(818) 290-8249 · Open 9 AM–9 PM, 7 Days a Week · ★★★★★ 4.9 · 500+ Reviews · Van Nuys Airport
If you want to earn your private pilot license on an intensive schedule rather than one lesson a week, we can build a plan around you. We are open 9 AM to 9 PM, seven days a week at Van Nuys Airport, so you can fly often and keep your momentum.
Most of the time lost in flight training is lost between lessons. Fly once every week or two and the first part of every lesson goes to remembering what you learned last time. Fly several times a week and each lesson builds on the one before it. That is the whole idea behind accelerated private pilot training: the same FAA requirements, the same standards, but a concentrated schedule that keeps skills fresh.
As an FAA Part 61 school, we are not tied to a fixed syllabus calendar. Your instructor plans the next lesson around how you flew on the last one, and we schedule as often as you, your instructor, the aircraft and the Los Angeles weather allow. We will not promise you a finish date, because weather, maintenance, your own progress and the examiner's calendar all play a part. What we can promise is a schedule built to keep you moving.
Under 14 CFR 61.109, an airplane single-engine private pilot applicant needs at least 40 hours of flight time, including at least 20 hours of flight training with an instructor and 10 hours of solo flight. Within those totals are specific items: night training, cross-country flights, training by reference to instruments, and 3 hours of preparation with an instructor within the 2 calendar months before the practical test. You also need to pass the FAA knowledge test, hold at least a third-class medical certificate, and pass the checkride with an examiner.
Forty hours is a legal minimum, not a typical total. Most students need more, and an intensive schedule is one of the best ways to keep that number down.
Choose the package that fits how you want to learn. Every package is taught under Part 61 out of Van Nuys Airport.
Seven days a week gives you more slots to fly, including evenings for night training.
Study for the knowledge test early so it does not hold up your checkride.
Practice procedures and instrument skills in our full-motion FAA-approved simulator when the weather keeps you on the ground.
Train in the Cessna 162, Piper Warrior or Diamond DA20, or go glass cockpit in the Cirrus SR22 Turbo. See the fleet.
Van Nuys is a busy towered airport under the Los Angeles Class B, so you learn radio work and traffic awareness from day one.
Schedule your FAA medical exam before you start so you can solo as soon as your instructor signs you off.
Students who move fastest come prepared. Before your first intensive week, book your FAA medical, begin ground school, and clear your calendar so you can fly on consecutive days. Expect weather days: the marine layer can keep the Valley under clouds on some mornings, so a flexible plan with afternoon and evening backup slots helps. When you cannot fly, the simulator and ground lessons keep you learning. Plan rest, too: intensive training is demanding, and a well-rested student learns more from every hour in the air. Talk with your instructor about pacing so the schedule stays productive rather than exhausting.
Not sure yet? Start with a discovery flight from $229. The full fee is credited toward training if you enroll within 24 hours. Looking further ahead? Our instrument rating, commercial pilot and airline pilot program pick up where the private leaves off.
Call us to plan an intensive private pilot schedule, or book a free consultation to talk through packages, financing and timing.
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Tour the school, meet your instructors, sit in the cockpit, and leave with a personal training plan and exact pricing. Your Discovery Flight fee is credited toward training when you enroll within 24 hours.
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