Banasthali Vidyapith Gliding & Flying Club
- Total aircraft
- 4
- Single-engine
- 4
- Multi-engine
- 0
- Bases
- 1
Where it flies
- Banasthali, RajasthanBanasthali Aerodrome, Dist. Tonk, Rajasthan - 304022
Fleet
DGCA lists 4 aircraft — 4 single-engine and 0 multi-engine.
- Cessna 152
- Cessna 172
- Hansa-3
DGCA approval
- Approval number
- 15/2016
- Valid from
- 20 Jun 2023
- Valid to
- 19 Jun 2028to 2028
- Ownership
- Society
- Serial in DGCA list
- #8
DGCA remark: Currently non-operational since 15.06.2025.Para 17.4 of CAR Section 7 Series D Part I refers.
What the DGCA figures tell you
In its favour
- DGCA approval runs to June 2028, so renewal is not an immediate question.
Check before you commit
- DGCA lists only 4 aircraft. A small fleet means one grounded aeroplane is a large share of the line, so ask how many are serviceable today and how many students are sharing them.
- No multi-engine aircraft appears in DGCA's list for this school. A CPL needs multi-engine time, so ask where that part of the course is flown and whether it costs extra.
- A single flying base, so there is no alternate airfield when it is weather-bound or the runway is closed. Ask what happens to your schedule then.
- The nearest weather station is not the airfield itself for at least one base, so live reports are an approximation of what you would actually be flying in.
- DGCA attached a remark to this school: Currently non-operational since 15.06.2025.Para 17.4 of CAR Section 7 Series D Part I refers.
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
Dense winter fog (Dec–Jan) can ground flying for days at a time, and the southwest monsoon runs Jul–Sep. Summer heat pushes density altitude up, which cuts useful load.
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.
Check before you commit
- The club's website could not be loaded securely when checked, because its certificate had expired.
Weather at these bases
Banasthali is in eastern Rajasthan, a dry region where weather-related cancellations are comparatively few outside the short monsoon, though summer heat raises density altitude.