Flight training at Bay Area Flying Club

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

   What does the cheapest trainer rent for, and what does instruction cost per hour?Missing from their site

   Neither figure appears anywhere on the site, and this is one of the larger operations in the East Bay.

6. 6

   Do I have to join the club to train, what do dues cost, and are they refundable if I stop?Missing from their site

   It is a club as well as a school and the membership terms are not published at all.

7. 7

   You mention access to over 90 aircraft across American Flight Schools locations. How many are actually at Livermore?

   A fleet number that counts other airfields tells you nothing about how quickly you can book at this one.

8. 8

   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.

9. 9

   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.

10. 10

    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 Bay Area Flying Club's rates. The middle of what 60 California 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. Bay Area Flying Club is not in it.

What we checked

Describes itself as a flight training facility and flying club at Livermore, part of the American Flight Schools group, and advertises access to more than 90 aircraft across the group's locations. It publishes no rate, no dues figure and no fleet list for Livermore itself. Crawled across 30 pages on August 6, 2026 with no dollar figure found.