Google ratings
Best Flight Schools in San Diego, CA (2026)
The highest review-weighted Google ratings within 30 miles of San Diego, CA are GoFly San Diego Flight School (San Diego), Fly San Diego Flight School (San Diego), and PINNACLE AVIATION ACADEMY INC (CARLSBAD). This page lists 10 schools.
Google rating, not an FSI score.
Last updated October 27, 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 | GoFly San Diego Flight School | San Diego, CA | 5.0 | 26 | — |
| 2 | Fly San Diego Flight School | San Diego, CA | 5.0 | 12 | — |
| 3 | PINNACLE AVIATION ACADEMY INC | CARLSBAD, CA | 4.7 | 44 | Part 141 |
| 4 | Golden State Flying Club | El Cajon, CA | 4.5 | 32 | — |
| 5 | Flex Air Flight School | San Diego, CA | 4.4 | 23 | — |
| 6 | SAN DIEGO MIRAMAR COLLEGE | SAN DIEGO, CA | 4.3 | 126 | Part 141 |
| 7 | ATP Flight School | Carlsbad, CA | 4.2 | 11 | — |
| 8 | COAST FLIGHT TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT INC | SAN DIEGO, CA | 4.1 | 38 | Part 141 |
| 9 | CALIFORNIA FLIGHT ACADEMY | EL CAJON, CA | 4.0 | 74 | Part 141 |
| 10 | Gillespie Flight Center | El Cajon, CA | 3.8 | 20 | — |
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?
- 4 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 GoFly San Diego Flight School in San Diego, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 26 reviews. Second is Fly San Diego Flight School in San Diego, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 12 reviews. Third is PINNACLE AVIATION ACADEMY INC in CARLSBAD, with a Google rating of 4.7 from 44 reviews.
- Which cities appear in this table?
- Cities in this table: San Diego, CARLSBAD, El Cajon, SAN DIEGO, Carlsbad, EL CAJON.