Rates partly published · Ozark, AL
Flight training at Pray Aviation
No instructor rate. Pray Aviation publishes rates for all 3 of its airplanes and nothing for instruction, so there is no total on this page.
Checked August 13, 2026 against AOPA flight school finder, Pray Aviation at 71J.
- Based at
- Blackwell Field(71J)
- FAA part
- Part 61 and Part 141
- Trains
- PPL · IR · CPL · Multi · CFI · CFII
- Website
- prayaviation.com
Section 1What is published
Pray Aviation's own figures
Checked September 13, 2026 · Source
| Aircraft | Published rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cessna 172 / Piper PA-28 | $164/hr | The published SOLO price. The dual price beside it is $219. |
| Mooney M-20 | $209/hr | Solo. Dual is $274. |
| Travel Air Beechcraft 95 | $497/hr | Twin, dual only. No solo price is offered. |
These are the SOLO prices from Pray's rate table; a dual price sits beside each one. The two differences do not agree, $55 on the trainers and $65 on the Mooney, so no instruction rate can be worked out from them and none is recorded.
Section 2Why there is no total
An estimate needs an instructor rate.
A training total is hours multiplied by rates. With instruction unpriced there is nothing to multiply, and we will not fill the gap with a plausible number: every figure on this site carries a link that shows it today.
Instructor rateMissing from their site
Instruction is the second biggest line on a training bill, after the airplane.
What to compare their answer against
Not Pray Aviation's rates. The middle of what 5 Alabama schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.
- Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $155 to $185 per hour.
- $180
- Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 5 schools with published rates.
- $55
From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Pray Aviation is not in it.
Section 3Paying for it
Two ways to pay for it.
Win what you can first, then borrow only what is left. Neither figure assumes anything about you: one is what our scholarship directory holds, the other is what the lenders publish.
- Money you keepScholarships you could apply for51 open to anyone. Top awards reach $22,200.No Alabama-only awards in the directory yet.
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- Money you pay backLenders that fund flight trainingSix lenders, compared on the limits and rates they publish. That is what is on offer, not whether you would be approved.
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Section 4What to ask
What to ask when you call
The marked ones are what Pray Aviation's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.
What do you charge per hour for flight instruction, and is ground instruction billed at the same rate?Missing from their site
This is the number that is missing from the site. Ground is often billed separately and at a different rate.
Does the instructor rate change for the Instrument, Commercial, or CFI, or is it flat across everything?Missing from their site
Plenty of schools charge more for advanced instruction. A flat rate quoted for the Private can climb later.
Is the rate table on your site current, and what is the instruction rate?Missing from their site
The page carrying it still has placeholder text on it, which usually means an unfinished page rather than a maintained rate card.
Why is the dual-minus-solo difference bigger in the Mooney?
It is $55 on the trainers and $65 in the Mooney, so either instruction is priced by aircraft or one of the figures has moved.
Do you offer block rates or prepay discounts, and what is the refund policy if I stop partway?
Block discounts are common and rarely published. The refund terms matter more than the discount.
What do you charge for the written test, the checkride, and the examiner's fee?
The DPE fee alone runs $800 to $1,200 in most of the country and is almost never in a quoted hourly rate.
How many trainers and how many full-time instructors do you have right now?
Availability decides your pace, and pace decides your total more than the hourly rate does.
Called them? Send us what they said.
Send the number over and Pray Aviation gets a full listing with an estimate, marked as sourced by phone on the date you called.
Send what they told youSection 5In the app
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Section 6Nearby schools
5 Alabama schools publish a full rate card.
Each one has an estimate built on its own published rates. Listed alphabetically, because ordering them by price would be a ranking this page is not making.
- Box AviationMontgomery, AL · Checked September 12, 2026$155/hr$55 to $75/hr instruction
- Brown Aero TechnologiesAlexander City, AL · Checked September 12, 2026$180/hr$60/hr instruction
- Cofield AviationGadsden, AL · Checked September 10, 2026$170/hr$65/hr instruction
- Over The Mountain AviationCalera, AL · Checked September 10, 2026$185/hr$55/hr instruction
- Red Tail Flight AcademyTuskegee, AL · Checked September 10, 2026$185/hr$50/hr instruction
Section 7Sources
- That the school exists
- AOPA flight school finder, Pray Aviation at 71JChecked August 13, 2026
- The rates above
- Pray Aviation rate tableChecked September 13, 2026
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Other Alabama flight schools
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- Blue Skies Above Flight School · Lanett
- Box Aviation · Montgomery
- Brown Aero Technologies · Alexander City
- Cheaha Flight Training · Oxford
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