McAir Aviation - Broomfield, Colorado

Trevor S.

Great planes (its a blast flying a G1000), knowledgeable instructors (ask for Kaleb), and friendly staff. But airplane availability is pretty bad (like 3-4 weeks out at peak times), especially in the summer. That being said, they did just add planes to the fleet so that might help. The facility is kind of dated but clean and useful for the purposes. -1 star because I had to find my own FAA examiner for my check ride after they told me they would find me one from their normal pool and I went 3 months without any real update.

Bottom line: A great place if you are planning on a career in aviation, probably better options around if you are flying recreationally.

Lauren W.

I want to give McAir a better review so badly as I did enjoy my instructor a lot. However, I’d fully recommend to stay away and look into other flight schools, especially if you want to make this your career. Everyone has different experiences, but as a part 61 student, I was strung along for the better part of a year. My instructor was good, but man did we have a ton of maintenance cancellations- I had a total of 50 hours spread out over a whole year when I was scheduled to fly 3-4 times a week for the entire period I was there. It was a struggle getting in for stage checks, even rescheduling lessons, as their plane availability is not good.

There were several times where I came out to the plane and there were very concerning issues: once where tape was left over the pitot tube from maintenance (it had been flown by a student with tape on it prior to my preflight.)I also had 2 issues with planes that had excessive oil pressure and high oil temperature after coming back from inspections. Those were the most serious of the maintenance cancellations, the others involved poor planning with 100 hour inspections (some cases, I found out the day of my plane was taken out for its 100 hour,) broken PFD/MFD monitors- maintenance and weather cancellations happen, it just happened to me so much here. Looking at other reviews, I’m not the only one.

I’ve since changed to a flight school at Centennial and it is night and day different. The down side to that is, I had a lot of missing pieces to fill in because of the inconsistency in my training at McAir. It’s a disappointment because the CFI staff I interacted with was overall good, especially my direct instructor. Unfortunately, I’d say stay away from McAir and look into other schools.

Regina G.

The facility seems like a nice place. Their equipment and planes are in good shape however, my main concern is if this school has your best interests at heart verses chasing money and numbers.

I was undecided between helicopter or airline pilot. I wanted to do a discovery flight and attain information on the schooling process, costs etc. However, after trying to do the discovery flight the flight instructor seemed to have no interest in educating me on anything on what she was doing or allow me the opportunity to try flying the plane. We were up in the air for nearly an hour and I got the controls for about maybe 20 seconds before she took control of the plane again providing no real experience of flying an aircraft. To me it seemed as if she was using my hour I paid for to gain herself an hour of experience.

I am a very detailed oriented person and like explanations of the process and what I can expect as a student since this is a large investment of time and money. Anytime I was on the phone with someone I was treated like an inconvenience like all you do is show up, shut up and you’ll figure it out.

Did not give me great confidence that this facility aims to provide what they say they offer; a path to an excellent future as a pilot.

Kelly K.

finished my PPL with McAir this past June and cannot emphasize enough how great my instructor was. if you're gonna be a new student here ask for Nick B. u won't regret it. he's the best you'll find; extremely knowledgeable and does his best to meet your needs 12/10

Lindsay H.

My husband takes lessons here and has had nothing but a great experience and great things to say about it...he says if you go to take lessons here, you won't regret it. They have a great friendly staff that will do everything they can to accommodate your level of flying. He rented a plane and took us flying now that he is licensed and it was such a great experience! The plane was clean, comfortable, and worked great (thank goodness). Since it is a far it was nice that they have restrooms you can use and we were able to rent a headset for $10 for our son since we only own 2 pairs. Loved how they were decorated for Halloween in the pilot shop and how everyone who has taken lessons writes their name and date on the back room wall.

Christopher B.

I'm currently in the final stages of my PPL (private pilot) working towards the full Commercial Pilot program. With all the time I spend here, McAir has become my second home. The instructors are excellent, the planes are up-to-date and well maintained for a training center (my flight lessons get cancelled due to weather much more frequently than for maintenance), and the environment is professional and welcoming.

Notable benefits include -- Training at a towered airport right from the get-go has helped me learn airport operations much better and faster than had I gone with a non-towered location. And being in the Rocky Mountains has exposed me to the various weather-related conditions that I will encounter in the 'real-world'. It's tough work, it doesn't come easy, and it's well worth the investment. Highly recommend!

Ryan M.

Completed my private pilot training at McAir in 2018 and though I was satisfied and had nothing but great experiences with McAir, I decided to pursue instrument and commercial training at a much larger, nationwide program in Dallas. Though all of my training up to this point had been 141, while attending the “name brand” school I felt a lack of personal attention or interest in MY success. A combination of unexpected life events and COVID issues forced me to discontinue my training there which, fortunately, brought me back to McAir to finish up. After having experienced other facilities, fleets and programs, I feel that I am where I want and need to be. The staff is friendly and helpful, the instructors are committed to student’s safety and proficiency, and the fleet is immaculate! It may be somewhat more expensive than other operations in the metro area, but well worth it. I recommend McAir to those that I care about and somewhere else to those that I don’t.

Josh P.

Imagine finally getting a chance to pursue your dream of getting a pilots license. You have a great experience with the instructor and are looking forward to finally starting lessons and then the representative spends most of their time explaining the process of lessons by telling you that you should look elsewhere and that maybe you don't know if you want this enough. Or that the course that you researched extensively and decided you wanted to follow isn't the one that they want to teach you. Ask for Austin. You'll almost never wanna fly again. Don't spend your money here there are other flight schools in the area who are more welcoming