GET TO KNOW THE SCHOOL
A closer look.
OpenAir publishes flight-training services at Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Leesburg, Virginia. Its program menu spans private, instrument, commercial, and CFI preparation, as well as tailwheel, aerobatic, and career-oriented instruction. The training page identifies Cirrus SR22 and Super Decathlon aircraft and describes recurrent learning through Cirrus Approach. Scheduling is presented as adaptable to the student’s needs. Because the same website also promotes air-taxi and charter services, applicants should confirm the precise aircraft, instructor, and course available at their chosen training base instead of treating the charter fleet as a student rental list.
Two training locations
The school publishes Gaithersburg and Leesburg flight-school addresses on its training page.
Published specialties
The course menu includes tailwheel and aerobatic instruction alongside private, instrument, commercial, and CFI preparation.
Training aircraft references
The training page identifies the Cirrus SR22 and Super Decathlon, but does not allocate them to a particular campus.
Charter distinction
The separate fleet page is framed around air-taxi and charter services. Its aircraft configurations should be confirmed separately for student training.
Published training options.
The school’s published options are summarized below. Each note explains the training type and what to clarify when comparing the school’s exact course.
Private pilot
A private-pilot training path. Compare the aircraft used, ground-school arrangements and how lessons progress from initial skills to practical-test preparation.
Instrument rating
Training focused on instrument flying, procedures and planning. Compare aircraft and simulator use, scheduling and the preparation expected before flight lessons.
Commercial pilot
A commercial-pilot training option. Ask which aircraft category, prerequisites, experience-building flights and practical-test preparation are included.
Flight instructor training
Training in teaching, lesson preparation and instructional flying. Ask which instructor qualification is included and how practice teaching is assessed.
Cirrus transition training
Preparation for a particular aircraft or operating configuration. Confirm the model, avionics, entry experience and qualification or checkout the course provides.
Recurrent training
Training to refresh or maintain existing skills. Agree on the aircraft, objectives and expected preparation for your current experience level.
Tailwheel training
Training in tailwheel aircraft handling. Confirm the aircraft, entry experience and whether the course includes an endorsement, checkout or additional proficiency work.
Aerobatics
Training in aircraft control and unusual flight attitudes. Clarify the course objectives, entry experience, aircraft and whether aerobatics are included.
Professional pilot training
A planned sequence toward professional flying qualifications. Compare the included stages, entry requirements, scheduling commitment and payment milestones.
The published options below are supported by the linked school sources.
Aircraft & training scope
Aircraft categories: Airplane
Published aircraft models: Cirrus SR22, Super Decathlon
The official training page covers both Gaithersburg and Leesburg. Aircraft and specialty courses are provider-wide evidence until the school confirms their campus allocation.
The training page does not provide a complete current fleet assignment. Charter aircraft and instructor ATP qualifications do not establish a student ATP course.
Training framework & verification
Part 61: Part 61 inferred in supplied source; not independently confirmed. A source listing is not a current FAA approval check or a quality rating.
FAA reference: faa.gov. Confirm the approved course and training location with the school. Part 61 describes training rules; it does not itself identify an FAA-certificated school.
TRAINING FIT
Our school review.
OpenAir may interest pilots who want Cirrus-oriented initial or recurrent training, or a separate opportunity to develop tailwheel and aerobatic skills. The two published locations offer geographic flexibility, but the website does not assign each aircraft or specialty to a specific base. Ask which program can be completed at Gaithersburg and whether any lessons require travel to Leesburg. Broad instructor qualifications extending to ATP do not establish a separately offered ATP course; the named training menu is the more reliable starting point.
An AI-assisted editorial assessment of the school’s published information. This is separate from student feedback. We have not attended or inspected this school.
WHAT THE AVAILABLE FEEDBACK TELLS US
Student review evidence.
Searches for OpenAir Flight Training in Gaithersburg did not produce readable, independently posted student feedback tied to this location. The directory has no published review. The readable OpenAir discussion concerns a prospective student's comparison at another airport, without a completed-course account for Gaithersburg. This is a limit of the accessible search and review pages, not evidence that no reviews exist or that the school is poor or inactive. Ask for recent local student references and compare their actual lesson schedules, instructor continuity, costs, and course outcomes before drawing conclusions.
How to read this evidence
This is a limit of the accessible search and review pages, not evidence that no reviews exist or that the school is poor or inactive.
Follow up with the school
- Can I speak with recent students who completed training at this specific location?
- Can you show the current lesson availability, total completion costs, and policies for instructor changes or refunds?
Read the review sources
- OpenAir & Cirrus Flight Schools! : r/CFILounge Context source
The directory has no published review. The readable OpenAir discussion concerns a prospective student's comparison at another airport, without a completed-course account for Gaithersburg.
AI-assisted summary of the cited material. Public comments are individual experiences; the sample may be small, selective, or dated.
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Questions for OpenAir Flight Training.
- Which courses and aircraft are currently based at Gaithersburg, and which require travel to Leesburg?
- What Cirrus transition or recurrent syllabus matches my previous experience and avionics familiarity?
- What prerequisites apply to Super Decathlon tailwheel or aerobatic lessons?
- How are aircraft access, instructor continuity, and training availability handled alongside other company operations?
Sources & listing information.
School facts are compiled from the source material below. Imported record identifiers are retained for traceability and are not presented as proof of current certification.
- Official OpenAir Flight Training information
- Official OpenAir Flight Training information
- Source-record reference: bestaviation.netReference retained from the supplied spreadsheet; current content not rechecked for this import.
- faa.gov — Pilot Schools InformationFAA guidance on certificated schools and other flight-training providers.
- faa.gov — Find a FacilityFAA pilot-school facility reference. Part 61 instruction is not a separate FAA school certification.
View source record references
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