Flight schools in Iowa
40 flight schools in Iowa, grouped by the 37 towns and cities they fly from. The biggest clusters are Ames (2), Des Moines (2) and Marion (2).
Each entry below carries the name, the airport identifier and the phone number, straight from the AOPA directory. We have not called them individually — that is the honest state of it — so treat this as a map of where to look, not a shortlist.
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
- Ames 2
- Ankeny 1
- Bloomfield 1
- Boone 1
- Burlington 1
- Carroll 1
- Cedar Rapids 1
- Centerville 1
- Charles City 1
- Clear Lake 1
- Clinton 1
- Council Bluffs 1
- Davenport 1
- Decorah 1
- Des Moines 2
- Estherville 1
- Fairfield 1
- Fort Dodge 1
- Independence 1
- Indianola 1
- Iowa City 1
- Marion 2
- Marshalltown 1
- Maurice 1
- Monticello 1
- Muscatine 1
- Newton 1
- Oskaloosa 1
- Oxford 1
- Pella 1
- Sheldon 1
- Spencer 1
- Storm Lake 1
- Waterloo 1
- Waverly 1
- Webster City 1
- Winterset 1
Ames 2 schools
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Central Iowa Air Service
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Hap's Air Service
Des Moines 2 schools
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US Flight Co.
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Vertical Vision Flight Academy
Marion 2 schools
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P&N Flight and Charter
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V1 Flight
Ankeny 1 school
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Exec 1 Aviation, Inc.
Bloomfield 1 school
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Heartland Aviation
Boone 1 school
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Farnham Aviation Services
Burlington 1 school
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Jet Air, Inc
Carroll 1 school
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Carroll Aviation, Inc.
Cedar Rapids 1 school
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Iowa Flight Training
Centerville 1 school
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Centerville AIR Techs LLC
Charles City 1 school
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Charles City Aeronautics
Clear Lake 1 school
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North Iowa Air Service
Clinton 1 school
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Flight Deck Aviation, LLC
Council Bluffs 1 school
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Revv Aviation
Davenport 1 school
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Revv Aviation
Decorah 1 school
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Connell Flying Service
Estherville 1 school
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Estherville Aviation
Fairfield 1 school
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Fairfield Flying Service
Fort Dodge 1 school
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Fort Dodge Flight Support, Inc.
Independence 1 school
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P&N Flight and Charter
Indianola 1 school
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Aero America
Iowa City 1 school
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Jet Air, Inc.
Marshalltown 1 school
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Marshalltown Aviation, Inc.
Maurice 1 school
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AirFlair, Inc
Monticello 1 school
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Advance Aviation, LLC
Muscatine 1 school
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Revv Aviation
Newton 1 school
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Johnson Aviation, Inc.
Oskaloosa 1 school
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Classic Aviation
Oxford 1 school
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Green Castle Aero Club, Ltd
Pella 1 school
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Classic Aviation, Inc.
Sheldon 1 school
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Midwest Flying Service, Inc.
Spencer 1 school
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Leading Edge Aviation
Storm Lake 1 school
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Bart's Flying Service, Inc.
Waterloo 1 school
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Livingston Aviation, Inc
Waverly 1 school
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Iowa Flight Training
Webster City 1 school
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Storm Flying Service, Inc.
Winterset 1 school
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Future Flyers of Iowa
How this compares to Arizona
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