About Us

Knoxville Flight Training Center, Inc is located at Knoxville-Downtown Island Home Airport just upstream of downtown Knoxville on the Tennessee River. Island Home is the perfect airport to learn to fly. With a 3,500 foot runway and non-precision instrument approaches, Island Home Airport offers students the chance to learn in a way that will help pilots be comfortable flying into non-towered airports.

"This adventure started many years ago in the seventh grade when my 7th grade History teacher, Mr. Hubert Terry, told the class about the time he took flight lessons. Now many years later, I hope I can be an influence for someone else like he was for me." - Brandon Hughett

Brandon Hughett is owner/operator of Knoxville Flight Training Center, LLC.
He is also owner/founder of Hughett Aviation, LLC which is an aircraft brokering company based in Robbins, Tennessee. He serves as president at Knoxville Flight Training Center, LLC and was the first appointed Tennessee FAASTeam Safety Representative by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Brandon's aviation background includes scheduled airline service, corporate flight operations, aircraft ownership for over 5 years, FBO management, flight school management, and aircraft brokering & acquisition services. Brandon has over 4,000 flight hours and over 10,000 takeoffs & landings in over 40 different models of aircraft. His pilot credentials include: Airline Transport Pilot Multi-Engine, Certified Flight Instructor, Commercial Pilot Single-Engine & Glider, and Advanced Ground Instructor. He also holds a Pilot Proficency Certificate from SimCom Training Centers for the King Air 90 and 200 which are turbo-prop aircraft that he regularly flies. Brandon also holds an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Contemporary Management from Roane State Community College, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Organizational Management from Tusculum Collge, and a Masters of Entrepreneurship Degree from Western Carolina University.