Trevor Sharp
Operations Manager
Airport
Falcon Field · KFFZ
Phoenix-area flight school in Mesa, AZ.
A Phoenix flight school in the East Valley. Desert practice areas and flyable weather almost every day of the year.
Metro
Phoenix East Valley
Opened
2026
A&P training
Also on this field
Why a Phoenix flight school in Mesa.
- Among the most flyable weather in the country, so fewer canceled lessons
- Wide-open desert practice areas minutes from the field
- A&P mechanic training also runs here through Thrust Institute of Maintenance
United Aviate at Mesa
Mesa is the Thrust Flight campus in the United Aviate network, United Airlines’ pilot career program. It applies to students training at Mesa.
Also at Mesa
Thrust Institute of Maintenance trains FAA-certificated A&P mechanics at Falcon Field. If the medical certificate is the thing standing between you and aviation, the maintenance side does not require one.
What you would train in
Piper Archer TX for private, instrument and commercial single-engine; Piper Seminole for multi-engine; approved flight simulation devices for procedures work. Same fleet, same syllabus, same Part 141 certificate (3USS960L) at every campus.
The field: Falcon Field (KFFZ).
- Airport
- Falcon Field
- Identifier
- KFFZ
- Field elevation
- 1,394 ft
- Airspace
- Class D, under Phoenix Class B
- Frequency
- Tower 120.7
- Weather
- About 301 flyable days a year
Practice areas. East over the Superstitions and the Salt River, 9 minutes out
| Runway | Length | Surface | Approaches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4R/22L | 5,101 ft | Asphalt | RNAV |
| 4L/22R | 3,799 ft | Asphalt | Visual |
Getting here
- Downtown Mesa 7 miles
- Phoenix Sky Harbor 22 miles · PHX
- Scottsdale 14 miles
Who runs Mesa.
Two people you will deal with directly. They are on this field, not at head office.
Kazuhiro Maeda
Flight Team Lead
What is on this ramp.
The Mesa campus fleet includes five Piper Archer TX aircraft, one Piper Seminole and a Redbird FMX full-motion AATD. Every aircraft has a G1000 NXi, autopilot and air conditioning, and an affiliated Part 145 repair station handles maintenance.
5
Piper Archer TXSingle-engine trainer. Glass cockpit, autopilot, air conditioning
1
Piper SeminoleTwin-engine, for the multi-engine rating
1
Redbird FMXFull-motion simulator, used for instrument and procedure training
Maintained by an affiliated Part 145 repair station. Aircraft move between campuses as demand shifts, so these counts change through the year.
Where you would live.
Roadrunner Student Housing
Roadrunner Student Housing is furnished two-bedroom apartment housing 1.9 miles from the Mesa hangar, costing $900 per month like every campus. Housing is billed separately from the $120,000 program price, for a 12-month total of $10,800.
1.9 miles from the hangar · Two-bedroom apartments, two students per room
- Furnished, with a bed and desk per student
- All utilities and internet
- Washer and dryer in the unit
- Pool
- Covered parking, which matters here
Same $900 as every campus, with no Arizona premium.
12 months × $900 = $10,800
Housing is not part of the $120,000 program price. It is billed separately, month by month.
The Mesa campus buildings.
5047 E Roadrunner Drive, Mesa, AZ 85215 · Every day, 8am to 6pm
Hangar, dispatch and classrooms
5047 E Roadrunner Drive
One building: hangar, dispatch, administration, classrooms and briefing rooms.
Thrust Institute of Maintenance
Same field
A&P mechanic training at Falcon Field.
Next Mesa class start dates.
Seats are capped by how many aircraft and instructors are on this field, so a class fills and closes.
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The other five Thrust Flight campuses.
Addison, TX
Addison Airport · KADS
Main campus. 13 miles north of downtown Dallas, 16 northeast of DFW, 11 north of Love Field.
Denison, TX
North Texas Regional Airport · KGYI
Wide-open practice areas and a quiet pattern, 20 minutes' flight north of Addison.
Conroe, TX
Conroe / North Houston Regional Airport · KCXO
Near The Woodlands and Houston, with practice areas outside the busiest airspace.
Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Spinks Airport · KFWS
South Fort Worth, at Spinks. The west side of the Metroplex without the Addison drive.
You are here
Mesa, AZ
Falcon Field · KFFZ
East Valley of Phoenix. Desert practice areas and flyable weather almost every day of the year.
Newport News, VA
Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport · KPHF
Opened in 2026 in partnership with Hampton University, on ground with its own aviation history.
Come and look first.
An advisor will arrange a campus visit, and you can talk to the instructors who would actually be teaching you.
Arrange a visit to Mesa→Worth a look.