Google ratings
Best Flight Schools in Washington, DC (2026)
The highest review-weighted Google ratings within 30 miles of Washington, DC are PILOT IN TRAINING FLIGHT ACADEMY (GAITHERSBURG), Aero Elite Flight Training (Manassas), and Flight School DMV (Upper Marlboro). 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 | PILOT IN TRAINING FLIGHT ACADEMY | GAITHERSBURG, MD | 5.0 | 220 | Part 141 |
| 2 | Aero Elite Flight Training | Manassas, VA | 5.0 | 40 | — |
| 3 | Flight School DMV | Upper Marlboro, MD | 5.0 | 23 | — |
| 4 | AERO ELITE FLIGHT TRAINING | LEESBURG, VA | 4.9 | 31 | Part 141 |
| 5 | PISTON2JET LLC | MANASSAS, VA | 4.7 | 33 | Part 141 |
| 6 | NAVY ANNAPOLIS FLIGHT CENTER | FORT MEADE, MD | 4.5 | 22 | Part 141 |
| 7 | CAPITOL TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY | LAUREL, MD | 4.4 | 75 | Part 141 |
| 8 | ATP Flight School | Manassas, VA | 4.3 | 17 | — |
| 9 | AVIATION ADVENTURES LLC | MANASSAS, VA | 4.3 | 29 | Part 141 |
| 10 | WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT ACADEMY WIFA | GAITHERSBURG, MD | 4.3 | 76 | 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 District of Columbia?
- No. This page shows all 10 airplane schools within 30 miles of Washington, DC 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?
- 7 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 PILOT IN TRAINING FLIGHT ACADEMY in GAITHERSBURG, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 220 reviews. Second is Aero Elite Flight Training in Manassas, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 40 reviews. Third is Flight School DMV in Upper Marlboro, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 23 reviews.
- Which cities appear in this table?
- Cities in this table: GAITHERSBURG, Manassas, Upper Marlboro, LEESBURG, MANASSAS, FORT MEADE, LAUREL.