(818) 290-8249 · Open 9 AM–9 PM, 7 Days a Week · ★★★★★ 4.9 · 500+ Reviews · Van Nuys Airport
Mission Hills is one of the oldest corners of the San Fernando Valley, and one of the best places to start something new. Our flight school near Mission Hills is at Van Nuys Airport (KVNY), about 4 miles south, where you can take your first discovery flight any day of the week.
Long before the Valley had freeways, it had the Mission San Fernando Rey de España, founded in 1797 and still standing on San Fernando Mission Blvd. Across the street, Brand Park and its Memory Garden draw families on weekends, and a short way south the Andrés Pico Adobe preserves another chapter of early California. Mission Hills today is a close-knit residential community where those landmarks sit beside Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Bishop Alemany High School and quiet streets of ranch-style homes. Residents tend to have deep roots here, and for many families a pilot certificate would be a proud first.
That makes the first lesson special. Plenty of people in Mission Hills have spent years watching airplanes cross the Valley and wondering what it would take. The answer is simpler than most expect: a discovery flight, a conversation with an instructor and a plan that fits your life. Nurses and hospital staff can fit lessons around rotating shifts, high schoolers can start with our teen program, and parents can book evening lessons after the kids are in bed. We are open 9 AM to 9 PM, seven days a week.
Mission Hills sits right on the 405, about 4 miles north of the airport, with a simple route to Roscoe Blvd.
Our Part 61 school builds your schedule around your job, and lessons run from 9 AM to 9 PM every day.
Our Redbird MCX full-motion simulator is FAA-approved, so you can rehearse procedures before you fly them.
Choose from the Cessna 162, Piper Warrior, Diamond DA20, Piper Arrow, Piper Seminole twin and Cirrus SR22 Turbo.
Our Cirrus SR22 Turbo has a glass cockpit and the CAPS whole-airplane parachute system.
Stratus Financial offers terms up to 15 years, and in-house plans help spread out the cost of training.
Your discovery flight leaves Van Nuys and heads north over the Valley, where Mission Hills comes into view almost immediately. From the air you can trace the 405, the 5 and the 118 as they meet near the neighborhood, then pick out the red tile roofs of the mission and the green rectangle of Brand Park. To the northwest the Van Norman reservoir complex shines below the hills, and the San Gabriel Mountains rise behind Sylmar. It is a view most residents never see, and you will be flying the airplane yourself with your instructor beside you.
Our programs cover everything from a first certificate to an airline career. Mission Hills students train at Van Nuys Airport, with an instructor helping plan each step.
Fly yourself, your family and friends anywhere in the country with the first certificate most pilots earn.
Master flying in clouds and low visibility, so the Valley's morning overcast stops canceling your plans.
Take the next step toward paid flying, including complex-aircraft training in our Piper Arrow.
Zero to airline for $84,000 (regularly $89,000, with a $5,000 promotion), with financing available. A complete path from your first lesson to the airlines.
Alemany and other local high schoolers can start logging flight time early and build real confidence.
Teach others to fly, build hours quickly and get paid while advancing toward your own career goals.
Van Nuys Airport is about 4 miles south of Mission Hills. Take the 405 south to the Roscoe Blvd exit, head west on Roscoe and turn south on Balboa Blvd. If you prefer surface streets, Sepulveda Blvd runs south from Mission Hills toward Roscoe as well. Our school is at 7900 Balboa Blvd, Main Terminal, Van Nuys, CA 91406.
The independent city next door, with students reaching KVNY via the 5 and 405.
Just west across the 405, about 4 miles from the airport by way of Balboa Blvd.
Mission Hills' northern neighbor at the foot of the San Gabriels, about 7 miles from KVNY.
Mission Hills has watched the Valley change for more than two centuries. Your own change starts with a phone call and a first flight at Van Nuys Airport.
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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.
