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Flight training at Carter Flygare, Inc.

Sacramento, CA · Rates partly published

No instructor rate. Carter Flygare publishes rates for all 7 of its airplanes and nothing for instruction, so there is no total on this page.

Checked September 1, 2026 against AOPA flight school finder, Carter Flygare, Inc. at SAC.

Based at
Sacramento Exec Airport(SAC)
FAA part
Not stated on their site
Website
cfi.com

What is published

Carter Flygare's own figures

Checked September 13, 2026 · Source

Carter Flygare, Inc. published aircraft rates
AircraftPublished rateNotes
Cessna 152 (N48762)1979$160/hrSingle nav/comm, GX55 GPS. Two-seat.
Cessna 152 (N89702)1978$170/hrSingle nav/comm, GX55 GPS. N5236H is the same price with dual nav/comms and a GNS430W.
Cessna 172N Skyhawk (N738YL)1978$220/hrDual nav/comms, autopilot, GNS430W.
Cessna 172N Skyhawk (N738KC)1977$230/hrGTN750W. N737MF and the 172Ps N55521 and N63352 are the same price.
Cessna 172P Delta Hawk (N733QG)1976$250/hrAutopilot, GTN750W.
Beechcraft 35-B33 Debonair (N3300F)1962$295/hrRetractable, so this is the complex airplane.
Piper PA-44 Seminole (N8154J)1980$475/hrThe twin.

Airframes built 1962 to 1980. Years of manufacture from the FAA aircraft registry, read October 21, 2026.

Eleven aircraft priced individually, with the avionics listed against each one, and the page does not say whether fuel is included. INSTRUCTION IS PRICED BY THE INSTRUCTOR'S GRADE rather than by what you are training for: $55/hr with a basic advanced flight instructor, $65/hr with a flight instructor, and $70 or $75/hr with one of the two Gold Seal chief pilots, each for ground or flight. Two surcharges sit on top of whichever you pick: $5/hr if you fly your own aircraft and another $5/hr for multi-engine instruction.

Why there is no total

An estimate needs an instructor rate.

A training total is hours multiplied by rates. With instruction unpriced there is nothing to multiply, and we will not fill the gap with a plausible number: every figure on this site carries a link that shows it today.

  • Instructor rateMissing from their site

    Instruction is the second biggest line on a training bill, after the airplane.

What to compare their answer against

Not Carter Flygare's rates. The middle of what 65 California schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.

Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $95 to $269 per hour.
$160
Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 65 schools with published rates.
$80

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

Paying for it

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What to ask

What to ask when you call

The marked ones are what Carter Flygare's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.

  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. 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. 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. Which instructor grade would I actually be assigned, and at what rate?Missing from their site

    Instruction is priced by the instructor's grade, from $55 to $75 an hour, and nothing on the site says who a new student gets.

  5. Do the aircraft rates include fuel?

    Each aircraft is priced with its avionics listed and no wet or dry wording anywhere.

  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. 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. 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.

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Nearby schools

2 other schools fly from Sacramento Executive Airport.

1 of them publishes at least one rate. SAC is the identifier to give when you ask.

Every school in the state

65 California schools publish a full rate card.

Each one has an estimate built on its own published rates. Listed alphabetically, because ordering them by price would be a ranking this page is not making.

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Sources

That the school exists
AOPA flight school finder, Carter Flygare, Inc. at SACChecked September 1, 2026
The rates above
Carter Flygare fleet ratesChecked September 13, 2026

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