Académie de Voltige de Châteaudun
Professional flight academy · Châteaudun, France
Flight school at Châteaudun aerodrome offering LAPL(A)/PPL(A) training plus night flying and aerobatics.
Europe · Authority: DGAC
50 researched schools and 83 verified programs so far. This is the research done to date, not a complete list of every provider in France.
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50 schools
Professional flight academy · Châteaudun, France
Flight school at Châteaudun aerodrome offering LAPL(A)/PPL(A) training plus night flying and aerobatics.
Flying club · Toussus-le-Noble, France
Non-profit flying club (association loi 1901) at Toussus-le-Noble near Paris, affiliated to the FFA. It trains private pilots and offers professional and instructor courses to licence holders.
Flying club · Toussus-le-Noble, France
Flying club at Toussus-le-Noble training LAPL(A) and PPL(A) pilots with a team of 22 instructors and a modern fleet including Cirrus and electric aircraft.
Flying club · Entzheim, France
Flying club at Strasbourg-Entzheim airport teaching the PPL on Cessna, Robin and Piper aircraft.
Flying club · Boissy-l'Aillerie, France
Flying club at Cergy-Pontoise aerodrome teaching LAPL and PPL on Cessna aircraft, with IFR training.
Flying club · Bains-sur-Oust, France
Flying club at Redon-Bains-sur-Oust aerodrome (LFER) training aeroplane and ultralight pilots: LAPL, PPL, CPL, night, IFR and multi-engine add-ons, plus introductory flights.
Flying club · Toulouse, France
Flying club at Toulouse-Lasbordes offering PPL training on a new-generation glass-cockpit school aeroplane, as well as ultralight flying.
Flying club · Ermenonville, France
Flying club at Le Plessis-Belleville aerodrome (Ermenonville), about 35 minutes from Paris, teaching LAPL and PPL on a mixed fleet including Diamond DA40 and Tecnam aircraft.
Flying club · Toussus-le-Noble, France
Flying club at Toussus-le-Noble offering PPL training, a varied fleet including IFR and electric aircraft, and post-licence courses.
Flying club · Anglet, France
Flying club at Biarritz-Pays Basque airport offering PPL and LAPL training on Robin DR400 aircraft, discovery flights and ultralight flying.
Flying club · Les Milles (Aix-en-Provence), France
Flying club at Aix-les-Milles aerodrome declaring LAPL and PPL theory and flight training, initiation flights and night, mountain and aerobatic qualifications, with a school fleet of Evektor SportStar and Robin DR400 aircraft.
Flying club · Champniers, France
Flying club at Angoulême-Cognac airport offering BIA, LAPL, PPL and night training on a mixed fleet of aeroplanes, with FFA initiation passports.
Flying club · Cannes, France
Flying club based at Cannes-Mandelieu offering PPL and LAPL training, night and mountain/tailwheel qualifications, and 30-minute discovery and introductory flights.
Flying club · Trélivan, France
Flying club founded in 1932 at Dinan-Trélivan aerodrome training BIA, LAPL, PPL and ULM pilots and offering discovery flights over the Rance, Saint-Malo and Mont-Saint-Michel bay.
Flying club · Bréville-sur-Mer, France
Flying club at Granville aerodrome (Bréville-sur-Mer) in Normandy, a DTO since October 2019, teaching the LAPL and PPL.
Flying club · Ajaccio, France
Flying club founded in 1933 at Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte airport with five aircraft, offering LAPL and PPL training, initiation flights and discovery flights over Corsica.
Flying club · Lestrem, France
Flying club at Merville aerodrome in northern France teaching the LAPL and PPL, with discovery flights.
Flying club · Bouguenais, France
Nantes flying club based at Nantes Atlantique airport since 1920, teaching the PPL and LAPL with 18 instructors and a six-aircraft fleet.
Flying club · Mauguio, France
Flying club on the Montpellier Méditerranée airport platform offering ABL, LAPL and PPL training, night and EFIS variants, discovery and initiation flights.
Flying club · Nîmes, France
Flying club at Nîmes-Courbessac aerodrome with three Robin DR400 aircraft offering BIA, LAPL and PPL training and 45-minute initiation flights.
Flying club · Pluguffan, France
Volunteer-run flying club near Quimper with four Robin DR400-type aircraft, offering aeroplane pilot training, introductory flights and scenic flights.
Flying club · Romans-sur-Isère, France
Flying club on Les Chasses aerodrome near Romans-sur-Isère with four aircraft, offering PPL training and 30-minute initiation flights.
Flying club · La Teste-de-Buch, France
Flying club at Arcachon-La Teste aerodrome offering PPL, LAPL, night and other qualification training, plus discovery flights over the Bassin d'Arcachon.
Flying club · Sauvagnon, France
Historic flying club at Pau-Pyrénées airport running an ATO training programme: BIA, LAPL, PPL, night rating and instrument ratings, plus FFA initiation passports.
Results are listed alphabetically; there is no price ranking because prices in different currencies, price types and bases are not comparable. Schools marked Sponsored are paid placements and never change approval status or order.
French pilot licences follow the EU aircrew rules (Part-FCL), which EASA sets and the DGAC applies as the national competent authority. DGAC licence offices within the regional DSAC directorates process licence files, mostly through the Portail PN online portal, and the DSAC also handles ATO and DTO training organisations and examiners. Initial professional licences (CPL, ATPL) and the instrument rating are handled centrally in Paris, while private licences go through regional offices. The directory could not retrieve DGAC pages stating specific age and hour minimums, so those are not listed here.
Source: ecologie.gouv.fr/politiques-publiques/bureaux-licences-r
Licence application through the DSAC licence offices
Pilots are asked to use the Portail PN online procedures for licence requests; the central Paris office handles initial CPL and ATPL and the IR, regional offices handle private licences.
Names and privileges are local to France. Similar names in other countries are not interchangeable.
| Code | Official name | Minimum age | Regulatory minimum flight time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPL | Licence de pilote privé (Part-FCL)Private pilot licence under EU Part-FCL, issued in France by the DGAC. EASA guidance for the aeroplane licence cites about 45 hours of flight instruction; DGAC pages retrieved for this review state no figures. | n/p | 45 hEASA general guidance for the PPL(A): around 45 hours of flight instruction. Confirm the Part-FCL text with the DGAC. | official |
| CPL/ATPL | Licences de pilote professionnel et de ligne (Part-FCL)Initial CPL and ATPL licences and the IR qualification are handled by the central DSAC licence office in Paris. | n/p | n/p | official |
A regulatory minimum is a legal floor for the qualification. It is not the number of hours most students need, and not a guarantee of cost or completion time.
Aeronautical medical certificates are required under EU Part-MED; no DGAC page stating the classes was retrieved for this review. Official medical information
Languages of instruction among researched schools: French, English.
Non-EEA nationals should check French visa and residence requirements with the French authorities and the school; no flight-training-specific official page was retrieved and nothing here promises eligibility.
Training approval does not establish immigration permission or international-student eligibility. Verify current rules with the official sources above.
The DGAC page on foreign aeronautical titles explains that only licences issued by third states are subject to validation, that EEA licences benefit from mutual recognition, and lists forms for validation, ICAO conversion to a Part-FCL licence and EU-US BASA conversion. One passage on private validation cites an old date and should be checked with the DSAC.
Country information last reviewed 16 October 2026. 4 official sources consulted.