Google ratings
Best Flight Schools in New York, NY (2026)
9 airplane flight schools clear the 10-review floor within 30 miles of New York, NY. The highest review-weighted Google ratings within 30 miles of New York, NY are Costanzo Air Flight School (Fairfield), Liftoff Pilot Academy (Lincoln Park), and AIR FLEET TRAINING SYSTEMS, INC (FAIRFIELD).
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
Qualifying schools
| # | School | City | Google rating | Reviews | Part 141 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costanzo Air Flight School | Fairfield, NJ | 5.0 | 258 | — |
| 2 | Liftoff Pilot Academy | Lincoln Park, NJ | 5.0 | 27 | — |
| 3 | AIR FLEET TRAINING SYSTEMS, INC | FAIRFIELD, NJ | 4.9 | 205 | Part 141 |
| 4 | AMERICAN FLYERS INC | MORRISTOWN, NJ | 4.7 | 117 | Part 141 |
| 5 | CAE Oxford Aviation Training | Morristown, NJ | 4.7 | 37 | — |
| 6 | CENTURY AIR INC | FAIRFIELD, NJ | 4.6 | 128 | Part 141 |
| 7 | ACADEMY OF AVIATION LLC | WEST HARRISON, NY | 4.4 | 38 | Part 141 |
| 8 | ATP Flight School | Morristown, NJ | 4.2 | 18 | — |
| 9 | VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY | FLUSHING, NY | 3.8 | 191 | 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 New York?
- No. This page shows all 9 airplane schools within 30 miles of New York, NY that clear the 10-review floor. It is not a complete directory of every listed school. Schools with fewer reviews are left off.
- How many schools on this page have an FAA Part 141 certificate number?
- 5 of the 9 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 Costanzo Air Flight School in Fairfield, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 258 reviews. Second is Liftoff Pilot Academy in Lincoln Park, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 27 reviews. Third is AIR FLEET TRAINING SYSTEMS, INC in FAIRFIELD, with a Google rating of 4.9 from 205 reviews.
- Which cities appear in this table?
- Cities in this table: Fairfield, Lincoln Park, FAIRFIELD, MORRISTOWN, Morristown, WEST HARRISON, FLUSHING.