Every flight school in the Lower Mainland.
All 26, across six aerodromes, with the number to call.
Six aerodromes. Every certificate checked against Transport Canada's register, so this is what they can teach — not what a website says. Three appear in no directory at all. The finder narrows it; this page is for when you would rather just start calling.
Three of Canada's ten busiest airports are on this page. Boundary Bay is third, Abbotsford fifth and Pitt Meadows seventh — and they are growing while every airline field on that list shrinks.
Most of that traffic is circuit training. Four of these six fields have a tower, so you talk to a controller from your first lesson — and never find ATC frightening.
Three of these schools are in no directory and no search result. We found them in Transport Canada's register. They publish no rates, so there is no price here — but they exist, they are certificated, and you can phone them.
Boundary Bay · CZBB
5 schools · Delta · controlled · 243k movements in 2024, third busiest in Canada
- Professional Flight Centreabout $35,423 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, multi-engine, instructor rating
- Pacific Flying Clubabout $24,070 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, multi-engine, instructor rating
- Insignia Collegeabout $26,221 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, multi-engine, instructor rating
- Sea Land Airabout $37,436 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, multi-engine, instructor rating
- International Flight Centreabout $33,144 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, instructor rating
Pitt Meadows · CYPK
10 schools · Pitt Meadows · controlled · 187k movements in 2024, seventh busiest in Canada
- Pacific Rim Aviation Academyabout $31,897 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, instructor rating
- Canadian Aviation Collegeabout $35,804 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, multi-engine, instructor rating
- Classic Aviationabout $25,335 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, instructor rating
- Canadian Flight Centreabout $23,787 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, multi-engine, instructor rating
- Island Coastal Aviation Incabout $31,375 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instructor rating
- Executive Compassabout $29,115 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, multi-engine, instructor rating
- Vancouver Aviation Collegeabout $35,250 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, instructor rating
- Montairabout $32,866 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, multi-engine, instructor rating
Trains to commercial, instrument, multi-engine, instructor rating
On the certificate: Cirrus SR20, Cessna 172, Piper PA34
Found in Transport Canada's register. No published rates — you would be phoning to ask, and few people have.
Private licence training only — not certificated beyond it
On the certificate: Cessna 150, Piper PA28
Found in Transport Canada's register. No published rates — you would be phoning to ask, and few people have.
Abbotsford · CYXX
5 schools · Abbotsford · controlled · 201k movements in 2024, fifth busiest in Canada
- Western Community Collegeabout $28,069 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instructor rating
- Coastal Pacific Aviationabout $22,508 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, multi-engine, instructor rating
- Principal Airabout $27,658 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instructor rating
- Aquila Aviationabout $29,084 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, instructor rating
- Chinook Helicoptersabout $48,057 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, multi-engine, instructor rating
Langley · CYNJ
3 schools · Langley · controlled
- Langley Flying Schoolabout $32,308 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, instructor rating
- Skyquestabout $31,525 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, instructor rating
- Acadia Collegeabout $27,032 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instructor rating
Chilliwack · CYCW
2 schools · Chilliwack
- Chilliwack Flight Centreabout $27,934 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instructor rating
- Join Airabout $30,965 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instructor rating
Squamish · CYSE
1 school · Squamish
- Glacier Airabout $25,222 at 80 h
Trains to commercial, instrument, instructor rating
Before you ring round
- What does a beginner actually pay per hour? Website rates are often a Class 4 instructor, or exclude fuel.
- What do I need before the first lesson? Some want nothing. One wants $5,000.
Rates confirmed by phone, August 2026. Always confirm before you commit.