Coastal Skies Aero Club

You will be hard pressed to find a flying club in the region as exceptional and affordable as Coastal Skies Aero Club. The fleet of aircraft is diverse and growing, from the workhorse Cessna 172’s, which are excellent proven training platforms, to faster more advanced aircraft used for personal travel or the acquisition of new certificates and ratings. The team of flight instructors is equally diverse, and all share an intense passion for teaching. There should be no problem finding an instructor that suits your individual learning style. Instructors range from the young enthusiastic type to seasoned airline veterans with 20,000 plus hours of experience to share. The knowledgeable front desk staff and dispatchers made up of Tori and Leslie, and the Operations Manager Sharon, is simply awesome and genuinely treat everyone like family. The staff is constantly striving to improve the customer experience. Coastal Skies is collocated with their dedicated maintenance facility, Total Aircraft Services, which ensure the fleet is in tip top shape. Prior to each flight, Barbara, the aircraft appearance technician, cleans the cockpit and services the aircraft with fuel and oil. The club does an excellent job communicating with membership through newsletters/emails and even provides special offers and birthday discounts. I encourage you to visit to check out the operation for yourself. Each Monday evening from 600-800 PM they hold a free guided group study session open to all, even non-members, and with a small donation a meal is provided. Prospective new member orientations are held Saturday mornings, call the office for details. Overall, I cannot rate Coastal Skies highly enough!

Couldn't be happier with my experience here. Amazing staff, great planes, and good communication. I am finishing my private license and would suggest this school to anyone looking to start flying.

I was a student pilot at this company for 30+ hours and have had 5 different flight instructors from this same company. One flight instructor wrecked an airplane with a student pilot who only had 6 hours, was unable to correct his mistakes because he was so old. Coastal management Eric is very hot headed which leads to his poor management skills. Another flight instructor, Tommy, quit after a meeting that coastal had with their instructors demanding they reach a quota with student pilots and are charging more money than is necessary. This place is known as a “barn yard” and very high turn around for flight instructors. Each flight instructor that I have had has had not one good word to say about this business and management. If you are looking to switch schools or potentially looking for a school to obtain your license, look the opposite direction when it comes to this company.

awesome folks to help with your aviation needs

We could not be more pleased with Coastal Skies Aero Club and everyone that works there. Emily Smith passed her Commercial Check-ride on Saturday, August 10th and everything went very well. The staff was very attentive to our needs, the airplanes were always in good working order, and the support we received for the check-ride itself was spectacular. I almost cried when I heard the cheering for her during the customer appreciation day when she finished. Thank you for putting together such a great flying club.