Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology

Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology has trained pilots and aviation maintenance technicians in Tulsa, Oklahoma since 1928. The school says it has trained over 100,000 pilots and technicians, with students from across the United States and over 40 countries.

The Tulsa campus delivers FAA Part 141 flight training through an Aviation Flight Associate of Applied Science degree, which qualifies graduates for the restricted ATP certificate at 1,250 flight hours instead of the standard 1,500, a meaningful head start toward an airline First Officer seat. Students train on a fleet of about 45 aircraft, including Cessna 152s and 172s, Piper Archers and Piper Seminole twins, supported by a full motion Redbird training device and Frasca simulators. Spartan also teaches aviation maintenance and electronics, and offers a Bachelor of Science in Technology Management.

Spartan is accredited by ACCSC. It is a partner school of the American Airlines Cadet Academy but says it is not currently enrolling Cadet Academy cadets. Flight training runs at Tulsa Riverside Airport, a tower controlled airport with two runways and instrument approaches. The college is owned and operated by Spartan Education Group and also has campuses in Denver, Los Angeles and the Inland Empire.