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Falcon Aviation Academy (Falcon Aviation Academy, LLC) is a division of Falcon Aviation Services, Inc. based out of Newnan, GA at the Newnan-Coweta County Airport (KCCO). Currently serving the Metro Atlanta area, students have graduated to occupy positions in commercial, corporate, and military aviation industries.

Background

Falcon Aviation began in 1999 as Griffin Flight School located out of the Spalding County Airport (6A2) in Griffin, GA. The flight school quickly ran out of space and made the decision to move to Peachtree City, GA while at the same time acquiring and taking on the name of a local flight school, Peachtree Flight Center, operating at the Peachtree City Airport/Falcon Field (KFFC).

In 2002, Falcon Aviation began a multi year fleet upgrade to transition from older model Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft to state of the art Diamond Aircraft. The fleet upgrade offered more advanced cockpit training with Garmin G1000 avionics for the Instrument Course as well as other panel mount Garmin units for other training courses.

In 2006, additional locations were opened in the Metro Atlanta Area. Some served a specific purpose for a short term and others have proven to be a more viable opportunity.

Current Locations:

• Newnan-Coweta County / Whitlock Field (KCCO)
• Atlanta Regional Airport / Falcon Field (KFFC)
• Athens-Ben Epps Airport (KAHN)

Past Locations:

• Dekalb-Peachtree Airport (KPDK) - Flight Training
• LaGrange-Calloway Airport (KLGC) - Maintenance Base & Flight Training

As of 2014, Falcon Aviation Academy had over 200 students from all over the world in a aviation career focused curriculum.

Fleet

Diamond Aircraft

• 20+ Diamond Eclipse (DA20)
• 6 Diamond Star (DA40)
• 6 Diamond Twin Star (DA42)

Cessna Aircraft

• 3 Cessna 150 (link)
• 2 Cessna 152 (link)
• 1 Cessna 172SP (link)
• 1 Cessna 172RG (link)
• 1 Cessna 182RG (link)

Piper & Beechcraft

• 1 Piper Arrow (link)
• 1 Beechcraft Baron (link)
• 1 Beechcraft King Air E90 (link)

Simulators

FAA Approved - Level 4

• 1 SFT-3000 (ELITE Simulation Solutions)
• 1 A.A.T.D. (X-Plane w/ Full Garmin G1000 cockpit)

PCATD (PC-based Aviation Training Device)

• 1 PCATD (Microsoft Flight X)

Locations

Newnan-Coweta Co. Airport (KCCO)

External Website

Currently the corporate offices and primary training campus, Newnan was originally the 4th location added to the company back in 2007 due to it close proximity to the original training hub in Peachtree City, GA. It was quickly made known that the Newnan Airport had the ability to provide a prime location for expansion of the fast growing flight academy. Offered the ability to build a 20,000 square foot training and maintenance facility in addition to securing 5+ acres of land to provide for future expansion in the coming years.

Atlanta Regional Airport/Falcon Field (KFFC)

External Website

Formerly known as Peachtree City Airport/Falcon Field, this location was the primary location for over 10 years until the recent expansion and move to Newnan, GA. This location offers an excellent non-towered training base with the ability to access all necessary NAVAIDS within a 30 minutes included other towered based airports.

Dekalb-Peachtree Airport (KPDK)

External Website

Currently, the second busiest airport in the state of Georgia, PDK is an excellent location to get a handle on towered high capacity airports. Under a FAA Class D airspace designation it is also underlying a heavily operated section of the Atlanta Class B airspace in addition to being in close proximity to several other Class D airports.

Athens-Ben Epps Airport (KAHN)

External Website

The Athens Airport is located approximately 50 miles North East of Atlanta, GA under a Class D airspace. This airport offers a great environment for student training by allowing access to multiple navigational aids as well as FAA operated control tower. In addition, two runways allow for the ability to cross train in a variety of conditions.