Private Pilot License
The price listed is for 55 hours of dual/solo flights.
This price will vary from student to student.
65 hours is the average time it takes to earn a private pilot license.
FAA minimums are 40 hours of flight time.
Cessna 150 dual flight instruction - $170/hour x 45 hours.
•$7,650
Solo flight time - $150/hour x 10 hours
•$1,500
Ground instruction - $30/hour x 15 hours
•$450
TOTAL
•$9,600
*Plan on spending around $800 on a FAA medical, FAA written exam, headset, pilot supplies and an online ground school course.
**A DPE (designated pilot examiner) is required to give the final test (checkride). The price varies, but is usually around $900.