Asia Pacific Flight Training Academy Ltd.
- Total aircraft
- 7
- Single-engine
- 6
- Multi-engine
- 1
- Bases
- 2
Where it flies
- Shamshabad, TelanganaGMR HIAL Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Shamshabad
- Kalaburagi, KarnatakaKalaburagi Airport, Gulbarga, Karnataka
Fleet
DGCA lists 7 aircraft — 6 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.
- Diamond DA-40
- Diamond DA-42
DGCA approval
- Approval number
- 06/2015
- Valid from
- 19 Oct 2022
- Valid to
- 18 Oct 2027to 2027
- Ownership
- Private Ltd.
- Serial in DGCA list
- #4
DGCA remark: Currently, Shamsabad base is non-operational
What the DGCA figures tell you
In its favour
- DGCA approval runs to October 2027, so renewal is not an immediate question.
Check before you commit
- Just one multi-engine aircraft is listed. Every student needs multi-engine hours, so ask how those slots are scheduled and what happens when that one aeroplane is down.
- DGCA attached a remark to this school: Currently, Shamsabad base is non-operational
Every line above restates a figure from DGCA's published documents and says why it matters. Nothing here is our opinion of the school, and none of it measures teaching quality, which no public document reports.
Typical flying weather
Generally fog-free with long flyable seasons, but parts of the south get two wet spells — the southwest monsoon (Jun–Sep) and the northeast monsoon (Oct–Dec).
This is a broad regional pattern, not a forecast. What actually matters is how many days a year this base can fly — ask the school for its weather-cancelled sortie count.
Contact
Model this school's costAircraft-to-student ratio is the single best predictor of finishing on time, but DGCA does not publish student numbers — the fleet shown here is one half of that sum, and only the school can give you the other. Ask how many aircraft are serviceable today. Last transcribed 27 Jul 2026.
Beyond the DGCA list
Researched by us from the school's own site, Wikipedia and official pages, then dated and cited. This is weaker evidence than the DGCA figures above, and it is free editorial work: no school pays to appear here, and nothing in this section affects ordering, filtering or ranking anywhere on the site.
- The academy's site lists three operating locations including Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, and states an unbroken operating record over eleven years.
In its favour
- Offers a wide range of post-CPL courses in-house, including multi-engine instrument rating, instructor ratings, type rating and foreign licence conversion.
- Two bases in different states.
Check before you commit
- The academy's published fleet of six DA40 and one DA42 differs from DGCA's figures above. DGCA is the record; ask them to explain the difference.
Weather at these bases
Shamshabad is on the Deccan plateau with no fog season; Kalaburagi in northern Karnataka is drier still. The June to September monsoon is the main interruption at both.