Flight schools in Minnesota
Here is what the national directory has for Minnesota: 44 flight schools across 35 towns and cities, with Duluth (3), Eden Prairie (3) and Albert Lea (2) carrying the most.
We list the airport each one flies from, because in most states the airport tells you more than the address does. What we cannot yet tell you is which of them answers the phone on a Tuesday afternoon — ask us and we will find out for you.
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
- Aitkin 1
- Albert Lea 2
- Alexandria 1
- Austin 1
- Baudette 1
- Bemidji 2
- Benson 1
- Blaine 2
- Brainerd 1
- Cambridge 1
- Clear Lake 1
- Cloquet 1
- Crookston 1
- Crystal 1
- Deerwood 1
- Duluth 3
- Eden Praire 1
- Eden Prairie 3
- Fergus Falls 1
- Grand Rapids 1
- Lake Elmo 1
- Lakeville 1
- Lino Lakes 1
- Little Falls 1
- Mankato 2
- Owatonna 1
- Peterson 1
- Rochester 1
- Rush City 1
- South Saint Paul 1
- South St Paul 2
- St. Cloud 1
- Stanton 1
- Tower 1
- Worthington 1
Duluth 3 schools
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Duluth Flying Club
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Lake Superior Helicopters
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Vantage Aviation
Eden Prairie 3 schools
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ATP Flight School
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AV8 Flight School
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Thunderbird Aviation
Albert Lea 2 schools
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360 Aviation, LLC
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Albert Lea Airport
Bemidji 2 schools
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Barnstormers, Inc
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Bemidji Aviation Service
Blaine 2 schools
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ATP Flight School
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Twin Cities Flight Training
Mankato 2 schools
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North Star Aviation
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PRO TRAIN Aviation
South St Paul 2 schools
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Air Trek North
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Advanced Flight Training & Leasing (AFT&L)
Aitkin 1 school
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Adventure North Flying Service, LLC
Alexandria 1 school
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Alexandria Aviation
Austin 1 school
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Austin Aeroflight, Inc.
Baudette 1 school
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Adventure North Flying Service, LLC
Benson 1 school
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Jed-Aire Aviation, LLC
Brainerd 1 school
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NorthPoint Aviation
Cambridge 1 school
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Sun Aviation, Inc
Clear Lake 1 school
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Leaders Flying Service, Inc.
Cloquet 1 school
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Venture North Aviation, LLC
Crookston 1 school
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Crookston Aviation
Crystal 1 school
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Thunderbird Aviation
Deerwood 1 school
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CreateLift Aviation LLC
Eden Praire 1 school
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Inflight Aviation
Fergus Falls 1 school
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Sky Crew Services
Grand Rapids 1 school
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Airways Aviation Center, Inc
Lake Elmo 1 school
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Lake Elmo Aero
Lakeville 1 school
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Aloft Aviation
Lino Lakes 1 school
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Surfside Seaplane Training
Little Falls 1 school
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Lakes Area Aviation
Owatonna 1 school
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Accelerated Aviation Instruction
Peterson 1 school
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Rushford Aviation, Inc.
Rochester 1 school
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Great Planes Aviation
Rush City 1 school
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Hawk Aviation, Inc.
South Saint Paul 1 school
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Cadotte Aero Flight Training
St. Cloud 1 school
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St. Cloud Aviation
Stanton 1 school
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Stanton Sport Aviation
Tower 1 school
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Adventure Seaplanes - Summer
Worthington 1 school
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Integrity Aviation, Inc.
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. Minnesota is not there yet. If you want to see what a finished state looks like, the Arizona hub is it — and if you want Minnesota to look like that, calling us is what makes it happen.
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