True-Cost Calculator

Estimate what a rating really costs: your school's hourly rates, national-average completion hours, and the fees nobody mentions upfront.

Rating

National average: 65 hours

Total flight hours

% with instructor

Instructor $/hr

Aircraft $/hr

Checkride fee

Written test

Ground school

Aircraft (65 hrs)$11,651

Of which instruction (29 dual hrs)

Checkride + written + ground school$1,125

Estimated total$12,776

Dual hours include both instructor and aircraft time; solo hours are aircraft only. Adjust the hours and percentages to your own plan.