Flight school near Hermantown, MN
Hermantown, Minnesota sits just west of Duluth, which puts Superior Flying Services at KSUW within an easy drive across the Twin Ports. We are a Part 61 flight school with four Cessna 172s, a 1983 Piper Seneca III, four full-time instructors and our own maintenance hangar — and we fly seven days a week, so lessons fit around a working week rather than replacing one.
Why train here rather than wait for a slot at a bigger school
Seven-day scheduling and one-on-one instruction paced to how you actually learn.
Maintenance in house, so the airplane you booked is usually the airplane you fly.
Everything on one field: ground school, flight training, aircraft rental and fuel.
a straight run across the Twin Ports
to Superior, Wisconsin (Twin Ports — 15 minutes from Duluth, MN)
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Superior Flying publishes its rates: Cessna 172s from $145 per hour wet, instruction at $85 per hour, and a $125 Discovery Flight — and how often you fly is the single biggest factor in what a certificate ends up costing.
Private Pilot License
Where nearly everyone here starts. The certificate that lets you fly friends and family, and the foundation every other rating is built on.
Instrument Rating (IFR)
The rating that turns a fair-weather license into a usable one: flying by reference to instruments, in cloud, on an ATC clearance.
Commercial Pilot License (CPL)
The certificate that lets you be paid to fly — and the one our career-track students are aiming at.
Multi-Engine Rating
A second engine, and everything that changes about how you fly — trained in our 1983 Piper Seneca III.
Flight Instructor (CFI/CFII)
CFI, CFII and MEI — the ratings that let you teach, and the way most career pilots actually build the hours an airline asks for.
Endorsements & Add-ons
Flight reviews, instrument proficiency checks and refresher training for pilots coming back after time away — plus the checkout you need before renting from us.
Hermantown to the field.
a straight run across the Twin Ports from Hermantown — the only part of the trip that happens on the ground.
Flight training near Hermantown: common questions
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Ready to fly, Hermantown?
Book a Discovery Flight — a straight run across the Twin Ports from Hermantown to the field, and you're in the left seat.
Serving Duluth · Hermantown · Cloquet · Ashland