The South African flight Training Academy (SAFTA) is a professional pilot training company offering levels of service and a standard of training Norse Air Metro 23 ZS-PBIas can be expected at any of the top training facilities in Europe, Australia and the USA, but at South African prices!
SAFTA originated out of a requirement for two of our affiliate charter and contracts companies, Strato Air Services and Norse Air Charter, to have their own aviation training organisation. As the official ATO to both of these companies, SAFTA is not only an ab-initio training academy, but also offers advanced training and flight and ground recurrency courses.
SAFTA has concentrated its operations away from the more attractive South African coastal airports for one very important reason, WEATHER!! Students at facilities along the South African coast lose up to half the year's training days due to bad weather, but not at SAFTA. That is why we can offer a 10 to 12 month professional pilot ab-intio course.
Based at Rand airport near Johannesburg, South Africa, we are ideally situated to maximise training and to get our students to their end goal in the shortest possible time, and that is to be earning a living as professional pilots.Seneca I ZS-OHU
SAFTA utilises a fleet of C152's, C172's as primary trainers, and Piper Seneca's as our multiengine trainers. We also have Simuflight full visual three-channel simulators for advanced training.
Besides offering training to ab-initio students, SAFTA also offers flight and ground recurrency training to Part 135 and Part 121 commercial pilots, including CRM, DG, SEPT, RVSM, TCAS and English language proficiency testing.
We have an on site SACAA approved PPL testing centre at Rand Airport.
crew_house_200_1.jpgWe have up-market accommodation available for our full-time students near Rand Airport. All of our residential, company-owned guest houses have swimming pools and are fully staffed with housekeepers. We also provide an on-demand shuttle service between the airport and the guest houses, as well as to the local shopping centres.
From the day you walk through our doors, you are not simply a new
We look forward to your joining the SAFTA family in the very near future!

Address:Hangar 2, Rand Airport, Johannesburg, 1419, South Africa
Phone:+27118274128
Fax:+27118273426

South African Flight Training Academy