Live · 70,892 CFIs
Certified Flight Instructors.
Every active CFI / CFII / MEI / Sport / Glider / Helicopter / Powered-Lift / Gyroplane flight instructor in the United States. Sourced directly from the FAA Releasable Airmen Database — refreshed monthly with the agency's own publication cadence. Browse by state below. Per-individual profile pages coming soon.
Don't see who you're looking for?
Airmen who opted out of address release on the FAA bulk DB don't appear here. Their record still exists on the FAA's per-individual lookup tool — search by name or cert number directly.
Highest-density states
Browse by state.
Each state page lists every active CFI in that state — full name, city, certificate level, ratings, and CFI expiration. Filter by rating type and search by name. Updated with the FAA's monthly refresh.
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By rating · top 8
- CFII · Airplane Instrument 51,688
- CFI · Single & Multi-Engine Airplane 34,130
- CFI · Single-Engine Airplane 29,109
- CFI · Helicopter 7,150
- CFII · Helicopter Instrument 3,322
- MEI · Multi-Engine Airplane 2,269
- CFI · Glider 1,972
- CFII · Instrument 1,695
Most CFIs hold multiple ratings — totals exceed total CFI count.
Pilot certificate level
- ATP 39,060
- Commercial 18,955
- T 64
- Private 54
- Student 1
CFIs may hold a Commercial or ATP certificate at the pilot-cert level — the rating shown is the highest pilot-level cert on file.
Medical certificate
- Class 1 39,328
- Class 2 13,069
- Class 3 4,525
About this directory.
Source
FAA Releasable Airmen Database — the same monthly bulk download the agency publishes for any researcher / member of the public. Filtered to airmen with an active Flight Instructor certificate.
Address-opt-out gap
The FAA Releasable Airmen Database excludes airmen who opted out of address release — they're omitted entirely from the bulk download, even though they remain visible on the FAA's per-individual Airmen Inquiry tool (with the address line redacted). A meaningful fraction of active CFIs use this opt-out, so they aren't surfaced here. That's a known gap we'll close via the per-person inquiry endpoint in a follow-up.
Authority
CFIs are governed under 14 CFR 61 Subpart H. Privileges, eligibility, and renewal cadence flow from there. Each rating in the table is an FAA-issued endorsement on the underlying flight-instructor certificate.
Per-individual profile pages with a takedown / opt-out mechanism for designees who request name suppression coming soon.