PRIVATE PILOT
$10,900
To obtain a private pilot certificate you must be 17 years of age, hold a third class medical, read, write and speak the English language, and meet the following minimum requirements per FAR 61.103, 61.107 & 1.109:
- 40 hours of flight training from an authorized instructor in a single engine airplane
- 3 hours of cross-country flight training in a single engine airplane
- 3 hours of night flight training in a single engine airplane including one cross-country flight of over 100 nautical miles total distance, and 10 take offs and landings in the traffic pattern
- 3 hours of flight training in a single engine airplane by sole reference to instruments
- 10 hours of solo time to include:
- 5 hours of solo cross-country time. One solo cross-country of 150 nautical miles total distance, with full-stop landings at three points, and one segment of the flight consisting of straight line distance of more than 50 nautical miles
- 3 takeoffs and three landings to a full stop at an airport with a control tower
INSTRUMENT RATING
$11,800
Applicant must be able to read, write and speak the English language, hold at least a Private Pilot certificate, have 50 hours of cross-country PIC time and meet the following minimum requirements per 61.65(d)
- 40 hours of actual or simulated instrument time in areas 61.65(2)( c)
- 1 cross country flight filed as an IFR flight plan of 250 nautical miles total distance. Three different kinds of instrument approaches at each airport.
COMMERCIAL PILOT RATING
To obtain an a commercial pilot’s certificate, the applicant must be 18 years of age by the time of their FAA checkride, read, write and speak the English language, hold at least a Private Pilot Certificate, and have logged at least 250 hours of flight time to include:
- 100 hours in a powered aircraft, of which 50 must be in an airplane
- 100 hours of PIC time to include
- 50 hours in airplanes
- 50 hours cross country flight time
- 20 hours of training from a certified instructor which includes
- 10 hours of instrument training
- 10 hours of training in a complex airplane, a turbine airplane, or a technically advanced airplane (TAA)
- One daytime 2-hour cross-country flight that consists of a total of 100 nautical miles straight line distance
- One nighttime 2-jour cross-country flight that consists of a total of 100 nautical miles straight line distance
- 10 hours of flight time (solo or with an instructor) which includes:
- One cross country flight of at least 300 nautical miles with landings at three different points, one which must be 250 nautical miles from the original departure point
- 5 hours of night flying in VFR conditions with 10 takeoffs and landings in the traffic pattern
CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR
$4,900
To obtain certified flight instructor’s certificate, the applicant must be 18 years of age by the time of their FAA checkride, read, write and speak the English language,
- Hold a commercial pilot’s certificate
- Hold a category and class rating appropriate to the rating sought
- Logged at least 15 hours total flight time as PIC in the aircraft to be taught in
- Received and logged Spin Awareness training from an authorized instructor
