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North Star Aviation Logo with purple winged star
Department of Aviation purple and yellow logo with a torch
Alumni pilot dressed in pilot attire, standing with his arms behind his back in front of a white, purple and yellow painted Piper Archer single engine aircraft with the tail number N358MK outside of an open airport hangar

100% placement rate

Professional flight students who stay and get hired as flight instructors for North Star Aviation have a 100% placement rate.

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close-knit community

"It's such a close-knit community, and I'm grateful to be a part of it."

- Professional Flight student

A student pilot in a purple polo, wearing a Bose headseat. She is sitting in the cockpit with papers on her lap. There are blue skies and white clouds outside of the windscreen

5 pathway programs

Programs for developing pilots to become aviation professionals directly following their flight training.

Student pilot wearing a purple polo, sitting in the left seat with one hand on the yoke, sitting in a Piper aircraft, smiling at the camera and wearing glasses and a David Clark aviation headset

Four-year
Aviation Degree

Minnesota State University, Mankato

Our Minnesota flight school in Mankato offers exceptional flight training with experienced flight instructors, reduced ATP minimums, quality aircraft & state-of-the-art simulators

Locations & Hours
The exterior of the Mankato Regional Airport with purple and white flowers in the foreground, the words flight training and Minnesota State University Mankato aviation are seen on the outside of the brick building

Visit Us

Mankato Minnesota Aviation

Mankato Regional Airport

3030 Airport Drive

Mankato, Minnesota 56001

Opening Hours

Mon - Fri: 7am - 10:30pm
​​Sat - Sun: 7am - 5pm

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what students say

"I feel like a kid every time I get to be at the airport!"
- Frank, Professional Flight student

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