SVKM NMIMS Academy of Aviation
- Total aircraft
- 6
- Single-engine
- 5
- Multi-engine
- 1
- Bases
- 1
Where it flies
- Shirpur, MaharashtraShirpur Airstrip, Dist. Dhule , Maharashtra-425405
Fleet
DGCA lists 6 aircraft — 5 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.
- Cessna 172
- Tecnam P2006T
DGCA approval
- Approval number
- 14/2016
- Valid from
- 27 Aug 2022
- Valid to
- 26 Aug 2027to 2027
- Ownership
- Private Ltd.
- Serial in DGCA list
- #38
What the DGCA figures tell you
In its favour
- DGCA approval runs to August 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.
- 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.
- No base here has a nearby station reporting METAR, so live conditions cannot be checked from outside. Ask the school for its weather-cancelled sortie count instead.
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
The southwest monsoon (Jun–Sep) is the main disruption; the rest of the year is largely stable and flyable, which is why several of the largest FTOs are based here.
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.
- Run by
- Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM), through NMIMS Deemed-to-be University
- Ground school
- Runs its own ground school
- This is one of the few routes in the directory where flying training sits inside a degree-granting institution.
In its favour
- Run by a deemed university, so flying training sits inside a degree-granting institution rather than a standalone company.
- The flying club is operated in-house by the university rather than subcontracted.
Check before you commit
- DGCA lists no multi-engine aircraft at Shirpur, so ask where the multi-engine part of the CPL is flown.
- A single base. Confirm what happens to your schedule when Shirpur is weather-bound.
Weather at these bases
Shirpur is inland in northern Maharashtra, outside the winter fog belt, with the June to September monsoon as the main interruption.