(818) 290-8249 · Open 9 AM–9 PM, 7 Days a Week · ★★★★★ 4.9 · 500+ Reviews · Van Nuys Airport
Burbank made its name on sound stages — but the quickest route to actually flying is fifteen minutes west at Van Nuys, where Flight School LA has spent 15+ years turning first-timers into licensed pilots.
Hollywood Burbank Airport is for catching flights. Van Nuys Airport (KVNY), fifteen minutes west, is where you take the controls of one. It is one of the busiest general-aviation airports in the world, and it is close enough to Burbank that training fits neatly around work and family.
From the air you will recognize everything — the studios, the Verdugos, downtown on the horizon — from an angle almost nobody gets to see.
So many flights here begin as a gift. Tania gifted her teenage son his first lesson and wrote that our instructor “made us all feel comfortable” and that her son “felt safe and confident the entire time.” Parents, partners, and lifelong aviation fans all get the same careful, encouraging welcome.
Some come once for the experience; many come back to earn a certificate. Either way, it starts with a single flight.
Every lesson is one-on-one with an FAA-certified flight instructor who flies our aircraft daily — not a rotating cast of strangers. They are calm, patient, and genuinely good at turning a nervous first-timer into a confident pilot, which is exactly why our reviews mention them by name again and again.
Real students, real first flights, real ratings — straight from Google and Yelp.
The fastest way to know if the left seat is for you is to stand on the flight line. Book a free consultation — or reach us whichever way you like.
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.
One minute, a few details, fast answers from a real person on our team.
