Technique Only · on the ramp Private Pilot
Quoted to your plan
Discovery Flight
$175
No-commitment intro
Ratings & rental
Per rating or per hour
Estimates are current as of publication and vary by student — confirm your plan when you contact us.
It adds up one hour at a time.
Every lesson is a line in your logbook and a line on your invoice. The four things below decide how many lines it takes.
What actually determines your total
Nobody can promise you an exact number up front — anyone who does is guessing. These four things decide it.
- 1
Frequency
How often you fly is the #1 cost driver. Consistent lessons shorten the path — long gaps mean re-learning and more hours.
- 2
Preparation
Showing up ready — ground study done, procedures chair-flown — makes every paid hour count.
- 3
The certificate
Sport Pilot needs fewer hours than Private, and Instrument or Commercial are longer projects again. The destination sets the size of the bill.
- 4
Medical & materials
Plan for a medical certificate where the certificate requires one, plus books, a headset, and FAA exam fees.
Rates are quoted against a plan, in a conversation, before anything is booked. Ground time is not billed as flight time.
The airplane · up close at golden hour Start with the Discovery Flight.
It's the lowest-risk way to find out if flying is for you.
Serving Dover · Portsmouth · Sanford · Portland