The boutique flight school for Fort Myers
Core Aviator Training was built as the opposite of the big-school pipeline: one instructor, one student, one airplane, at Page Field in Fort Myers.
Most flight schools run like queues — rotating instructors, shared aircraft schedules, students learning to pass a test instead of learning to fly. CORE was founded to do the opposite: genuinely private instruction where you keep the same CFI from your discovery flight to your checkride.
That shows up in how lessons run. Every session is a three-hour block: a real pre-flight brief, your time in the air over the Southwest Florida coast, and a post-flight debrief that sets up the next lesson. Nothing is rushed and nothing is recycled.
The standard is simple — train real pilots. It is why students switch to us from other schools, why the Cherokee is kept immaculate, and why our first-time PPL pass rate at Page Field is 95%.
“The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.”
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One-on-one, every time
Every lesson is private — one instructor, one student, no shared cockpits. You keep the same instructor from first flight to checkride, so nobody ever re-teaches you.
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Three-hour blocks
Lessons run in three-hour blocks with a real pre-flight brief and post-flight debrief. You leave every session knowing exactly what you did and what comes next.
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A towered field, from day one
Page Field (KFMY) is a towered, professionally managed airport. You learn real ATC communication and airspace discipline from your very first hour.
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Real pilots, not a pilot mill
We train you to actually be a good pilot — not just to pass a test. A 95% first-time PPL pass rate and 50+ safe solo pilots back that up.
One airplane, kept immaculate
The low-wing advantage is real training value: the wing dips out of your sightline in the turn, the wide gear stance is stable in crosswinds, and fuel checks are a direct visual inspection — no ladder required.
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Florida's Premier Boutique Flight School
Core Aviator Training is based in Fort Myers, Florida (Southwest Florida). Serving Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Naples, Estero, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers Beach, Lehigh Acres, Punta Gorda, and all of Southwest Florida..
Ready to write your own horizon?
Book a Discovery Flight, or call first — the instructor answers the phone, and five minutes is usually enough to know.
Serving Fort Myers · Cape Coral · Naples · Estero · Bonita Springs · Fort Myers Beach · Lehigh Acres · Punta Gorda