Tennessee Pilot Camp — Crossville Memorial Airport

This is one of the more unusual STEM offerings for Nashville-area teens — a genuine, FAA-certified flight training week held at Crossville Memorial Airport. Campers aged 13–18 get actual time in the cockpit: up to two hours of real flight instruction in an airplane and one hour in a flight simulator. Ground school rounds out the week, and the program includes camp apparel. This is hands-on aviation education, not just theory. The camp runs June 15–19, 2026, at $1,299 for the week. Crossville is a drive from Nashville, so families should plan for lodging. It's a meaningful investment, but few teen programs anywhere can offer this combination of actual flight hours and FAA-certified instruction. For a teen who's captivated by flight or dreaming about aviation, this is the kind of immersive, real-world experience that's genuinely difficult to find. As a specialized aviation program, it stands apart from most summer STEM camps in the region — parents looking for comparable hands-on aviation options will find very few alternatives.