Estimated Training Costs

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1	ESTIMATED TRAINING COSTS Version 15, updated 22 June 2026
2	Private Pilot	Qnty	Cost	Total	CFI (Certified Flight Instructor)	Qnty	Cost	Total
3	Hours C-152	55	$159.00	$8,745.00	Hours C-152	15	$159.00	$2,385.00
4	Hours ground instruction	20	$60.00	$1,200.00	Hours flight instruction	15	$70.00	$1,050.00
5	Hours flight instruction	30	$60.00	$1,800.00	Hours ground instruction	25	$70.00	$1,750.00
6	Gleim study book			$20.00	Supplies			$100.00
7	Log book			$10.00	FAA Written Tests (2)			$320.00
8	Ipad			$400.00	FAA Practical Test			$1,500.00
9	Oral test prep			$14.00	Total			$7,105.00
10	Plotter			$9.00
11	Syllabus			$14.00	CFII
12	Foreflight			$85.00	Hours C-172/Archer	20	$189.00	$3,780.00
13	Salt Lake Sectional			$10.00	Hours flight instruction	20	$60.00	$1,200.00
14	Fuel tester			$13.00	Hours ground instruction	15	$60.00	$900.00
15	Medical			$150.00	FAA Written Test			$160.00
16	Renters' Insurance			$600.00	FAA Practical Test			$1,000.00
17	Written Test			$180.00	Total			$7,040.00
18	FAA Practical Test			$1,000.00
19	Total			$14,250.00	Multi-Engine, add on	Qnty	Cost	Total
20					Hours Multi-engine	9	$250.00	$2,250.00
21	Instrument				Fuel	9	$104.00	$1,040.00
22	Hours C-172/Archer	16	$185.00	$2,960.00	Hours flight instruction	9	$60.00	$540.00
23	Hours flight instruction	16	$60.00	$960.00	Hours ground instruction	6	$60.00	$360.00
24	Hours ground instruction	10	$60.00	$600.00	Supplies			$50.00
25	Hours C-152 Shared	25	$77.00	$1,925.00	FAA Practical Test			$1,000.00
26	Supplies			$100.00	Total			$5,240.00
27	Written Test			$160.00
28	FAA Practical Test			$1,000.00	Multi Engine Instructor
29	Total			$7,705.00	Hours Multi-engine	7	$350.00	$2,450.00
30					Hours flight instruction	7	$60.00	$420.00
31	Time building for commercial				Hours ground instructions	4	$60.00	$240.00
32	Time building for commercial	120	$78.00	$9,360.00	Supplies	1	$50.00	$14.00
33					FAA Practical Test			$1,000.00
34	Commercial, single engine				Total			$4,124.00
35	Hours C-152	20	$159.00	$3,180.00
36	Flight Instruction	22	$60.00	$1,320.00	Basic Airline Package			$50,315.00
37	Hours Ground	16	$60.00	$960.00	Private, instrument, time building, commercial, CFI, Multi-engine, and Multi-engine time building
38	Gleim Commercial	1	$21.00	$21.00	Total Profession Package			$56,239.00
39	Oral Exam guilde	1	$14.00	$14.00	Basic airline package plus, CFII, MEI
40	FAA Written Test			$160.00	Instrument to CFI			$30,825.00
41	FAA Practical Test			$1,000.00	Inst, time building, Comm, CFI
42	Total			$6,655.00
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44	*This is only an estimate and was last updated as indicated above.
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47	OPTIONAL COMMERCIAL MULTI-ENGINE WITH SINGLE ENGINE ADD-ON Optional multi-engine commercial with a single engine add-on is about $2000 more, but the student will have about 26 hours of multi-engine time instead of 26 hours of multi-enginetime instead of only 16. An airline job will require an ATP certificate which requires 50 multi-engine hours.
48	Commercial, multi-engine	Hours	Price	Total
49	Hours	20	$470.00	$9,400.00
50	Flight Instruction	20	$70.00	$1,400.00
51	Hours Ground	16	$70.00	$1,120.00
52	FAA Written Test			$160.00
53	FAA Practical Test			$1,000.00
54	Total			$13,080.00
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56	Single-Engine, add on
57	Hours C-152	10	$154.00	$1,300.00
58	Hours flight instruction	10	$60.00	$600.00
59	Hours ground instruction	8	$60.00	$480.00
60	Supplies			$20.00
61	FAA Practical Test			$1,000.00
62	Total			$3,200.00
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