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About Us
At Race City Flight Operations, we value high quality flight instruction over quick instruction. Race City Flight Operations works to improve, innovate, and make a better environment and training program for our students. Our goal is to help create pilots – whether you want to be an airline pilot or a hobby pilot-great and safe pilots instead of using the minimums as the completion standards. We believe, if they are taught to be great pilots, they will be safe and competent pilots months and years after their training.




Race City Flight Operations has been recognized for its high standard of accomplishment in flight training by The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the world’s largest aviation association. Race City Flight Operations has been awarded a spot on the Flight Training Experience Awards as a Distinguished Flight School, a title given to high scoring flight schools & instructors from the 2025 Flight Training Experience Survey.
The 2025 awards were drawn from flight students and pilots who voluntarily reviewed their flight training experience this past fall through an AOPA online customer satisfaction survey. The process yielded an evaluation of 780 different flight schools and 1,202 individual flight instructors.
Our Training Program
Why Race City Flight Operations?
-We are one of the best flight schools to become a COMMERCIAL pilot, AIRLINE pilot or your FAMILY pilot!
-Small runway creates CONFIDENCE anywhere you go.
-AATD FLIGHT SIMULATOR continues training through unfavorable flying weather.
-In-house MAINTENANCE ensures our planes are always available to our students.
-FRIENDLY and DEDICATED team members.
-COMPETITIVE PRICES with flight schools in the area.
-Available for flight lessons 7 days a week allowing FLEXIBILITY for every student’s schedule.
-HOUSING is available for out of region students. Get out of the bad weather and trying with us!
Our Instructors!
Our flight instructors are dedicated to our students’ goals. The student may be an airline pilot career hopeful, or the student may just casually want to learn how to fly. Either way-the priority is always the student. By teaching from a syllabus, your progress will never be held up by a vacation or sickness.
Check Out What We’re Doing!
Cade is ready to get paid! Let’s hear it for the world’s newest Commercial Pilot 👏✈ (ft. CFI Nick) Congratulations!!
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Peak training season is upon us, and we couldn’t be more ready! Enroll full time or part time and see where the summer will take you! ✈️👏😎
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Kayson celebrated his birthday with us on a discovery flight, and we couldn’t have been more excited to share in such a special occasion👏✈️🎈 (ft. CFI Elliott)
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A familiar face on our page has now become part of our CFI team here at RCFO! A huge round of applause and welcome to Merritt, who we can’t wait to see succeed✈️👏
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Get your pre-tabbed 2025 FAR/AIM today! Already have your book? No problem, we sell the tabs separately too! We asked a group consisting of CFIs and students to put together a list of the most helpful sections in the FAR/AIM and now we’re ready to share it with you all…available now for purchase on our store website! ✈️✈️
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We are excited to welcome to our team of flight instructors Dylan who not only brings his CFI and CFII, but also a ton of experience as a previous RCFO student himself! Born and raised in Mooresville, RCFO has been a home away from home for Dylan and we couldn’t be more excited to have him! 👏✈✈
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We’re often celebrating student success on here but we’re changing it up today to give CFI Trent a huge round of applause for reaching his ATP minimum of 1,250 flight hours! It won’t be long now until he is ATP certified, congratulations Trent! 👏👏✈
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Let’s hear it for the world’s newest CFI, Nathan! We’re incredibly proud of you’re consistency and hard work! 👏👏✈
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The Secret Weapon Every Successful Pilot Has (Hint: It’s Not What You Think)
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The places you’ll go and the things you’ll see! Private pilot student Michael had a great solo over a piece of history and aviation evolution! ✈✈👏
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Hobby Pilot? Airline Captain? Get Your Commercial Sel In As Little As 8 Months.
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Race City Flight Operations & Lake Norman NC ✈✈
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A familiar face? You guessed it! Alexis is back with another successful checkride, this time for her multi-engine! 👏👏✈
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We never run out of reasons to celebrate at RCFO and today we’re cheering for Brandon, the world’s newest Private Pilot! (ft. CFI Chloe) 👏✈✈
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John had blast with John on his discovery flight (and it definitely doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that it’s a father & son 😉) ✈✈
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Dan was the man on our most recent discovery flight and we had a great time welcoming him! (ft. CFI Elliott) ✈✈👏
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Quality services & training with pledged satisfaction. We have all your aviation needs right here at RCFO! ✈✈
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William? More like Will-i-am an Instrument Rated pilot!! Congratulations on a great checkride, you’ve earned it! (ft. CFI John) 👏✈☁
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Race City Flight Operations Maintenance Department ✈⚙🧰
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Time flies when you’re Ty! Congratulations on coasting through your Instrument Rating, now it’s time to gear up for Commercial! (ft. CFI John) ✈✈👏
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We had a great discovery flight again, this time with Ken! Book yours today and see what all the hype is about! (ft. CFI Elliott & Merritt) ✈✈😁
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Who’s ready for another round of Where’s Waldo – RCFO edition!? Hint: check a few posts back… ✈✈
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Companion Copilot Course now available! This invaluable course empowers the non-pilot spouse/partner with the essential knowledge and skills to safely land the aircraft in the event of pilot incapacitation — sign up today and get some peace of mind! ✈✈
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Davis made us proud once again with a successful PPL checkirde! Congratulations and great work! (ft. CFI John) ✈✈👏
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Spark Plug Reconditioning Service: $10-$13 with options to drop off/pick up or ship! Call us at 704-662-6227
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Julian (and dad Chris) came prepared for his discovery flight with his logbook ready for CFI Elliott’s signature! ✈✈
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Students and staff had a great time on our annual trip to the Wright Brothers Memorial in Kitty Hawk! What a great way to complete training requirements AND have fun 🤩 ✈️ ✈️
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Happy Easter everyone! ✈️🐰🐣
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Fly With Race City Flight Ops and Discover your Wings!
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