(818) 290-8249 · Open 9 AM–9 PM, 7 Days a Week · ★★★★★ 4.9 · 500+ Reviews · Van Nuys Airport
If you are searching for a flight school near Culver City, our home at Van Nuys Airport is about 14 miles north, a straight shot up the 405. We train new and advanced pilots every day from 9 AM to 9 PM, with six aircraft types and a full-motion simulator under one roof.
Culver City has always been a place where people make things: films on the historic studio lots, streaming series, games, apps and design work along the Hayden Tract. Learning to fly appeals to that same creative, hands-on mindset. It is a skill you build lesson by lesson, and the payoff is a completely new way to see Southern California.
Our students from Culver City include studio crew members with unpredictable call times, tech workers in the downtown offices, West Los Angeles College students and families from Blair Hills and Fox Hills. We are an FAA Part 61 school, so there is no fixed semester to wait for. You fly when your schedule allows, with an instructor who tracks your progress one on one and keeps every lesson moving toward your goal.
Wrapped a long shoot at the lot? We fly until 9 PM, seven days a week, so lessons fit around production schedules.
Every lesson is personal. Your instructor adapts the plan to how you learn instead of a classroom pace.
Train in the Cessna 162, Piper Warrior, Diamond DA20, Piper Arrow, Piper Seminole twin or Turbo Cirrus SR22.
Rehearse procedures in our FAA-approved full-motion simulator before you try them in the air.
Van Nuys is a towered field with heavy general aviation traffic, a great classroom for confident radio skills.
Stratus Financial offers terms up to 15 years, and we also offer in-house payment plans.
Discovery flights depart from Van Nuys and, depending on weather and air traffic, your instructor can plan a route with views toward the Westside. From altitude, Culver City is easy to spot: the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook and Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area rise as a green island, Ballona Creek cuts a clean line toward Marina del Rey, and the big sound stages of Sony Pictures Studios sit just off Washington Boulevard. Along the way you will cross the Santa Monica Mountains and see the 405 winding through the Sepulveda Pass below.
From your first solo to a career flying jets, each program is taught one on one and paced to fit your life in Culver City.
Earn the certificate that lets you carry passengers and explore the state on your own terms.
Master instrument flying so coastal clouds over the Westside become part of the plan, not a cancellation.
Fly for hire with the precision, aircraft knowledge and decision-making of a professional.
A structured zero to airline path for $84,000 (regularly $89,000, with a $5,000 promotion), with financing available for career changers.
Give a Culver City teen a head start in aviation with real lessons in real aircraft.
Become an instructor, pass on what you know and build hours toward an airline seat.
From Culver City, pick up the 405 north at Culver and Washington Boulevards or at Venice Boulevard, depending on where you live. Stay on the 405 through the Sepulveda Pass and into the San Fernando Valley, exit at Sherman Way or Roscoe Boulevard, and head west to Balboa Boulevard. You will find us at 7900 Balboa Blvd, Main Terminal, Van Nuys, CA 91406, about 14 miles from Culver City as the crow flies.
A short hop north of Culver City, Brentwood students ride the same 405 corridor to our terminal.
Our Beverly Hills students come over Beverly Glen or the 405 for weekday and weekend lessons.
West Hollywood pilots train with us through the canyons and fly the same fleet.
From the studio lot to the left seat is shorter than you think. Call today and our team will help you plan your first flight.
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.
