Local Recourses
Here is a list of some of the flight schools, aviation museums and facilities to explore in Upstate NY.
Costa Air Service
Flight school & aerial tours, aircraft rentals, maintenance and storage
Costa Air Service based at Corning-Painted Post Airport (7N1) is an aviation business offering services such as aerial flight tours, flight lessons, aircraft maintenance and repairs, aerial surveys, banners, aircraft fuel, and aircraft storage.
Address: 342 Victory Hwy, Painted Post, NY 14870
East Hill Flying Club
Flight school, flying club, aircraft rentals, FAA knowledge test center
East Hill Flying Club, Located in Ithaca Tompkins International Airport, is a not-for-profit flying club and FAA-Approved Part 141 Flight School.
East Hill have been teaching flying in Ithaca for over 60 years and provide training for Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Tailwheel endorsement, flight review, and offer FAA Airman Knowledge Tests.
Address: 62 Brown Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850
Goodrich Aviation
Flight school, flying club, aircraft mechanic training, maintenance center, aircraft building, aero store
Goodrich Aviation based at Greater Binghamton Airport (KBGM) offers professional pilot training program as Part 61 school: from getting your Private Pilot License (PPL) to Certified Flight Instructor Instrument (CFII) with options to build time and experience towards pilot career.
With Goodrich Aviation Mechanic Apprenticeship Program you can become an A&P or airframe and powerplant mechanic through getting a real-life experience as a full-time employee without previous experience or college degree.
Goodrich also offers discovery flights, maintenance services, custom aircraft building.
Address: 2514 Airport Rd, Johnson City, NY 13790
Harris Hill Soaring Corporation
Glider flight school and rides
Harris Hill is one of the oldest and largest glider clubs in the country offering flight training and rides in the gliders to the public. You can get here you Private Pilot license. Harris Hill offers programs for juniors. Juniors are eligible to fly gliders solo at 14 years old!
Address: 57 Soaring Hill Dr, Elmira, NY 14903
Wings of Eagles Discovery Center
Aerospace museum, STEM classes, summer camps, flight simulators, escape room, event venue
Wings of Eagles Discovery Center has large collection of aircrafts on display, various interactive aerospace exhibitions that are fun to explore. At the museum you can learn about aviation history through static displays, docent guided tours, self guided mobile tours, and use flight simulators to get the feel of flying different aircrafts.
WEDC offers STEM education classes and summer camps for children of different ages annually.
The hangar is available for hosting public and private events.
Address: 339 Daniel Zenker Dr, Horseheads, NY 14845
National Soaring Museum
Museum
Elmira, NY is regarded as the "Soaring Capital of America," in part because of soaring's central role for over 80 years in the social and economic history of the region, attracting individuals and associations from around the world for contests, lectures, symposia, and special events. The National Soaring Museum preserves and presents the heritage of motorless flight, and promotes through education, a greater knowledge of soaring, aeronautics, and related physical sciences for everyone.
Address: 51 Soaring Hill Dr, Elmira, NY 14903