SUU Aviation: Flight School in Cedar City, Utah

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Location: Cedar City, Utah
School Type: Local flight school
Training Focus: Pilot training
Google Rating: 3.9 (60 reviews)

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Hours

Monday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed

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What Students and Pilots Say

★☆☆☆☆ 3 months ago

Nice fleet, but this place absolutely sucks. Attracts people with shiny helos, discovery flights, and first couple training flights. Awesome for the newbies. However, give it a little while my young padawan... and you'll see how messed up everything really is at this flight school. You'll have to do an extension eventually, and if you don't you got lucky
Taylor Hansen via Google

★☆☆☆☆ 7 months ago

Do not trust 3.9 reviews that you see on Google. Suu has a horrible flight program. I’ve applied for a flight spot for 3 semesters and maintained a 3.9 gpa. They change the flight application every year and they don’t base it off gpa. They make it extremely complicated and it’s just a mess. Highly not recommended. NO NO NO !!!
merdie suzane via Google

★☆☆☆☆ 1 year ago

This aviation school has suffered a lot of problems over the past several years. And it all starts at the top. The Chief Instructor only cares about his roto wing program because he is a roto wing pilot and fixed wing suffers. Probably not unlike a lot of other 141 schools in recent years due to the rapid demand of ATP pilots (which is causing a whole other industry problem in and of itself). Sure they have month…
A Kos via Google

★☆☆☆☆ 1 year ago

It's a real flip of the coin whether you get a fairly decent instructor that tries, or one that only does the bare minimum for you. Over all, it was decent training but dang do you sometimes get left in the dark... and for months. Administration at the hangar doesn't really help, more of a "progressive ignorance" when trying to get things done. 2/10 rating. When you genuinely ask for help you get labeled a bad egg fo…
Edgar Ross via Google

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Planning Your Training Here

Planning training at a local school like SUU Aviation trades the academy's speed for flexibility and often meaningfully lower total cost. The pay-as-you-fly model keeps your money in your control, and training two to three lessons weekly around work is the proven rhythm, enough frequency to retain skills without the academy's all-in schedule. The variable to manage is momentum: local-school students who succeed book standing lesson slots, fly year-round, and treat ground study as homework rather than something that happens at the airport. Ask about aircraft scheduling depth, instructor availability on your target days, and examiner wait times in Cedar City, the three friction points that stretch part-time timelines.

What Flying in Utah Teaches You

Utah is mountain flying's front door: high field elevations, real density altitude arithmetic, and terrain that makes weather-and-route planning a first-order skill. Students train under Salt Lake's Class B with the Wasatch Range as a constant reference, and graduate comfortable in the kind of terrain that intimidates flatland pilots.

How to Evaluate SUU Aviation on Your Tour

Every school on this directory gets the same advice from us, because the fundamentals don't move. Walk the ramp and count how many aircraft are down for maintenance. Ask how many lessons a week they can actually schedule you, and how far out the booking calendar runs. Ask for first-attempt checkride pass rates and how long students wait for an examiner. And keep your money in your control: pay as you fly, or in small blocks with clear refund terms.

Then weigh the location itself. Training in Cedar City means building your early hours in Utah weather and airspace, and both become part of your airmanship. Our school-selection guide covers the full vetting checklist, and the financing page maps scholarships and loans that apply at schools like this one.

Common Questions About Training at SUU Aviation

How long would my training take here?

Part-time students flying two to three lessons weekly typically earn a private certificate in six to twelve months and a commercial certificate in two to three years, with pace set by your calendar and the weather. Consistency decides everything: standing lesson slots beat sporadic bursts by months.

What will it cost, and can I get help paying?

Get SUU Aviation's current rates directly; published numbers age fast in this industry. Nationally, plan on $80,000 to $120,000 from zero time to commercial certificates before instructing pay starts offsetting costs. Our financing guide maps the loans, scholarships, and airline cadet programs that apply here, and several scholarship cycles go undersubscribed every single year.

How should I arrange a visit?

Call ahead and ask for a tour on a normal training day, not a quiet one. Use the directions button above to plan the drive to Cedar City, arrive early enough to watch ramp operations, and bring the vetting checklist from this page. A school proud of its operation will show you everything; hesitation is itself an answer.

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