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NorthwindAviation Academy Discovery flight

Campus and base

Two sites, one academy. Classrooms and simulators in Ikoyi; aircraft, hangar and hostel at our base on an airfield in Ogun State.

Our two sites

Ikoyi

Ground school and simulators

7 Bourdillon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos (example address). Four classrooms, a library with charts and manuals, two simulators on backup power, and a quiet study room open until 8pm on weekdays.

Classrooms

Twenty four seats each, projectors, and recorded lessons for revision.

Simulator suite

Bookable from 7am to 9pm, seven days, through the student portal.

The base

Aircraft, hangar and hostel

Training base: Northwind hangar, airfield road, Ogun State (example address). A 1,400 metre runway, our hangar and engineering bay, a clubhouse, and a 40 bed hostel for full time flying students.

Fuel farm

A month of fuel stored on site, checked daily.

Academy bus

Ikoyi 5.30am, base 7am, back in Ikoyi by 2pm. Second bus on weekends.

Getting between the two

IkoyiThe baseLagoon

Drawn map, not to scale. Example locations.

  • About 75 minutes by bus at 5.30am, and up to three hours in the afternoon rush, which is why we fly mornings.
  • Bus seats are booked with your lesson. If you drive, there is free parking at both sites.
  • The bus carries a first aid kit, water and a driver trained in defensive driving.
A young woman pilot seen from behind in the cockpit

Living at the base

Full time flying students can stay at the base hostel during flying phases. Rooms are shared by two, with air conditioning, a desk each and solar backed lighting.

Meals are cooked on site: breakfast before the first wave, lunch after debriefs, and dinner at 7pm. Example rate ₦180,000 a month, meals and the bus included.

Around the airfield

Questions people ask

Can parents visit?

Yes, by arrangement on weekends. The clubhouse has a viewing area by the runway.

Is the hostel mixed?

Rooms are single sex, on separate floors, with a resident warden.

Come and see both sites.

Open mornings run on the first Saturday of every month: Ikoyi at 9am, then the bus to the base.