Google ratings
Best Flight Schools in Tampa, FL (2026)
7 airplane flight schools clear the 10-review floor within 30 miles of Tampa, FL. The highest review-weighted Google ratings within 30 miles of Tampa, FL are Cross Air Ocean Flight School (Zephyrhills), KINGSKY FLIGHT ACADEMY LLC (LAKELAND), and Infinity Aero Club Tampa Bay DBA Mission Aviation Academy (Lutz).
Google rating, not an FSI score.
Last updated September 21, 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 | Cross Air Ocean Flight School | Zephyrhills, FL | 5.0 | 27 | — |
| 2 | KINGSKY FLIGHT ACADEMY LLC | LAKELAND, FL | 4.9 | 376 | Part 141 |
| 3 | Infinity Aero Club Tampa Bay DBA Mission Aviation Academy | Lutz, FL | 4.9 | 61 | — |
| 4 | Clearwater Aviation Academy | Clearwater, FL | 4.6 | 44 | — |
| 5 | SIMCOE,INC | CLEARWATER, FL | 4.5 | 30 | Part 141 |
| 6 | GLOBAL PILOT ACADEMY INC | TAMPA, FL | 4.5 | 78 | Part 141 |
| 7 | INTERNATIONAL AERO ACADEMY, LTD | LAKELAND, FL | 4.1 | 73 | 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 Florida?
- No. This page shows all 7 airplane schools within 30 miles of Tampa, FL 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?
- 4 of the 7 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 Cross Air Ocean Flight School in Zephyrhills, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 27 reviews. Second is KINGSKY FLIGHT ACADEMY LLC in LAKELAND, with a Google rating of 4.9 from 376 reviews. Third is Infinity Aero Club Tampa Bay DBA Mission Aviation Academy in Lutz, with a Google rating of 4.9 from 61 reviews.
- Which cities appear in this table?
- Cities in this table: Zephyrhills, LAKELAND, Lutz, Clearwater, CLEARWATER, TAMPA.