List of pilot training institutes in India

In India, civil aviation is regulated by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation which recognizes 35 Flying Training Organisations for flight training and seven Aircraft Type Training Organisations or Approved Training Organisations for type rating. In Indian Armed Forces, aircraft are used by the Indian Air Force, the Army Aviation Corps, the Indian Naval Air Arm, and the Indian Coast Guard, who train officers at their military establishments.

Military aviation

Army Aviation Corps

Army Aviation Corps is the aviation branch of the Indian Army. Their inventory consists of helicopters.

School	Location	Note
Basic Flying Training School	Prayagraj	Indian Air Force station
Combat Army Aviation Training School	Nashik	Main training school

Training Command is responsible for training Indian Air Force officers who are trained at Flying Training Establishments. Officers undergo basic Stage-I training at the Air Force Academy and after trifurcating them into Fighter, Transport, and Helicopter streams, they are sent to the respective FTEs for Stage-II and Stage-III training.

School	Station	Level	Stream	Note
Air Force Academy	Dundigal AFS	Stage I		Common to all officers
Air Force School	Kalaikunda AFS	Stage III	Fighter
Fighter Training Wing	Hakimpet AFS	Stage II	Fighter
Helicopter Training School	Hakimpet AFS	Stage II	Helicopter
Hawk Operational Training Squadron	Bidar AFS	Stage III	Fighter
Weapon System Operators' School	Bidar AFS	Stage III	Fighter	Weapon systems officer training
Fixed Wing Training Faculty	Yelahanka AFS	Stage II Stage III	Transport
No. 112 Helicopter Unit, IAF	Yelahanka AFS	Stage III	Helicopter

Indian Naval Air Arm

Indian Naval Air Arm is the naval aviation branch of the Indian Navy. Officers undergo a mandatory Naval Orientation Course at the Indian Naval Academy and take a pre-flying training at School for Naval Airmen and are send to either Air Force Academy or Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi for ab-initio flying training. On completion, they are trifurcated into Fighter, Fixed wing, and Rotary wing streams and send to respective training stations for advanced training and specialization.

School	Location	Stream	Notes
Air Force Academy	Dundigal		Indian Air Force station
Fixed Wing Training Faculty	Yelahanka AFS	Fixed wing	Indian Air Force station
Helicopter Training School	INS Rajali	Rotary wing
INAS 322	INS Garuda	Rotary wing	Operational conversion to multi-engine helicopters
INAS 330	INS Shikra	Rotary wing	Operational conversion to multi-engine helicopters
INAS 333	INS Dega	Rotary wing	Operational conversion to multi-engine helicopters
INAS 336	INS Garuda	Rotary wing	Operational conversion to multi-engine helicopters
INAS 339	INS Hansa	Rotary wing	Operational conversion to multi-engine helicopters
INAS 550	INS Venduruthy	Fixed wing	Dornier Operational Flying Training course
INAS 551	INS Dega	Fighter	Naval Orientation Flying in advanced jet trainer
INAS 300	INS Hansa	Fighter	Operational conversion to MiGs
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi	Fursatganj Airfield
School for Naval Airmen	INS Garuda		Pre-flying training

Indian Coast Guard

School	Location	Stream	Notes
Air Force Academy	Dundigal		Indian Air Force station
Coast Guard Flying Training Squadron	Daman	Fixed wing
Helicopter Training School	INS Rajali	Rotary wing
Indian Coast Guard Academy	Mangaluru		Under construction
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi	Fursatganj Airfield