St. Charles Flying Service

St. Charles Flying Service is a flight school in Portage des Sioux, Missouri. The site says it was organized in February 1968 and has had the same management team since 1974. The school is a Missouri State Board of Education proprietary flight school. It is also an FAA Part 141 flight school.

The school teaches all ratings in airplanes. The site lists sport pilot, private pilot, commercial, instrument, CFI and CFII training. It also offers multi-engine training, tail wheel endorsements and a ground school. The site says the school uses Cessna and King online training materials.

The school says the same instructors, aircraft and curriculum are available under its Part 61 program. That program runs at a more relaxed pace, according to the site.

The rental fleet includes Cessna 152s and Cessna 172s. The site also lists a technically advanced 1978 Cessna 172N. The school offers full service fuel, including 100LL. The school's hangar space is at Smartt Field.

The site lists services such as maintenance, charter and aerial advertising. The maintenance department has a separate email contact on the site. The site also lists an information request form for people who want to learn to fly.

The site lists loan options for training costs, including AOPA financing and Lending Tree aviation loans. The private pilot ground school meets on Tuesday evenings from 6pm to 9pm at Creve Coeur Airport.

The school's phone number for freephone calls is 1-800-447-6066. The local number is 636-946-6066. The school is at 6016 Portage Rd., Portage Des Sioux, MO 63373.