(818) 290-8249 · Open 9 AM–9 PM, 7 Days a Week · ★★★★★ 4.9 · 500+ Reviews · Van Nuys Airport
If you live in North Hills, the runway is practically in your backyard. Our flight school near North Hills sits at Van Nuys Airport (KVNY), about 2 miles away, so a lesson fits between a morning shift and dinner. Take a discovery flight, meet your instructor and see the neighborhood from 2,000 feet.
Few communities in Los Angeles are as close to a working airport as North Hills. Residents hear airplanes climbing out of Van Nuys every day; learning to fly simply means walking through the gate instead of looking up. The neighborhood, known as Sepulveda until it was renamed in 1991, is a mix of single-family streets, apartment blocks along Sepulveda Blvd and long-time families who have watched the Valley grow around them. We train young adults chasing airline careers, parents pursuing a lifelong goal and veterans who know the VA campus on Plummer Street.
Because the airport is so close, North Hills students rarely lose a lesson to traffic. You can book a morning flight before a late shift or an evening session after class at CSUN in neighboring Northridge. We are open 9 AM to 9 PM, seven days a week, which makes it realistic to keep a steady rhythm of two or three lessons a week.
Van Nuys Airport is about 2 miles from North Hills, so short lessons and last-minute openings are actually practical.
We fly and teach from 9 AM to 9 PM every day, which suits shift workers, students and parents juggling school runs.
Part 61 training lets us build your syllabus around your calendar instead of forcing a rigid weekly schedule.
Start in a Cessna 162 or Piper Warrior, then move into the Piper Arrow, Seminole twin or Cirrus SR22 Turbo as your ratings advance.
Our FAA-approved Redbird MCX lets you practice procedures and instrument work on days when flying is not the best use of your time.
Stratus Financial offers terms up to 15 years, and we also have in-house payment plans for local students.
Your discovery flight starts with a walk-around on our ramp at KVNY, then a departure that puts North Hills under your wing almost immediately. Look down and you will pick out the 405 running through the neighborhood and the 118 crossing the Valley to the north, the green lawns of the Sepulveda VA campus, and the grid of Roscoe, Nordhoff and Devonshire stretching toward the hills. To the north the San Gabriel Mountains wall off the Valley, and most first-timers are surprised to spot their own street. You will handle the controls yourself with an instructor beside you.
Every program below is taught at Van Nuys Airport, a short hop south of North Hills. Your instructor maps out the steps on your first visit.
The foundation for every pilot: fly yourself and passengers anywhere in the country in daylight or at night.
Learn to fly by reference to instruments so the Valley's marine layer and low clouds stop grounding you.
Turn your hours into a paid flying career with the commercial certificate and complex-aircraft time in our Piper Arrow.
Zero to airline for $84,000 (regularly $89,000, with a $5,000 promotion), with financing available. A structured path for North Hills residents serious about the flight deck.
High schoolers can start early, log real hours and arrive at college or flight school well ahead of their peers.
Become an instructor, teach the next generation and build hours quickly while getting paid to fly.
North Hills sits just north of Van Nuys Airport, about 2 miles away. From most of the neighborhood, head south on Sepulveda Blvd or take the 405 south to the Roscoe Blvd exit, then go west on Roscoe and turn south on Balboa Blvd. Our school is at 7900 Balboa Blvd, Main Terminal, Van Nuys, CA 91406. If you are unsure of the turn-in, call (818) 290-8249 and we will talk you through it.
Just northwest of North Hills, Granada Hills students reach KVNY by heading south on Balboa Blvd.
Our eastern neighbor, about 3 miles from the airport, with an easy run west along Roscoe Blvd.
Home of CSUN, a short hop west, and a natural fit for students who want to fly between classes.
Call us, tell us what you want to fly, and we will help you plan your first lesson at KVNY, just south of home. Our team picks up from 9 AM to 9 PM, every day.
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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.
