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Published rates, sourced · Updated September 13, 2026

What flight training costs at Chandler flight schools

4 schools train out of Chandler. One publishes a full rate card, shown with the source and the date it was read, next to a PilotBound estimate for your Private pilot certificate. The other 3 are listed with what they do publish.

Chandler Air Service in Chandler is the one Chandler school here with a full published rate card: $147 per hour for its Piper Cherokee 140 plus $72 per hour instruction, a PilotBound private pilot estimate of about $17,135.

One field: Chandler Municipal Airport (CHD). Whole state instead? Arizona flight schools

Flight school costs in Chandler, in numbers

Computed from the 1 Chandler school that publishes both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card below uses. The 3 listings without a full rate card are left out of every figure.

$17,135
PilotBound Private estimate at the one school with published rates
$147/hr
Published trainer rental, per hour
$72/hr
Published instruction, per hour
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Totals to reach your Private goal at this pace. Estimates use PilotBound's own completion-hours model, examiner-completion data where it exists and FAA minimums where it does not, applied to each school's published rates. They are PilotBound estimates, not the school's quote, and will differ from a school's own figures. How we estimate.

Private estimate range across Chandler

lowest $14.7Khighest $19.5K

  • Chandler Air Service

    Part 61 & 141

    Chandler, AZ·aerobatics.com

    Published rates

    $147/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)+$72/hr instructor

    Checked August 12, 2026·Source

    The site does not state whether rates include fuel. A $200 to $1,000 advance deposit applies, and paying in advance earns a 5% to 10% discount.

    PilotBound estimate · Private

    $17,135

    range $14.7K – $19.5K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.

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  • Below: schools without a full published rate card. They cannot be priced, so they sit at the end of a cost sort.

  • Arizona Flight Training and Instruction

    Part not stated

    Chandler, AZ·arizona-flight-training-and-instruction.com

    Published rates

    aircraft rate not published+$75/hr instructor

    Checked September 13, 2026·Source

    A one-instructor operation that publishes a flat $75/hr for flight and ground instruction across every course, and says outright that aircraft rates vary and must be asked for. The instructor travels to the student's home airport.

    No PilotBound estimate

    Arizona Flight Training does not publish an aircraft rate

    Nothing to total without it.

    See what to ask themWhat they do publish →

  • Fly Time Aviation

    Part not stated

    Chandler, AZ·CHD·flytimechd.com

    Published rates

    $135/hr aircraft+instructor rate not published

    Checked September 13, 2026·Source

    Fly Time publishes two figures and a surcharge: any of its Cessna 172 models rents at $170/hr wet, the Cessna 150M (N150HB) at $135/hr wet, and a fuel surcharge of $7/hr applies on top. The rates sit on the rental-requirements page rather than a rate page. The flight instructors page names the instructors and prices none of them.

    No PilotBound estimate

    Fly Time does not publish an instructor rate

    Nothing to total without it.

    See what to ask themWhat they do publish →

  • Gate One

    Part not stated

    Chandler, AZ·CHD·gateone.com

    Published rates

    aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published

    No PilotBound estimate

    Gate One does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    Nothing to total without it.

    See what to ask themWhat they do publish →

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Common questions about Chandler flight schools

How much does flight school cost in Chandler?
Chandler Air Service in Chandler is the one Chandler school here with a full published rate card: $147 per hour for its Piper Cherokee 140 and $72 per hour for instruction, checked August 12, 2026. On those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $17,135. That is a PilotBound estimate, not a quote from the school.
How current are these Chandler flight school rates?
Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check in Chandler is September 13, 2026, and each card and school page shows the exact date its rates were read. The directory is re-checked on a monthly cycle, and 3 more schools in Chandler are listed without an estimate because they do not publish a full rate card. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.
Which Chandler airports have flight schools?
One field carries the listed schools: Chandler Municipal Airport (CHD) with 3. A school that does not state its field on the pages we read is counted in Chandler without one.

Estimates use the same method as every Arizona school page: PilotBound's own completion-hours model times each school's published rates, plus the one-time fees most quotes leave out. They are ours, not the schools' quotes, and we are not affiliated with the schools. How these estimates work·Disclaimer & removal policy