Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology
- Total aircraft
- 5
- Single-engine
- 4
- Multi-engine
- 1
- Bases
- 1
Where it flies
- Thiruvananthapuram, KeralaInternational Airport Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Fleet
DGCA lists 5 aircraft — 4 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.
- Cessna 172
- Piper PA-34 Seneca
DGCA approval
- Approval number
- 01/2017
- Valid from
- 23 Mar 2024
- Valid to
- 22 Mar 2029to 2029
- Ownership
- State Government
- Serial in DGCA list
- #34
What the DGCA figures tell you
In its favour
- DGCA approval runs to March 2029, so renewal is not an immediate question.
Check before you commit
- DGCA lists only 5 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- Founded
- 1959
- Run by
- Government of Kerala
- Registered under the Indian Companies Act on 14 July 1959, originally as the Kerala Flying Club.
- The academy describes itself as the only DGCA-approved flying training organisation under the Government of Kerala.
In its favour
- A Government of Kerala institution, registered since 1959, rather than a privately owned company.
- Based at Thiruvananthapuram international airport, which has full instrument approaches and on-field weather reporting.
Check before you commit
- DGCA lists no multi-engine aircraft here, so ask where the multi-engine part of the course is flown.
Weather at these bases
Thiruvananthapuram gets both the southwest monsoon from June to September and the northeast monsoon from October to December, so it has two wet spells a year rather than one. Ask specifically how many flying days are lost across both.