Flight training at CableAir School of Flight

Six of the seven aircraft are the same price, so the choice here is about equipment rather than cost. The rate page does not say whether fuel is included.

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

   Do the published aircraft rates include fuel, or is fuel billed separately?

   The site does not say, and it is the difference between two rates that look identical and are not.

4. 4

   What does instruction cost per hour, and is ground billed at the same rate?Missing from their site

   Seven aircraft are priced to the dollar and instruction is not priced at all.

5. 5

   Are these rates wet or dry?

   The rate page does not say, and it is the difference between two rates that look identical and are not.

6. 6

   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.

7. 7

   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.

8. 8

   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 CableAir'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. CableAir is not in it.

What we checked

Seven aircraft on a proper rate page, six of them at the same figure, at Cable Airport in Upland. No instruction rate anywhere on the site. Recorded by the July pass as publishing no rates at all, which it plainly does. Checked August 6, 2026.