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Top 25 Flight training organizations based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 1,266 flight training organizations headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 22,930 professional contacts across them, including 4,729 with verified work emails. San Diego is the largest hub.
This list covers flight training organizations headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
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The 25 largest flight training organizations based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,379 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “FlightSafety International is aviation’s gold standard for elite training, innovative flight simulation devices, and ultra-high-definition visual systems.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,348 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “For over 40 years, ATP Flight School has been a leading provider of professional flight training at locations nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 908 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ABX Air is an FAR Part 121 cargo airline flying express cargo routes for customers in the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 456 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We believe aviation changes lives by creating opportunity, purpose, and career pathways for people who are driven to build a better future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 281 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since its inception, Tactical Air Support (Tactical Air) has utilized innovative business practices to provide our government and industry customers the best value product.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 239 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “AeroGuard Flight Training Center is THE Commercial Pilot School, training and preparing future commercial airline pilots for careers at the world’s leading airlines.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 237 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Flight training "Specialists" since 1939.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 236 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our mission is to provide exceptional training to aspiring aviation professionals through innovative technology and instruction in a safe and timely manner.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 230 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hillsboro Aero Academy, is one of the largest airplane and helicopter training schools in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 226 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Veteran-founded in 1997, NOVA Technologies provides simulation and training services as an industry leading Services Integrator.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 209 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “A nationally accredited flight school in Florida, Phoenix East Aviation pilot training programs prepares you to become an airline pilot.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 171 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ATAC is the industry leader in outsourced airborne tactical training, threat simulation, and research and development.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 142 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “THE COAST FLIGHT TRAINING EXPERIENCE At Coast Flight Training, we are here to ensure your success!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 139 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Elevate your aviation aspirations with Thrust Flight - where our mission is to train the best pilots in the nation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 133 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Frasca is an industry leader in flight simulation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 131 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “North Star Aviation is a full service FBO (Fixed base operator) providing General Aviation with pilots, fuel, aircraft charter, maintenance, and aircraft support since 1991.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 122 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Leadership In Flight Training (LIFT) Academy is a U.S-based commercial aviation pilot training school owned by Republic Airways Holdings Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 121 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Revv Aviation is redefining what it means to fly in America’s Heartland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 121 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Skywarrior Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Pan Am Flight Academy is a leader in aviation training and has more experience, simulator fleet types and more programs catering to the aviation service industry than any other…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Avenger Flight Group, LLC is a Global Boutique-Style Aviation Training Company geared and tailored to meet the specific customer requirements in an environment dedicated to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Flight training as exciting as your future career as an airline pilot” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “McAir Aviation is a premier flight school with two locations in Colorado.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The new corporate offices and flight training facility of Paris Air is located at 3300 Airport West Drive, Vero Beach, Florida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1994, 2FLY Airborne has established itself as one of the largest independent flight training providers in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: flight training organizations. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names flight training organizations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of flight training organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name flight training organizations. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Flight training organizations based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,266 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among flight training organizations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “flight training organizations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names flight training organizations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among flight training organizations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 4,729 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names flight training organizations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many flight training organizations are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 1,266 flight training organizations headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Flightsafety International, headquartered in Columbus, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most flight training organizations?
San Diego leads with 16 headquartered companies, followed by Fort Lauderdale (14) and Phoenix (14).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 4,729 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,266 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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