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Published rates, sourced · Updated September 16, 2026

What flight training costs at Tucson flight schools

3 schools train out of Tucson. 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 2 are listed with what they do publish.

Alpha Air in Tucson is the one Tucson school here with a full published rate card: $135 per hour for its Cessna 150 plus $65 per hour instruction, a PilotBound private pilot estimate of about $15,865.

2 fields: Ryan Field (RYN) and Tucson International Airport (TUS). Whole state instead? Arizona flight schools

Flight school costs in Tucson, in numbers

Computed from the 1 Tucson school that publishes both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card below uses. The 2 listings without a full rate card are left out of every figure.

$15,865
PilotBound Private estimate at the one school with published rates
$135/hr
Published trainer rental, per hour
$65/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 Tucson

lowest $13.6Khighest $18.1K

  • Alpha Air

    Part 61

    Tucson, AZ·alphaaironline.com

    Published rates

    $135/hr aircraft (wet)+$65/hr instructor

    Checked September 16, 2026·Source

    Rates are wet (fuel and oil included; fuel bought away from base is refunded). Alpha Air is a non-profit flying club, so rates may require membership.

    PilotBound estimate · Private

    $15,865

    range $13.6K – $18.1K

    ~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 Aero-Tech / Double Eagle Aviation

    Part not stated

    Tucson, AZ·RYN·flytucson.com

    Published rates

    aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published

    No PilotBound estimate

    Arizona Aero-Tech does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    Nothing to total without it.

    See what to ask themWhat they do publish →

  • Double Eagle Aviation

    Part not stated

    Tucson, AZ·RYN·doubleeagleaviation.com

    Published rates

    aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published

    Checked August 12, 2026·Source

    The only hourly figures on the site are for the simulator: $80/hr, or $70/hr at what the school calls its best rate. No airplane and no instructor is priced, though the fleet page lists eleven aircraft each with its own page.

    No PilotBound estimate

    Double Eagle 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 Tucson flight schools

How much does flight school cost in Tucson?
Alpha Air in Tucson is the one Tucson school here with a full published rate card: $135 per hour for its Cessna 150 and $65 per hour for instruction, checked September 16, 2026. On those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $15,865. That is a PilotBound estimate, not a quote from the school.
How current are these Tucson flight school rates?
Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check in Tucson is September 16, 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 2 more schools in Tucson are listed without an estimate because they do not publish a full rate card. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.
Which Tucson airports have flight schools?
2 fields carry the listed schools: Ryan Field (RYN) with 2, and Tucson International Airport (TUS) with one. A school that does not state its field on the pages we read is counted in Tucson 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