Let CCBC Catonsville take you through your pilot certificates and ratings with quality ground school training!

Hundreds of pilots in the Baltimore area have attended ground school courses at CCBC and many come back for refresher training. Our ground schools are taught in multi-media classrooms and offer online assignments and resources to reinforce learning.

CCBC offers complete ground school training taught by instructors who have thousands of hours of actual flying and instructional experience. They will share their knowledge with you, citing real examples, not just textbook and video instruction. CCBC employs the FAA Industry Training Standards (FITS) program in all ground schools.

CCBC is an authorized Lasergrade FAA Testing Center.   When your ground school training is complete, you may take the FAA knowledge (written) test at a discounted rate.

Much more than just test preparation...

We will teach you more than just how to pass the FAA knowledge test. To be a safe and competent pilot, you will need a complete understanding of FAA regulations, airspace, communications, and flight operations procedures. Simply knowing the information needed to pass the knowledge exam is not enough to be a safe pilot!

Ground school courses offered at CCBC: Private, Instrument, and Commercial are FAA approved and fully accredited. You may even earn college credits while completing your ground training!

Courses may be taken on a credit or non-credit (audit) basis

Private Pilot Ground School

The private pilot ground school provides complete ground instruction required for the private pilot certificate. The private pilot ground school, designated AVMT 141, meets Wednesday or Thursday nights (2 sections) during the fall and spring semesters and Tuesday nights during the summer (3 credits, 45 hours of classroom instruction). This course covers aerodynamics, aircraft systems, flight theory, navigation, meteorology, safety, aircraft loading/weight & balance, aircraft performance, and physiology. Students completing AVMT 141 will have also completed the FAA private pilot aeronautical knowledge requirements and will receive an endorsement to take the FAA private pilot knowledge (written) test.

Instrument Pilot Ground School

The instrument pilot ground school provides students with the aeronautical knowledge required by FAA regulations for the instrument rating. Students completing this course will receive an endorsement to take the FAA instrument pilot knowledge exam. The instrument pilot ground school, designated AVMT 241, meets Tuesday nights during the fall and spring semesters (4 credits, 60 hours of classroom instruction).

AVMT 241 provides an indepth focus of flight by reference to instruments, the airway system, the air traffic control system, nav-aids, airborne navigation systems, IFR navigation, safety, IFR communications, regulations, meteorology, and terminal operations. 

Commercial Pilot Ground School

The commercial pilot ground school provides students with the aeronautical knowledge required by FAA regulations for the commercial pilot certificate. Students completing this course will receive an endorsement to take the FAA commercial pilot written exam. The commercial pilot ground school, designated AVMT 246 meets Tuesday nights during the fall semester (4 credits, 60 hours of classroom instruction).

AVMT 246 provides studies in advanced aerodynamics, advanced aircraft systems, operation of high performance aircraft, (turbine & piston) weather radar and thunderstorm avoidance equipment, flight physiology, safety, meteorology, commercial pilot regulations, commercial pilot maneuvers, and crew resource management (CRM).