACRAMENTO, DISCOVERY BAY.