Top 35 Pilot Influencers in 2026

1. Tewodros Solomon

Bio A350 Captain /Mentor/Inspiring and Motivating Future Aviators 👩‍✈️👨‍✈️
Sharing Aviation stories around 🌎 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @captain_tewodros Instagram Followers 765.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact Request 887 Pilot Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Ryan Tseko

Bio Pilot ✈️ | Real Estate
$5B+ AUM @CardoneCapital
Helping people own what others rent *****@cardonecapital.com Instagram Handle @ryantseko Instagram Followers 369.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Pete Hutchison

Bio ✈️ Ex-commercial and military Irish pilot 🇮🇪☘️
Spent 40 years in the skies but I did occasionally land ☁️ 🌌
Enquiries: *****@yahoo.com Instagram Handle @petetheirishpilot Instagram Followers 265.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Obet Mazinyi

Bio I fly, I educate, I share.Made in Zimbabwe. Cathay Pacific airways B747-400/-8 Examiner- YouTube: Pilot_obet Instagram Handle @pilot_obet Instagram Followers 194.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. John Robert Nelson

Bio CHO (Chief Hype Officer👨‍✈️😫)
Stepdad of 2 @jaj_nelson
Inspire kindness
*****@gmail.com
My Airplane-Lucy <3 Instagram Handle @its.pilotjohn Instagram Followers 193.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

6. Nic Silva

Bio 🇺🇸/🇧🇷
Commercial Pilot / Flight Instructor
🎥 Content Creator ✈️
FLL, FL *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @pilotnics Instagram Followers 190.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

7. Samanta Chan

Bio “ Life is short, eat the cake.”
👩🏻‍✈️ | Captain A320 family
✂️ | Fashion designer
👧🏻 | Mom
Member @aviadorasoficial @intlwomenairlinepilots Instagram Handle @samantachan4 Instagram Followers 139.5K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Micah Wade

Bio ✈︎ Co-founder: @takeoffhydration
✈︎ Collabs: *****@gmail.com
✈︎Travel, Aviation, Fitness
✈︎ Corporate Pilot: Miami, FL Instagram Handle @pilotmicah Instagram Followers 129.3K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

9. Peter Cappio

Bio ✝️ Faith 💪🏻Fitness ✈️ Flying
📧 *****@undercurrent.net
⬇️ Want to Become an Airline Pilot Instagram Handle @pilotpete.fly Instagram Followers 120.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Male youtube.com/@pilotpetefly + Follow Get Email Contact

10. Raja Katz

Bio Women in aviation 👩‍✈️✈️ | @elevateheraviation Germany Lead
Business inquiries: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @raja_in_the_sky Instagram Followers 110K Follower Growth (3mo) +17% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Ariel Marie Johnson

Bio be the good you wish to see in the world Instagram Handle @whiskeyflys Instagram Followers 103.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Kaity McKee

Bio ✈️Professional Pilot
🩵Helping the Aviation Community
💍 @the_matthew_mckee
⬇️How I did zero-ATP for under $35,000⬇️ Instagram Handle @pilotkaity Instagram Followers 80.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Gary Baumgardner

Bio 777 Airline Pilot
News Pundit and Host of The Garybpilot Show *****@garybpilot.com Instagram Handle @garybpilot Instagram Followers 75.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

14. Alexey Kosinskiy

Bio ✈️ Aviation stories, humor & lifestyle
🎬 Creating content pilots relate to
🛩️ Founder of @thedustyflyer
📍 Miami, Florida Instagram Handle @pilots_way Instagram Followers 72.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. David Shapiro

Bio 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐨
Aviator • Automotive Marketing • Fitness
@lukasanddavid 💍 11/21/25
@steelsupplements CODE: PILOTSHAPIRO
Links ↓ *****@icloud.com Instagram Handle @pilotshapiro Instagram Followers 63.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +15% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

16. Kristin van der Kloot

Bio Pilot • Amateur adventurer • Avid coffee drinker
1953 Cessna 170B
Regional Sales Director | New England @cirrusaircraft Instagram Handle @klootyintheclouds Instagram Followers 49.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Jack Ryan

Bio San Diego ✈
3rd Generation Pilot
Aviation, Fitness & the Outdoors partnerships: *****@palettemgmt.com Instagram Handle @pilotjackryan Instagram Followers 49.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +17% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

18. Chris Kunkle

Bio 📍CA | Girl Dad | Pilot | Photographer | Fitness | Adventurer
@centralcoastjetcenter *****@rocketmail.com Instagram Handle @chris_kunk Instagram Followers 43.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

19. Loren Hough

Bio a220 pilot Instagram Handle @pilotloren Instagram Followers 36.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Tommy Suell

