Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
LECU · LEMU · LEZL
European Flyers
- ATO E-ATO-228 · AESA (Spain)Verified
- ATO E-ATO-185 · AESA (Spain) — Aerotec Escuela de PilotosVerified
Spanish school training aeroplane, helicopter and drone pilots at Madrid-Cuatro Vientos and Mutxamel (Alicante), and since 2025 in Seville through its subsidiary Aerotec. It publishes itemised prices for its integrated ATPL and modular courses, and offers ATPL training alongside a degree at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
ICAO
LECU
Runway
09/27
Length
1,500 m
Elevation
2269 ft
- Roots since
- 1991
- Programmes
- 9
- From
- €2k
Overview
Regulatory approval
ATO E-ATO-228
ATO E-ATO-185
AESA (Spain), AESA (Spain) — Aerotec Escuela de Pilotos — EASA Part-FCL
Information completeness
92%
11 of 12 topics documented
Verification coverage
14%
4 verified · 21 school · 3 unconfirmed
Student review score
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President
Luis Miñano San Valero
Director General
Luis Miñano Gómez
Ownership & campus
Private company controlled by the Miñano family; investment vehicles Zamit Capital and Inversiones Torre Llusá became minority shareholders in 2025, according to press. Aerotec Escuela de Pilotos is a wholly owned subsidiary.
In numbers
Who says what. Where sources disagree we show each figure side by side.
Group with Aerotec
50 aircraft, 14 simulators, about 200 staff
School pages give 30+ aircraft and 15 simulators.
Employment claim
90%+ of ATPL graduates in work within a year
No methodology published.
Training programmes
9 programmes documented from the school's own pages.
Commercial Airline Pilot ATPL(A)
- 1ATPL theory, part 1Phase 1Seven subjects with internal exams before the AESA exams
- 2ATPL theory, part 2Phase 2The remaining subjects plus the KSA module
- 3Flight and simulator trainingFlight160 h on the Cessna 172 G1000 and 20 h on the Diamond DA42 NG
- 4MCC APSFinal40 h in an A320 simulator
You finish with
- EASA CPL(A) with ME/IR
- ATPL theory credit (frozen ATPL)
- MCC APS certificate
Training covers
- SEP
- MEP
- IR
- MCC APS
Exams: Internal exams, then AESA theory exams and skill tests.
Timetable: In person, morning or afternoon shift; breaks only at Christmas and Easter.
Entry requirements
- Education
- Secondary-school diploma or equivalent, or pass the school's maths and physics test
- Medical
- EASA Class 1
- English
- B2; written and oral entry test
Published start dates
- 25 Jan 2027Next intake
- 26 Apr 2027
Taught at Madrid, Alicante and Seville; the published intakes do not say at which base. The FAQ gives 20–24 months. At least 950 h of classroom theory.
School's pageAircraft fleet
- Tecnam P2010 TDI1
Single engine · 4 seats · First of 12 ordered in 2026, as reported by press
- Single engine 1
- Multi engine 0
Cessna
172 NAV III (G1000)
4 seats · Main trainer on the course pages
Diamond
DA40-180
4 seats
Piper
PA-28 Arrow
4 seats
Tecnam
P2008
2 seats
Tecnam
P-Mentor
2 seats
Tecnam
P2010 TDI
4 seats · First of 12 ordered in 2026, as reported by press
Diamond
DA42 NG
4 seats
Piper
PA-34 Seneca
6 seats
Tecnam
P2006T MkII
4 seats
Airbus Helicopters
EC135
Robinson
R44
4 seats
Robinson
R22
2 seats
Simulators
Airbus A320 FNPT II MCC · Alsim DA42 FNPT II · Alsim Cessna 172 G1000 FNPT I · Garmin G1000 trainer · EC135 FNPT II MCC (helicopter) · ALSIM Airliner FNPT II MCC and ALSIM ALX (ordered 2026)
Airfield & campus
Runway data from OurAirports — unconfirmed until checked against the national AIP.
Madrid-Cuatro Vientos Airport
Head office and main base: classrooms, simulators, hangars, aeroplane and helicopter training
- ICAO
- LECU
- Elevation
- 2269 ft
- Runway
- 09/27
- Length × width
- 1,500 × 30 m
- Surface
- Asphalt
- Runway
- 09L/27R
- Length × width
- 822 × 45 m
- Surface
- Grass
- Runway
- H1/
- Length × width
- 40 × 30 m
- Surface
- Asphalt
Muchamiel Airfield
Mutxamel aerodrome (Alicante): classrooms, simulators, hangar, aeroplane and helicopter training
- ICAO
- LEMU
- Elevation
- 427 ft
- Runway
- 12/30
- Length × width
- 1,000 × 23 m
- Surface
- Asphalt
Seville Airport
Seville (San Pablo): base acquired with Aerotec, listed under Aerotec's own ATO
- ICAO
- LEZL
- Elevation
- 112 ft
- Runway
- 09/27
- Length × width
- 3,362 × 45 m
- Surface
- Asphalt
Cuatro Vientos
Classrooms, FNPT II simulators, hangars, student area
Mutxamel
Two classrooms, operations and briefing rooms, 1,000 m² hangar, simulator rooms
Seville
Old terminal building at San Pablo airport
Student accommodation on campus
Not run by the school: it points students to partner residences, from about €900 a month in Madrid and Seville. Alicante options are not named.
