Discovery Flight Gift Certificate
Discovery Flight Gift Certificate
Give someone the controls. A You Fly LA gift card is a flight lesson they'll actually take: they fly a real airplane over Los Angeles with an instructor beside them, and land with a signed logbook entry. The card arrives by email within minutes, has no blackout dates, and can be used on any flight or simulator session, so they choose the date, the route and the airplane.
Pick The Amount That Matches The Flight
- $189: the 60-minute full-motion simulator experience (no weather, no weight limit)
- $229: the 60-minute discovery flight, the classic first flight
- $299: the Downtown LA discovery flight for two, the most-gifted flight
- $399: the 90-minute Malibu coast flight for two
- $499: the Cirrus SR22 flight for one flyer ($599 with a passenger)
Any amount can be combined with another card or topped up at booking, so a $229 card also works toward a flight for two. Questions? Call or text (818) 330-1318.
How It Works
- Choose the amount and check out. Add the recipient's email and a message at checkout to send it straight to them, or send it to yourself to print or forward.
- They receive the card by email with a code.
- They book their flight online with the code, or call us at (818) 330-1318 and we'll schedule it.
- They fly. You get the photos.
Gift Card Terms
- Delivered by email; no shipping, no fees
- No blackout dates; valid on any You Fly LA product
- Transferable: they can give it to someone else
- Never expires; unused balance stays on the card
- Not redeemable for cash
Questions From Gift-Givers
Can I Choose The Flight For Them?
Yes. Buy the matching amount and write the flight name in the gift message; when they book, the card covers it. If they would rather pick a different flight, the value carries over.
What If They Are Nervous About A Small Airplane?
The simulator card is the answer: an hour in a full-motion simulator with an instructor, no altitude, no weather. Most people who start there book the real flight afterward.
Can They Bring Someone?
On any flight for two, yes: one flies, one rides along. A $299 or $399 card covers it.
Do You Do Physical Gift Certificates?
The email card prints beautifully; if you would like a card handed over in person, call (818) 330-1318 and we will prepare one for pickup at the airport.
The Route
An Hour Over Los Angeles, Landmark By Landmark
Sixty minutes out of Van Nuys Airport: past Universal Studios, the Hollywood Sign and Griffith Observatory, one full circle around Downtown LA, then west along the north side of SoFi Stadium and LAX to the coast, up the shoreline from Venice Beach to Malibu and home over the hills. Your instructor takes off and lands. You fly 50–80% of it.
- About 1 Hour From Van Nuys
- You Fly 50–80%
- From $229 All-In
- No Experience Needed
The San Fernando Valley Over The Wing 01Instructor Takeoff
Van Nuys Airport
Takeoff From Van Nuys
Your instructor handles the takeoff from Van Nuys, one of the busiest general aviation airports anywhere, and explains what is happening the whole way up. Clear of the pattern, you take the controls.
Universal Studios Hollywood From The Air 02You’re Flying
Universal Studios
The Studio Lots From Above
Your first landmark, only a few minutes out. From the air the studio lots are a small city of soundstages and backlots, with the theme park perched on the hill above the freeway.
The Hollywood Sign On Mount Lee 03You’re Flying
Hollywood Sign
Level With The Letters
You fly past the Hollywood Sign close to the height of the letters, a view that belongs to pilots, with the radio tower on the summit and the San Gabriel Mountains beyond.
Griffith Observatory From The Air 04You’re Flying
Griffith Observatory
The White Domes Over The Basin
Griffith Observatory sits on its ridge in Griffith Park with the entire Los Angeles basin spread out behind it, all the way to the ocean on a clear day.
Circling The Downtown Towers 05You’re Flying
Downtown LA
One Full Circle Around The Towers
You come in from the south and fly one complete counterclockwise circle around the Downtown skyline, so the towers pass off your wing from every side with the mountains behind them.
SoFi Stadium From Just North 06You’re Flying
SoFi Stadium
The Stadium Off Your Left Wing
The route passes just north of SoFi Stadium and never crosses over it. The translucent roof of the Rams and Chargers home slides past your left wing.
LAX From The North Side 07You’re Flying
LAX
Airliners On Approach Beside You
Off your left wing, airliners line up on final for LAX, one of the busiest airports on Earth. You stay north of the airport the whole time and never fly over it.
Venice Beach Over The Wing 08You’re Flying
Venice Beach
Turn Right At The Ocean
The boardwalk, the skate park and the wide beach, then a right turn to follow the shoreline north with Santa Monica Bay opening up ahead of you.
Santa Monica Pier From The Air 09You’re Flying
Santa Monica Pier
The Ferris Wheel Below
The pier and its Ferris wheel go by beneath you with surf breaking along the beach, a scene from a hundred films, now seen from your own airplane.
The Malibu Coast At Sunset 10You’re Flying
Malibu
Where The Mountains Meet The Sea
You follow the coast past Pacific Palisades to Malibu, where the Santa Monica Mountains fall straight into the Pacific and Pacific Coast Highway traces the shore.
Back Across The San Fernando Valley 11You’re Flying
Warner Center
Back Over The Hills
A turn north over the Santa Monica Mountains brings you to Warner Center in Woodland Hills, then east across the San Fernando Valley with Van Nuys lined up ahead.
12Instructor Landing
Back At Van Nuys
Your Instructor Lands, Then You Debrief
Bring a pilot logbook and your instructor signs your first entry. Enroll in a course within 24 hours and the full cost of your flight is credited toward your training.
Book This Flight
Typical route, flown without landing anywhere but Van Nuys. Weather and air traffic control set the final path on the day.