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Financing a flight training acquisition
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most flight training acquisitions, ranked from public loan records — typical deal about $634K. A lender doing your industry every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
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- 1.62 loans · $34M · Winter Haven, FLFull record →
- 2.15 loans · $14M · Oakdale, MNFull record →
- 3.4 loans · $5M · Atlanta, GAFull record →
- 4.54 loans · $22M · Chubbuck, IDFull record →
- 5.98 loans · $309M · Las Vegas, NVFull record →
8+ funded flight training deals
Real SBA 7(a) acquisitions from public records — see who got funded, for how much, and by which lender. Tap any deal for the full record.
- DroneAviate Solutions LLC in Temecula, CA — $1.5M (2025) · purchase · U.S. Bank, National Association
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 8.56% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $1.1M (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 51 days
- Approved
- 12/17/2024
- First disbursed
- 2/6/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 2
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Flight Training
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.6M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $164K
- Est. cash at closing
- $226K
- Monthly payment
- $18,378
- Annual debt service
- $221K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $276K
Estimates only — not guaranteed accurate. The loan amount, rate,and term come from the public record; the rest assumes the standard 10% buyer injection plus typical guaranty and closing costs. The actual deal's terms and costs likely differed.
Funded by U.S. Bank, National Association · Lender record →
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- Vegas Aviation LLC in North Las Vegas, NV — $1.9M (2024) · purchase · GBank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 9.75% fixed
- Term
- 179 months
- SBA guaranteed
- $1.4M (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 26 days
- Approved
- 11/8/2023
- First disbursed
- 12/4/2023
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 17
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Flight Training
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $2.1M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $214K
- Est. cash at closing
- $295K
- Monthly payment
- $20,473
- Annual debt service
- $246K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $307K
Estimates only — not guaranteed accurate. The loan amount, rate,and term come from the public record; the rest assumes the standard 10% buyer injection plus typical guaranty and closing costs. The actual deal's terms and costs likely differed.
Funded by GBank · Lender record →
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- Reach Education LLC in Eagan, MN — $806K (2024) · purchase · Platinum Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 10.5% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $604K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 9 days
- Approved
- 5/22/2024
- First disbursed
- 5/31/2024
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 4
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Flight Training
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $895K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $90K
- Est. cash at closing
- $123K
- Monthly payment
- $10,869
- Annual debt service
- $130K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $163K
Estimates only — not guaranteed accurate. The loan amount, rate,and term come from the public record; the rest assumes the standard 10% buyer injection plus typical guaranty and closing costs. The actual deal's terms and costs likely differed.
Funded by Platinum Bank · Lender record →
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- Reach Education LLC in Eagan, MN — $100K (2024) · purchase · Platinum Bank
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 10.5% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $50K (50%)
- Approved
- 5/22/2024
- Loan status
- Committed
- Loan type
- Revolving line
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 4
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Flight Training
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $111K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $11K
- Est. cash at closing
- $14K
- Monthly payment
- $1,349
- Annual debt service
- $16K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $20K
Estimates only — not guaranteed accurate. The loan amount, rate,and term come from the public record; the rest assumes the standard 10% buyer injection plus typical guaranty and closing costs. The actual deal's terms and costs likely differed.
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- Aviate LLC in Boise, ID — $535K (2022) · purchase · Idaho Central CU
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 6% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $401K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 0 days
- Approved
- 3/31/2022
- First disbursed
- 3/31/2022
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 4
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Flight Training
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $594K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $59K
- Est. cash at closing
- $80K
- Monthly payment
- $5,940
- Annual debt service
- $71K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $89K
Estimates only — not guaranteed accurate. The loan amount, rate,and term come from the public record; the rest assumes the standard 10% buyer injection plus typical guaranty and closing costs. The actual deal's terms and costs likely differed.
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- Rexair Aviation Hangars LLC in Naples, FL — $3.0M (2021) · purchase · SouthState Bank, National Association
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 6% variable
- Term
- 204 mo (17 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $2.7M (90%)
- Approval → funding
- 9 days
- Approved
- 7/5/2021
- First disbursed
- 7/14/2021
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 6
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Flight Training
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $3.4M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $338K
- Est. cash at closing
- $467K
- Monthly payment
- $23,845
- Annual debt service
- $286K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $358K
Estimates only — not guaranteed accurate. The loan amount, rate,and term come from the public record; the rest assumes the standard 10% buyer injection plus typical guaranty and closing costs. The actual deal's terms and costs likely differed.
Funded by SouthState Bank, National Association · Lender record →
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- Rexair Aviation Hangars LLC in Naples, FL — $100K (2021) · purchase · SouthState Bank, National Association
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 6% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $75K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 6 days
- Approved
- 7/9/2021
- First disbursed
- 7/15/2021
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 6
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Flight Training
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $111K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $11K
- Est. cash at closing
- $14K
- Monthly payment
- $1,110
- Annual debt service
- $13K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $17K
Estimates only — not guaranteed accurate. The loan amount, rate,and term come from the public record; the rest assumes the standard 10% buyer injection plus typical guaranty and closing costs. The actual deal's terms and costs likely differed.
Funded by SouthState Bank, National Association · Lender record →
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- Advance Aviation and Aircraft Rental LLC in Lawrenceville, GA — $301K (2020) · purchase · Georgia Banking Company
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 5.75% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $226K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 57 days
- Approved
- 5/4/2020
- First disbursed
- 6/30/2020
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 7
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Flight Training
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $334K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $33K
- Est. cash at closing
- $45K
- Monthly payment
- $3,303
- Annual debt service
- $40K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $50K
Estimates only — not guaranteed accurate. The loan amount, rate,and term come from the public record; the rest assumes the standard 10% buyer injection plus typical guaranty and closing costs. The actual deal's terms and costs likely differed.
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to flight training businesses. Mega-bank call-center lenders excluded.
Agent summary
How to finance a flight training acquisition with an SBA 7(a) loan: the lenders that fund the most of them (from public records), typical cost, and what it takes to qualify. SouthState Bank, National Association funds the most. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $634K typical loan
- 6 lenders fund the industry
- 26 days typical to fund
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- Data freshness:
- SBA records through 2026-05-31; FDIC through 2026-03-31; page updated 2026-06-16.
- Sources:
- Public SBA 7(a) loan records; FDIC institution data (BankFind); DealRoom lender and franchise enrichment.