DGCA Approved Flying Schools in India
All 41 flying training organisations on the DGCA’s April 2026 list — 35 ranked across Categories A, B and C, plus the 6 the regulator excluded from that phase and why. Each one links to what students who actually trained there have said about it.
What the DGCA ranking actually means
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation publishes a periodic ranking of India’s approved flying training organisations. The April 2026 edition assessed each FTO as on 28 February 2026 and sorted them into three categories. It is an assessment of the organisation, not a review of the student experience — an academy can sit high in Category B and still keep a cadet on the ground for eight months, and that gap is exactly what this site exists to fill.
- Category A — Highest-ranked FTOs in the April 2026 DGCA assessment. 1 FTO.
- Category B — Mid-tier ranking in the April 2026 DGCA assessment. 17 FTOs.
- Category C — Lowest ranked band in the April 2026 DGCA assessment. 17 FTOs.
- Excluded — 6 FTOs were not ranked in this phase. The reason is printed on each.
Category A
1 academyCategory B
17 academies- 02 Academy of Carver Aviation —
- 03 FSTC Flying School Pvt. Ltd —
- 04 National Flying Training Institute Pvt. Ltd —
- 05 Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi —
- 06 Flytech Aviation Academy —
- 07 Skynex Aero Pvt Ltd —
- 08 Garg Aviation Ltd —
- 09 Chetak Aviation Pvt. Ltd —
- 10 Chimes Aviation Academy —
- 11 Dunes Aviation Academy —
- 12 Ekvi Air Training Organization Pvt. Ltd —
- 13 Jet Serve Aviation Pvt. Ltd —
- 14 Alchemist Aviation Pvt. Ltd —
- 15 Ambition Flying Club —
- 16 Orient Flight Aviation Academy —
- 17 The Bombay Flying Club —
- 18 The Gujarat Flying Club —
Category C
17 academies- 19 Sha Shib Flying Academy —
- 20 Indian Flying Academy —
- 21 The Madhya Pradesh Flying Club —
- 22 Wings Aviation Pvt Ltd —
- 23 Asia Pacific Training Academy —
- 24 Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation —
- 25 Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology —
- 26 Telangana State Aviation Academy —
- 27 The Nagpur Flying Club —
- 28 Banasthali Vidyapith Gliding & Flying Club —
- 29 Bihar Flying Institute —
- 30 Patiala Aviation Club —
- 31 SVKM NMIMS Academy of Aviation —
- 32 BlueRay Aviation Pvt Ltd —
- 33 Pioneer Flying Club Academy Pvt Ltd —
- 34 Govt. Aviation Training Institute —
- 35 Redbird Flight Training Academy Pvt. Ltd —
Excluded from the April 2026 ranking
6 academiesThese are listed by the DGCA but were not ranked in this phase. Exclusion is not by itself a judgement of quality — but it does mean the regulator did not assess them, so check current approval status directly before paying anything.
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Vision Flying Training Institute
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Ranking not applicable — the FTO had not completed 18 months from date of approval as on 28.02.2026.
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Aviation Connectivity Infrastructure Developers Pvt. Ltd.
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Ranking not applicable — the FTO had not completed 18 months from date of approval as on 28.02.2026.
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Jharkhand Flying Institute
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Ranking not applicable — the FTO had not completed 18 months from date of approval as on 28.02.2026.
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ARCA Global
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Ranking not applicable — the FTO had not completed 18 months from date of approval as on 28.02.2026.
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Government Flying Training School
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FTO approval not valid as on 28.02.2026.
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Falcon Aviation Academy
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No flying — FTO non-operational since February 2023.
Your name is never revealed. Not once, not to anyone.
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The academy can never see who you areYour review appears under a generated handle like Crosswind-5CD — never your name, never your email, never your photo. There is no way for an academy to work out which student wrote which review.
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Nothing personal is ever publishedPhone numbers, email addresses and payment handles are stripped out automatically before a review is stored — including from your own text, so you cannot identify yourself by accident.
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Photos are cleaned before they are uploadedAttach a fee receipt or a logbook page and the location, time and camera data are removed in your browser before the file ever leaves your phone.
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You can withdraw at any timeDelete your review and it is gone permanently — the text, the photo and the recording with it. You do not have to ask anyone.