Flight schools in Illinois
Every flight school the AOPA directory currently lists in Illinois — 64 of them, in 45 towns and cities — is on this page, with Sugar Grove (4), West Chicago (4) and Wheeling (4) at the top by count.
We built this so you can see the whole field at once rather than whichever three schools bought the best ads. The trade-off is that a raw directory ages: some of these will have moved or closed. Tell us which ones you are considering and we will confirm they are still flying.
Listings are sourced from the AOPA Flight School Finder and have not been individually verified by us. Some may have moved, changed hands or closed. Schools marked “Verified” are the ones we checked by hand in July 2026.
Where they are
- Bloomington 1
- Bolingbrook 1
- Bplingbrook 1
- Cahokia 2
- Centralia 1
- Chicago 2
- Columbia 1
- Compton 1
- Dekalb 1
- Dixon 1
- Galesburg 1
- Greenville 1
- Greenwood 1
- Jacksonville 1
- Joliet 1
- Kewanee 1
- Lacon 1
- Lake In The Hills 2
- Lansing 2
- Macomb 1
- Mascoutah 1
- Mattoon 1
- Moline 1
- Morris 2
- Mount Vernon 1
- Murphysboro 2
- Peoria 1
- Pontiac 1
- Poplar Grove 1
- Prospect Heights 1
- Quincy 2
- Rantoul 1
- Rochelle 1
- Rock Falls 1
- Rockford 1
- Schaumburg 3
- Sheridan 1
- Sparta 1
- St Francisville 1
- St. Jacob 1
- Sugar Grove 4
- Waukegan 2
- West Chicago 4
- Wheeling 4
- Wonder Lake 1
Sugar Grove 4 schools
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Gambit Aviation
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J.A. Air Center
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Revv Aviation
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SIMPRO Flight Training, Inc.
West Chicago 4 schools
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ATP Flight School
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Avel Flight School
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Illinois Aviation Academy, Inc.
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Travel Express Aviation, LLC
Wheeling 4 schools
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ATP Flight School
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Chicago Executive Flight School
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Fly There, LLC
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WAir Aviation
Schaumburg 3 schools
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Bachman Aero
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Citywings Flight School
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Holiday Airways
Cahokia 2 schools
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Ideal Aviation
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STL Flight Training, Inc.
Chicago 2 schools
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Aeronautics Academy
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Aviation Professionals Incorporated
Lake In The Hills 2 schools
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Blue Skies Flying Services
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Pilot Flight Training Courses
Lansing 2 schools
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Region Flyers
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Summerskyz, Inc.
Morris 2 schools
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Blue Sky Aero, Inc.
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Sport Pilot Chicago
Murphysboro 2 schools
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Enhanced Aero
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Flightline
Quincy 2 schools
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Jet Access - Quincy
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Quincy Aviation
Waukegan 2 schools
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Golden Wings Team
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Skill Aviation
Bloomington 1 school
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Synergy Flight Center, LLC.
Bolingbrook 1 school
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JWA Flight School
Bplingbrook 1 school
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Rent A Copter
Centralia 1 school
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Airgo, Inc.
Columbia 1 school
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AeroCareers Flying Club
Compton 1 school
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Bresson Flying Service, Inc.
Dekalb 1 school
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Fly America, Inc.
Dixon 1 school
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M & M Aviation Services
Galesburg 1 school
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Jet Air, Inc.
Greenville 1 school
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Easy Flight Powered Parachutes
Greenwood 1 school
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JB Aviation
Jacksonville 1 school
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Jacksonville Airport Authority
Joliet 1 school
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J.F. Aviation, Inc.
Kewanee 1 school
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Classic Aircraft Services
Lacon 1 school
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Marshall County Airport
Macomb 1 school
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Jet Air, Inc.
Mascoutah 1 school
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North American Helicopter
Mattoon 1 school
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Jet Access - Mattoon
Moline 1 school
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Quad Cities Aero
Mount Vernon 1 school
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SRT Aviation, Inc.
Peoria 1 school
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Mt Hawley Aviation
Pontiac 1 school
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Pontiac Flying Service, LLC
Poplar Grove 1 school
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Poplar Grove Airmotive, Inc.
Prospect Heights 1 school
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Boraam Aviation, Inc.
Rantoul 1 school
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Summerskyz, Inc.
Rochelle 1 school
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A & M Airsports, LTD
Rock Falls 1 school
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Sauk Valley Aviation
Rockford 1 school
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Code 1 Aviation
Sheridan 1 school
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Sport Pilot Chicago
Sparta 1 school
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Sparta Aero Services, Inc.
St Francisville 1 school
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City of Mount Carmel
St. Jacob 1 school
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Shafer Flying Service, Inc.
Wonder Lake 1 school
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JB Aviation Flight School
How this compares to Arizona
Arizona is the state we have actually worked: 25 schools called, checked and written up, with the mistakes in the public directories corrected. Illinois is not there yet. If you want to see what a finished state looks like, the Arizona hub is it — and if you want Illinois to look like that, calling us is what makes it happen.
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