Bio B-737 Captain. Savage Aviation Director of Ops. Aerobatic and Reno Air Race Pilot. Retired Formula Drift Driver.JZX100/AE86 🇺🇸🇹🇭🇯🇵Check youtube! *****@hotmail.com Instagram Handle @planejunkies Instagram Followers 34.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

21. Piotr Ostrzycki

Bio ✈️ Airline Pilot | Cockpit views& photography 📸
🛩️ Airbus instructor 📖
📈 I help people on their way to become 🧑‍✈️
🌍 Traveller - 6️⃣4️⃣🏞️ Instagram Handle @peterpajlot Instagram Followers 30.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

22. Jennifer Yhaye

Bio Pilote de ligne • Oratrice • Mentore👩🏾‍✈️🇨🇮 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jenniferyhaye Instagram Followers 16.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Michelle Mason

Bio ✈🌛Private Pilot. C-150 Owner. UCSB Geology.
Cessna 150 Restoration —> @creampuff2.o *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @littlemitchel Instagram Followers 14.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Alan Kessler Marcos

Bio Don’t let your dreams just be dreams === ✈
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🛫 Emb110 / Emb500 / Emb505 / CE-680
🗣 🇧🇷 🇺🇸 🇪🇸
📍 Boston, MA Instagram Handle @pilotalan.br Instagram Followers 11.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

25. Samantha John

Bio I fly small planes.
💍 @davidchong96
✈️ @gamebirdaerobatics.my
🎤 @wearegenesis.co *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @sammyypanda Instagram Followers 10.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Louis

Bio ✈️ 𝙅𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙤 𝙅𝙚𝙩 𝙋𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙩 | 𝙐𝙇𝙈 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 & 𝙀𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙧
📈 Rated on 747, 737, SEP & ULM
🔑 Airplane owner OO-H94
🗣️ EN | FR | NL Instagram Handle @louisthepilot Instagram Followers 8.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

27. Jordon Gyapong

Bio New Yorker 🗽 turned Mid-Western Aviator🌾
Airline Pilot CFI/ CFII/ MEI ✈️
An occasional foodie, audiophile, and history buff 🖖 *****@und.edu Instagram Handle @pilot.jordon Instagram Followers 2.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

28. Fernando Contreras

Bio Original Fitaviatorsclub page now changed to @captaincontreras *****@fitaviatorsclub.com Instagram Handle @fitaviatorsclub Instagram Followers 7 Follower Growth (3mo) +40% Type Nano Gender Male fitaviatorsclub.com/podcast + Follow Get Email Contact

29. Kenny Card

Bio 🔸Air Line Capt @DELTA🔺
🔸Retired USAF Special Operations
🔸@FAMU_1887 Grad 👨🏾‍🎓
🔸ATL 🏠 / Secondary Page👉🏽 @_delta_one *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kennyonline Instagram Followers 112.2K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

30. Felix Gottwald

Bio 👨🏻‍✈️ Lufthansa 747-400 and 747-8 Pilot
🌍 Flying the world, sharing the skies
✈️ POV | Cockpit | Flying | Crew life
📸 Pro Aviation Photographer *****@felixgottwald.net Instagram Handle @felixgottwald Instagram Followers 27K Follower Growth (3mo) +18% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

31. Zak Khogyani

Bio “A mile of road will take you a mile, but a mile of runway will take you anywhere!”
87 countries 6 continents
Pilot Humanitarian Mentor Travel Inspo © *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jetjockzk Instagram Followers 13.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

32. Julian Compton

Bio Just an ordinary guy, living life one day at a time! An experienced aviation professional, coach and mentor! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @captain_julian_514 Instagram Followers 8.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +23% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

33. Natalia Rosa

Bio * Artist @natalia.rosa.studio
* Singer/Songwriter
* Commercial Pilot Land/Sea CL65 CFI CFII MEI
* ORD Flight Attendant *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @pilot.natalia Instagram Followers 6.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Zack Arvold

Bio Co-Owner at Ace Helicopters
Freedom🇺🇸 // Fitness💪🏻 // Flying🚁
Certified Flight Instructor
Learn to fly👇🏼 #BEFLIGHTREADY *****@outlook.com Instagram Handle @zackarvold Instagram Followers 2.9K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

35. Michelle Gooris

Bio 👩‍✈️| #Boeing737 & #Airbus321 Pilot
✈️| Founder @yourpilotacademy 👇
📚| Author of ‘Become An Airline Pilot’ eBook
📩| ‪*****@dutchpilotgirl.com‬ Instagram Handle @DutchPilotGirl Instagram Followers 314.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female dutchpilotgirl.com + Follow Get Email Contact