AeroGuard Flight Training Center Riverside Campus

We Set a HIGHER STANDARD! AeroGuard was formed to produce the best and brightest professional pilots in the industry.

AeroGuard Flight Training Center Riverside Campus is located at the French Valley Airport in Murrieta, CA offers career-focused accelerated commercial pilot training. This flight school in southern California prepares students for one of the most in-demand careers in the world.

The perfect location within Riverside county caters to anyone looking for a flight academy in the Los Angeles-San Diego Mega-Region. AeroGuard’s exceptional instructors and student-focused culture make it the leading choice for cadets from all over the world who want to launch a successful career as an airline pilot.

Your search for flight schools in Southern California stops here. There’s never been a better time to become a pilot — Connect with an enrollment advisor today to learn more.

The AeroGuard programs leverage over 1 million hours of flight training experience for nearly 5,000 students. AeroGuard has carefully combined expert leadership development with aviation best practices from around the globe. AeroGuard provides the right aircraft and a rigorous curriculum for the ideal learning environment.

Certified under both FAA Part 141 and Part 61, AeroGuard is recognized as one of the premier flight schools across the globe as it offers comprehensive training programs for both national and international airlines. With an established brand and superior training programs, AeroGuard is the flight school of choice for many international airlines and cadets.

Additionally, AeroGuard implements the most established and well-documented operational processes and educational systems in the industry.

Since 1999, AeroGuard has graduated over 5,000 pilots with an average of 400 cadets enrolled in any given year, many of whom are currently employed by the largest airlines in the world.

AeroGuard's high standards, proven success rate, and professional atmosphere make us the premier choice for aviation training. AeroGuard offers a high-quality training environment, individual attention, and a rich, well-rounded student experience.

With AeroGuard, you're on the path to being a professional pilot. A path that doesn't end with achieving ratings, but continues to employment with our exclusive airline partners.

For admissions and enrollment information or any questions about our flight training center-please don't hesitate to contact us.

AeroGuard Flight Training Center Fleet

All 60 aircraft in the AeroGuard Flight Training Center fleet are furnished with air conditioning, standardized cockpits, and avionic layouts. It's the standardized configurations across the fleet that greatly enhances safety and simplifies your transition between aircraft models.

AeroGuard aircraft are maintained by an on-site Federal Aviation Administration-approved repair station - operated 24 hours a day by world-class, professional maintenance staff.

The result is an extremely safe fleet of aircraft that boasts an exceptionally high availability rate. Simply put, we have the best training fleet to launch your aviation career.

Campus Locations & Facilities

Riverside Flight School, your pilot career begins here. AeroGuard’s flight school in Riverside is located at the French Valley Airport (F70), in southwest Riverside County, neighboring Temecula and Winchester. It is located on Highway 79 and is a short distance from the I-15 and the 215 Corridor.

At AeroGuard’s Riverside flight school, students use Piper Archer aircraft for single-engine training and Piper Seminole aircraft for multi-engine training. Students also have unlimited access to the RedBird simulator, allowing them to practice and focus on specific areas in their training.

There are 12 Class D & 4 Class C airports within 30 nautical miles of French Valley Airport, 4 Class B airspace shelves, and multiple special air traffic airspace shelves. Of the 50+ airports surrounding the Riverside area, 20+ are tower controlled. The controlled airspace encourages pilots to exercise and get familiar with radio communications while speaking with air traffic control.

The uncontrolled airspace surrounding the airport allows pilots to hone their skills without interruption and facilitates operation at several airports near F70.

With the surrounding airports, there are 150+ instrument approaches to practice and multiple training experiences — setting AeroGuard cadets on a path for success. There’s no other flight school in Southern California you’ll want to train at. With an average of 250+ flying days a year in Riverside, you’ll accumulate flight hours quickly and safely.

Aeroguard Features

• State of the art, media equipped classrooms
• Flight briefing rooms
• Official testing center for FAA written exams
• Study center/library with networked PCs equipped with Microsoft Flight Simulator X
• Weather briefing and flight planning facilities
• FAR Part 145 repair station providing around the clock maintenance support
• The professional airline-style dispatch center
• Book store for all uniform and flight materials

Aeroguard's Fast Track Training to Your Airline Career

An Investment in YOUR FUTURE

If you need financial aid to cover the cost of your training, AeroGuard is here to help. In fact, keeping costs and repayment manageable is always a major focus for us.

You can apply for a loan to finance nearly 90% of your AeroGuard tuition. As an additional benefit, you can also apply for a loan amount to cover your housing during the training portion (approximately the first 8 months) of the AeroGuard program.

And absolutely no loan repayments are required during the training portion of the program. Plus, after you complete both the AeroGuard program and SkyWest's initial training process, SkyWest will provide $17,500 toward the repayment of your loan.

AeroGuard Curriculum

AeroGuard offers a world-class curriculum for pilots-in-training that's unmatched by any other flight training organization. It's an integrated approach - designed with safety and efficiency in mind - that will accelerate your dreams into reality.

Upon completion of AeroGuard's integrated, 6-course program, you'll have the skills, experience, knowledge, and confidence you need to launch your career as a professional pilot.

As an AeroGuard graduate, you'll walk away with 7 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ratings, 225+ hours of flight experience, and the pilot license that's sure to broaden your horizons as you begin your new career.