Flight schools in North Carolina
Here is what the national directory has for North Carolina: 72 flight schools across 43 towns and cities, with Concord (6), Greensboro (5) and Morrisville (4) 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
- Advance 1
- Asheboro 1
- Aulander 1
- Beaufort 1
- Burlington 1
- Carthage 2
- Concord 6
- Durham 1
- Elizabethtown 1
- Fayetteville 2
- Fletcher 1
- Franklin 1
- Gastonia 1
- Goldsboro 1
- Greensboro 5
- Greenville 2
- Hendersonville 1
- Hickory 1
- Indian Trail 1
- Iron Station 3
- Louisburg 1
- Manteo 2
- Maxton 1
- Monroe 2
- Mooresville 1
- Morrisville 4
- Mount Olive 1
- Murphy 1
- New Bern 1
- New London 1
- Oak Island 1
- Oxford 1
- Pikeville 2
- Raleigh 2
- Salisbury 1
- Sanford 3
- Shallotte 1
- Smithfield 2
- Southport 1
- Statesville 1
- Timberlake 1
- Wilmington 4
- Winston-salem 3
Concord 6 schools
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Alpha One Air Service
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ATP Flight School
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Fly Right
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FlyCarolina - Concord
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Tarheel Aero Tech
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Victory Lane Aviation
Greensboro 5 schools
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ATP Flight School
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Elon Aviation
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FlightSafety International
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GSO Flight Training
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Triad Aviation Academy
Morrisville 4 schools
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ATP Flight School
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FlightGest Academy
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Raleigh Flying Club
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Raleigh Professional Flight School
Wilmington 4 schools
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All American Aviation Services, LLC
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Aqua Aero, LLC
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Cape Fear Coastal Aviation
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High Tide Aviation
Iron Station 3 schools
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Centerline Aviation Services, LLC
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Lincoln County Regional Airport
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Premier Air, Inc.
Sanford 3 schools
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ATP Flight School
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Elite Aircraft Services
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Executive Flight Training and Services, LLC
Winston-salem 3 schools
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ATP Flight School
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Piedmont Flight Training
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Twin City Aviation
Carthage 2 schools
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Sandhills Fliers
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Total Flight Solutions
Fayetteville 2 schools
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All American Aviation Services, LLC
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Cape Fear Aviation Flight Training
Greenville 2 schools
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Dillons Aviation, Inc.
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Vann Aero Services/Aero Sales
Manteo 2 schools
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OBX Airplanes
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Outer Banks Aviation
Monroe 2 schools
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Aerowood Aviation
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FlyCarolina - Monroe
Pikeville 2 schools
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M2A Aviation Academy
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MIL2ATP
Raleigh 2 schools
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Elite Aircraft Services
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Raleigh East Flight Training
Smithfield 2 schools
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Aviators Unlimited, LLC
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Blue Line Aviation, LLC
Advance 1 school
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Piedmont Aerosports
Asheboro 1 school
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Cardinal Air
Aulander 1 school
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Chowan River Rats
Beaufort 1 school
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Crystal Coast Aviation
Burlington 1 school
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Elon Aviation
Durham 1 school
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AERO'Connor Aviation
Elizabethtown 1 school
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Sandhills Fliers Bladen
Fletcher 1 school
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Western North Carolina Aviation
Franklin 1 school
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Macon Air, LLC
Gastonia 1 school
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Academy of Aviation
Goldsboro 1 school
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WEM Aviation
Hendersonville 1 school
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Greg Collins Pilot Examiner
Hickory 1 school
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Saltair Aircraft
Indian Trail 1 school
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Goose Creek Flight School
Louisburg 1 school
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Total Flight Solutions
Maxton 1 school
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Departure Aviation Services LLC
Mooresville 1 school
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Race City Flight Operations
Mount Olive 1 school
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Bass Aviation, Inc.
Murphy 1 school
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Smoky Mountain Flyers
New Bern 1 school
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D2 Flight Academy
New London 1 school
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Pressley Aviation
Oak Island 1 school
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High Tide Helicopters
Oxford 1 school
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Empire Aviation Flight School
Salisbury 1 school
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Amos Aviation
Shallotte 1 school
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Ocean Isle Beach Aviation
Southport 1 school
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High Tide Aviation
Statesville 1 school
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Crosswind Flight Academy
Timberlake 1 school
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Fredrickson Aviation LLC
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. North Carolina is not there yet. If you want to see what a finished state looks like, the Arizona hub is it — and if you want North Carolina to look like that, calling us is what makes it happen.
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