Achieve Your Aviation Dreams!

Private. IFR. Business. Commercial. Career.

Whether you are a first-time student, are looking to fly long distances for pleasure or business, or want to build the necessary foundation for an aviation career, Clear2Aviate provides you with the knowledge, skills, insight and real-world experience specific to meet your aviation goals.

Clear2Aviate is a mid-Michigan company; our office and aircraft are based in Ionia, Michigan, where our students arrive from across the state and the Midwest for primary, advanced and complex aircraft training.

We are educators first and foremost, and from that foundation have built powerful, organized and trackable training programs for our students while having the flexibility to adapt to your particular style of learning in order to safely and effectively prepare you as a pilot.

Choose Your Aviation Adventure!

Learn more about our education programs and how to get started:

Discovery Flight

Book a one-hour experience, taking your first step into the world of aviation!

Private Pilot Training

Whether for pleasure, for business or planning for a future career, your path to becoming a pilot starts here!

Accelerated IFR Instrument Training

Join our 10-day program where we provide you the skills needed to obtain your hard-earned instrument rating.

Commercial Training

Acquire the skills, knowledge and commercial certificate, laying the foundation for your aviation career.

CFI Training

Have a passion for aviation and teaching? Clear2Aviate can guide you to becoming a CFI or CFII instructor!

Safety, Redundancy and Applicability

Our aircraft fleet for training and rental includes two Piper Archers and one Piper Arrow, all IFR certified and integrated with state-of-the-art avionics to provide a reliable, safe and technologically relevant aircraft to meet your latest flight demands.

When Time, Budget or Weather Is a Factor

Clear2Aviate also offers an on-site Advanced Aviation Training Device simulator. Train with an instructor or use it on your own, 24/7, to log the hours needed to stay current.

Our Success Stories

  • "Clear2Aviate’s 10-day program is challenging, but incredibly worth it. At first, I was worried that I would never understand everything in such a short amount of time. However, the check ride (Day 11) felt like a breeze. If I had to, I would do the 10-day course again in a heartbeat!"

    Morgan

  • "Brad knows how to focus a pilot on what they need to do to meet their objectives. His early belief in my ability to learn new IFR skills on a condensed timeline helped me to eventually see that it was not only possible, but that it could be done with confidence and skill."

    Justin

  • "As a 10-day instrument student, I was intimidated by the prospect of taking my IFR check ride so soon after my very first IFR lesson. Brad was easy going yet well organized, and able to quickly adapt the lessons to suit my needs. I always felt like his #1 priority, right through Day 10 when I passed my check ride."

    Matt

  • After getting my private pilot license, I was looking to do more trips with my family and overall be a safer pilot. The safety factor was really the 'it' for me to do Clear2Aviate's IFR program. Brad was more challenging than my check-ride DPE, but that's actually good! That's how it should be! I was prepared and had fun doing it.

    Austin

  • Matthew

    I came to Clear2Aviate looking for more structure and stability in my flight training. Before choosing Clear2Aviate I had been moved from one instructor to the next at other programs and sometimes it felt like I was starting a certificate over again or moving backwards attempting to accomplish goals. Clear2Aviate has been my final destination to progress through the certificate levels and I have been flying with the same great instructors regularly. A cohesive and stable environment let me focus on learning and advancement.

    Matthew

Build your pilot skills and start today!