Flight schools in Connecticut

Here is what the national directory has for Connecticut: 21 flight schools across 15 towns and cities, with Hartford (3), Danbury (2) and Groton (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

Hartford 3 schools

Danbury 2 schools

Groton 2 schools

Simsbury 2 schools

Stratford 2 schools

Chester 1 school

East Haddam 1 school

East Haven 1 school

East Windsor 1 school

Ellington 1 school

Meriden 1 school

Oxford 1 school

Pawcatuck 1 school

Plainville 1 school

Rocky Hill 1 school

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. Connecticut is not there yet. If you want to see what a finished state looks like, the Arizona hub is it — and if you want Connecticut to look like that, calling us is what makes it happen.

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