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Above All Aviation - Flight School at KSBA

Santa Barbara's #1 Flight School and Only Part 141 Training Program;
Santa Barbara’s Premier Flying Club;
Scenic Flight Tours // Premier Maintenance Facility;
Part 135 Charter Flight Operator

Why choose Above All Aviation?

When weighing your options for flight training in Santa Barbara, don't settle. Above All Aviation is proud to have earned an AOPA Flight Training Experience Award and to be the only flight school in Santa Barbara offering FAA Certificated Part 141 training programs and with a full-time maintenance facility. With 13 airplanes, a full-motion flight simulator, and a staff of highly qualified instructors with experience in over 40 different models of aircraft, we have the resources to complete your training on your schedule.

We are excited to offer everything from scenic tours to pilot training to aircraft maintenance. Above All Aviation is also now available for charter flight services!

Now offering Santa Barbara’s Premier Flying Club - with access to a variety of aircraft, a club house, and discounted pricing. Pricing based on tach time, not Hobbs meter.

Aircraft Category

  • Single Engine Land
  • Multi Engine Land

FAA Classifications

  • Part 61
  • Part 141

Training Stages (Can offer)

  • Private Pilot License (Certificate) - PPL
  • Instrument Rating - IR
  • Commercial Pilot License (Certificate) - CPL
  • Multi Engine Rating - MER
  • Certified Flight Instructor - CFI
  • Certified Flight Instructor Instrument - CFII
  • Multi-Engine Instructor - MEI
  • Airline Transport Pilot - ATP
  • Sport Pilot License (Certificate)
  • High-Performance Endorsement
  • Complex-Airplane-Endorsement

Airport(s)

KSBA - Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA), Santa Barbara, CA 93117

Pilot Training Provided

  • Certificates/Ratings Flight Lessons
  • Ground School
  • Intro/ Discovery Flight
  • Flight Reviews - Biennial Flight Reviews (BFRs)
  • Checkride Prep
  • Time Building
  • Cross-Country Flying
  • Flight Planning (VFR, IFR)
  • Aircraft/Insurance Checkout

Fleet and Facilities

<< Above All Aviation Flying Club >>

1968 Cessna 150H // Club rate: $142/hour
1980 Beechcraft C24R // Club rate: $232/hour
1973 Piper PA-28-235 // Club rate: $265/hour
1974 Cessna 182P // Club rate: $265/hour
1974 Piper Seneca PA-34/A // Club rate: $436/hour

Aircraft Rental

  • Single Engine Aircraft
  • Multi Engine Aircraft

Flight Simulator Rental

  • Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD)

Additional Notes

When you begin flight training at Above All Aviation you enter into a community of aviators that are passionate about flying. You'll find new students hanging out in the office before and after their flight lesson, talking about stall technique and airspace. You'll find former and current commercial airline pilots talking about their most exciting and harrowing flights. You'll find students soloing and passing their check rides on a nearly weekly basis. The excitement and support at Above All Aviation is palpable, but don't take it from us. Read on to hear what our pilots say about Above All.

<<Our Mission TO YOU>>

At Above All, we measure our success as a flight school not by revenue, or flight hours, or number of pilots produced, but solely by our ability to create and further encourage safe, competent, and proficient pilots in the most efficient manner possible. It is the mission of Above All Aviation to provide flight training with the core values of safety, quality, integrity, and value.

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  • TD

    After the first moment I put the Z3 on my head in the cockpit of my plane and turned on my radios the first words I uttered were “OMG why I didn’t get this thing earlier in the beginning of my flight training days”… The difference from what I was wearing could only be described as Night & Day!!! Since then (5 years ago) this piece of equipment became my favorite piece in the cockpit. After 5 years wearing it in a region where the summers are hot and flights are sweaty for the GA pilots who fly not-so-fancy aircraft I’ve purchased a refresh kit and now it looks like the day I bought it. Buy it, try it and you can thank me later in your own reviews !

    Terry DApril 2026

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