Horry County Council passed a plan Tuesday night that will bring Innovative Flying, LLC to town.
The company will lease space at the airport in Conway, which the county owns.
Pilots will be able to get licenses from basic flight to commercial.
Last year, North American Institute of Aviation went bankrupt and left part of the Conway Airport, off highway 378, vacant. The infrastructure, like dorms and facilities are still on that property.
The school will not only bring the obvious planes and students, but experts say it will also bring jobs and tax dollars.
In a interview last month, Airport Director Michael Lapier said there's a need for pilots. "What we see, and the school sees, is the growing trend in the need for new pilots in the industry," he said. "Pilots are getting older. Lots of them are retired military, and they were flying for commercial operations for some time. There needs to be a replacement cycle."
The school plans to accommodate only a handful of student the first year they open, but hope to accommodate 50-75 by the second year.
The flight school would offer a range of licenses from a basic pilot license to a commercial pilot license.
