(818) 290-8249 · Open 9 AM–9 PM, 7 Days a Week · ★★★★★ 4.9 · 500+ Reviews · Van Nuys Airport
Some of the best views in Los Angeles are a ten-minute drive from the Galleria — straight up. At Van Nuys Airport, Sherman Oaks residents swap Ventura Boulevard traffic for the controls of a real airplane and a horizon that runs from the Valley floor to the Pacific.
Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) is one of the busiest general-aviation airports in the world, and for Sherman Oaks it is practically around the corner — a straight shot up Sepulveda or the 405. That closeness changes everything: a discovery flight or an evening lesson fits into a normal day instead of eating a whole weekend.
Lift off and the whole basin unfolds — the Sepulveda Basin below, the Hollywood Hills to the south, and the mountains ringing the Valley. It is the fastest way we know to fall in love with flying.
A huge number of first flights here start as gifts — for a parent, a partner, a kid who has always looked up. Camrynn booked one for her dad and told Yelp it was a “great experience… he had a great time flying!” That is the reaction we see almost every day: someone climbs out of the airplane already asking when they can come back.
Whether it is a bucket-list flight or the first lesson of a real training plan, our team makes it safe, easy, and genuinely fun.
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.
