Google ratings
Best Flight Schools in Illinois (2026)
The highest review-weighted Google ratings in Illinois are STL Flight Training (East St Louis), Citywings Flight School (Schaumburg), and JA FLIGHT TRAINING (SUGAR GROVE). This page lists 10 schools.
Google rating, not an FSI score.
Last updated October 29, 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 | STL Flight Training | East St Louis, IL | 5.0 | 73 | — |
| 2 | Citywings Flight School | Schaumburg, IL | 5.0 | 34 | — |
| 3 | JA FLIGHT TRAINING | SUGAR GROVE, IL | 4.9 | 21 | Part 141 |
| 4 | PWK SATELLITE | WHEELING, IL | 4.7 | 120 | Part 141 |
| 5 | ILLINOIS AVIATION ACADEMY, LLC | WEST CHICAGO, IL | 4.7 | 72 | Part 141 |
| 6 | IDEAL AVIATION | SAUGET, IL | 4.7 | 45 | Part 141 |
| 7 | AVEL FLIGHT SCHOOL INC | WEST CHICAGO, IL | 4.5 | 72 | Part 141 |
| 8 | JW Aviation Chicago Flight Training School Learn to Fly | Bolingbrook, IL | 4.4 | 42 | — |
| 9 | ATP Flight School | West Chicago, IL | 4.3 | 33 | — |
| 10 | COLLEGE OF DUPAGE | WHEATON, IL | 4.2 | 445 | Part 141 |
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 Illinois?
- 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?
- 6 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 STL Flight Training in East St Louis, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 73 reviews. Second is Citywings Flight School in Schaumburg, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 34 reviews. Third is JA FLIGHT TRAINING in SUGAR GROVE, with a Google rating of 4.9 from 21 reviews.
- Which cities appear in this table?
- Cities in this table: East St Louis, Schaumburg, SUGAR GROVE, WHEELING, WEST CHICAGO, SAUGET, Bolingbrook, West Chicago, WHEATON.