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About · Mountain View

Personal flight training in the Ozarks

We want every student and renter to feel like they are part of a real aviation community—not just an account number.

Ed Strong
Ozark Aero Flight and Training
A pilot kneeling in tall grass beside a blue-striped high-wing airplane under a stormy sky Golden hour on a grass strip
“Our focus is safe flying, quality instruction and fair pricing.”
The line we fly by
How we train

Our story

Ozark Aero offers personalized flight training in a relaxed, professional small-airport environment.

We combine classic, affordable training aircraft with experienced instructors and modern training methods. Students receive one-on-one attention and training built around their individual goals rather than a one-size-fits-all academy program.

Ozark Aero is being built around more than simply renting airplanes and logging flight hours.

We are located on a well-equipped airport with fuel available on the field, and we offer loaner vehicles when needed. For students traveling in for training, we can also assist with transient housing for extended stays.

Our goal is to create a welcoming, practical environment where pilots can train, build experience, develop relationships, and truly become part of the aviation community.

Operating principles Mountain View, AR

Why train here

  • Safe flying first

    Classic, well-maintained training aircraft and a focus on safe flying, quality instruction and fair pricing.

  • One-on-one, built around you

    Every student gets one-on-one attention and training built around their own goals — not a one-size-fits-all academy program.

  • Experienced instructors

    Experienced instructors paired with modern training methods, from your first lesson through CFI and CFII.

  • A real aviation community

    Fuel on the field, loaner vehicles when you need one, and help with transient housing if you are flying in to train.

First light

The smoothest air of the day is at dawn.

Calm, stable, and empty of traffic. It is why the first lesson on the schedule is so often the one students remember.

A pilot checking the propeller of a small airplane on the apron in front of a hangar A high-wing trainer
Tools that match the standard

Classic aircraft, well maintained.

Classic airplanes teach the fundamentals, paired with modern training methods from your instructor.

Explore the training programs
Where we fly

Mountain View, in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Ozark Aero Flight and Training is based at Mountain View Airport (7M2), 1501 Airport Ln, Mountain View, AR 72560. Serving Central and Northern Arkansas, Southern Missouri and the Ozarks.

An aerial view of a quiet pond and river bend surrounded by dense green hardwood forest Ozark hollows from the air 7M2 · RWY 4,502 FT · 100LL SELF-SERVE
  • Central Arkansas
  • Northern Arkansas
  • Southern Missouri
  • The Ozarks
A high-wing trainer · over the Ozarks
About · Mountain View Airport

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Serving Batesville · Heber Springs · Mountain Home · Conway · West Plains

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