Aeródromo de Madrid-Cuatro Vientos, Ctra. de la Fortuna s/n, Sector C, 28054 Madrid, Spain
Costs & financing
Published starting investment
From €1,700
UPRT course. Integrated ATPL €85,500; PPL from €12,000.
Not published — ask in writing
- Exact programme price
- Accommodation and meals
- Exam and licence fees
- Extra flying hours
- Resits and retests
- Payment schedule and refunds
Financing: Bank loans through Ibercaja and CaixaBank, which the school introduces; it says loans usually cover 50–60% of the cost.
Airline connections
Formal: announced by the airline or Airbus. Reported: terms unknown. No school can guarantee a job.
Air Europa Express
2024
Press reports the airline held a pilot selection day at Cuatro Vientos for students and graduates. No job guarantee stated; not confirmed from the airline.
Swiftair
Logo on the school's homepage only; no agreement described.
History
Every milestone with its own source and status.
1991
Origins at Cuatro Vientos
Training starts in Madrid under the name Gestair Flying Academy.
School reportedEuropean Flyers2015
Miñano takes over
Luis Miñano buys the successor school and builds the European Flyers brand alongside his helicopter school.
UnconfirmedAlicante Plaza · Alicante PlazaJan 2018
UPM agreement
Teaching collaboration agreement signed with the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
VerifiedUPMMar 2023
Helicopter school merged in
European Flyers absorbs Intercopters Formación, the owner's original helicopter school; the two had been separate ATOs.
UnconfirmedAlicante Plaza · Alicante PlazaApr 2025
Aerotec acquisition
Agreement to take over Aerotec, adding the Seville base; new investors join.
UnconfirmedForbes España · Alicante PlazaOct 2025
Record intake
More than 160 new aeroplane and helicopter students start the 2025–26 year.
UnconfirmedAlicante PlazaApr 2026
Tecnam order
Order for 12 Tecnam P2010 TDI aircraft.
UnconfirmedAFMJun 2026
New simulators
ALSIM Airliner and ALX simulators ordered for Madrid and Alicante.
VerifiedALSIM
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Things that don't line up
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ATPL flight hours
The course is called 160 h in places and 180 h in others; the breakdown (160 h single-engine + 20 h twin) adds up to 180 h.
Fleet size
The ATPL page says 18+ aircraft, the company page 30+, and press 50 for the group including Aerotec.
Fleet page
Every aeroplane is labelled twin-engine, including single-engine types; the Cessna 172 used on most courses is not listed.
University status
Press calls the school attached to UPM; UPM's own document describes a collaboration agreement only.
Seville
The website offers courses in Seville, but AESA lists the San Pablo base under Aerotec's ATO (E-ATO-185), not European Flyers' (E-ATO-228).
Other bases
Press mentions a base at Casarrubios del Monte (Toledo); the school's website and AESA do not.
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29 sources
Last checked 1 Nov 2026. Something wrong or out of date?
- 01European Flyers — official websiteschool website
- 02European Flyers — Commercial Airline Pilot ATPL(A)school website
- 03European Flyers — Fleetschool website
- 04European Flyers — About usschool website
- 05European Flyers — Degree in Air Transport Management and Operationsschool website
- 06European Flyers — Madrid baseschool website
- 07European Flyers — Alicante baseschool website
- 08European Flyers — Seville baseschool website
- 09European Flyers — PPL(A)school website
- 10European Flyers — CPL(A)school website
- 11European Flyers — ME/IRschool website
- 12European Flyers — FI(A)school website
- 13European Flyers — MCC APSschool website
- 14European Flyers — ATPL theoryschool website
- 15European Flyers — UPRTschool website
- 16European Flyers — Student accommodationschool website
- 17European Flyers — Financingschool website
- 18European Flyers — Contactschool website
- 19AESA — Approved Training Organisations (ATO) listregulator · 2026-10
- 20UPM — Collaboration agreements with European Flyerspartner announcement · 2018-06
- 21Alicante Plaza — Miñano unifies his pilot training companiespress · 2023-04-05
- 22Alicante Plaza — Miñano completes the mergerpress · 2023-04-19
- 23Forbes España — European Flyers acquires Aerotecpress · 2025-04-07
- 24Alicante Plaza — Aerotec integration completedpress · 2026-09-27
- 25Alicante Plaza — 2025–26 academic year opens at Mutxamelpress · 2025-10-24
- 26AFM — European Flyers signs Tecnam fleet orderpress · 2026-04-28
- 27AFM — First Tecnam P2010 TDI deliveredpress · 2026-09-02
- 28ALSIM — European Flyers adds the ALSIM Airlinerpartner announcement · 2026-06-09
- 29Moncloa.com — Air Europa Express and European Flyerspress · 2024-07-16
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