Flight training at Redstone Arsenal Flying Activity

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   What is the hourly rate on your cheapest trainer, and which airplane is that?Missing from their site

   This is the number that is missing from the site, and it is the largest line on your bill.

4. 4

   Is that rate wet or dry, meaning does it include fuel?Missing from their site

   A dry rate and a wet rate are not comparable. Dry rates can run $40 to $60 an hour lower for the same airplane.

5. 5

   Who is eligible to join, and does a civilian with no military connection qualify?

   This flies from an Army airfield inside Redstone Arsenal, so base access is the first gate and it comes before any question about price.

6. 6

   What are the aircraft and instruction rates, and are there club dues or a buy-in?Missing from their site

   A club's dues can matter more than its hourly rate, and none of it is readable.

7. 7

   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.

8. 8

   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.

9. 9

   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.

What to compare their answer against

Not Redstone Flying Activity's rates. The middle of what 5 Alabama schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.

From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Redstone Flying Activity is not in it.

What we checked

A members' flying activity on a US Army installation, rated by AOPA from Private through CFII. Its domain resolves but every connection from here timed out, so the site could not be read; that is our access failing, not a statement about the club. Checked August 13, 2026.