Google ratings
Best Flight Schools in North Carolina (2026)
The highest review-weighted Google ratings in North Carolina are HIGH TIDE AVIATION (SOUTHPORT), Raleigh Flying Club (Morrisville), and Cape Fear Aviation Flight Training (Fayetteville). 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 | HIGH TIDE AVIATION | SOUTHPORT, NC | 5.0 | 37 | Part 141 |
| 2 | Raleigh Flying Club | Morrisville, NC | 5.0 | 35 | — |
| 3 | Cape Fear Aviation Flight Training | Fayetteville, NC | 5.0 | 33 | — |
| 4 | Elite Flight Academy | Lexington, NC | 5.0 | 28 | — |
| 5 | MIL2ATP | PIKEVILLE, NC | 5.0 | 21 | Part 141 |
| 6 | TOTAL FLIGHT SOLUTIONS, LLC | LOIUSBURG, NC | 4.9 | 102 | Part 141 |
| 7 | Executive Flight Training and Services LLC | Sanford, NC | 5.0 | 15 | — |
| 8 | PRESSLEY AVIATION LLC | NEW LONDON, NC | 4.9 | 32 | Part 141 |
| 9 | PINEHURST ACES | CARTHAGE, NC | 5.0 | 13 | Part 141 |
| 10 | FLIGHTGEST INC | RALEIGH, NC | 4.9 | 31 | 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 North Carolina?
- 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 HIGH TIDE AVIATION in SOUTHPORT, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 37 reviews. Second is Raleigh Flying Club in Morrisville, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 35 reviews. Third is Cape Fear Aviation Flight Training in Fayetteville, with a Google rating of 5.0 from 33 reviews.
- Which cities appear in this table?
- Cities in this table: SOUTHPORT, Morrisville, Fayetteville, Lexington, PIKEVILLE, LOIUSBURG, Sanford, NEW LONDON, CARTHAGE, RALEIGH.