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Rates partly published · Van Nuys, CA

Flight training at LA Flight Academy

No instructor rate. LA Flight Academy publishes rates for all 8 of its airplanes and nothing for instruction, so there is no total on this page.

Checked September 13, 2026 against LA Flight Academy fleet page.

Based at
Van Nuys Airport(VNY)
FAA part
Not stated on their site
Trains
PPL · IR · CPL · Multi · CFI · MEI
Phone
(747) 277-4232
Website
laflightacademy.com

Section 1What is published

LA Flight Academy's own figures

Checked September 13, 2026 · Source

LA Flight Academy published aircraft rates
AircraftPublished rateNotes
Cessna 172N (N76015, 1976)1976$180/hr160hp, IFR certified. Block rate $170/hr.
Cessna 172S (N5148V, 2002)2002$185/hr180hp, IFR certified. Block rate $175/hr.
Piper Archer II (N5BM, 1979)1979$185/hrIFR certified. Block rate $175/hr.
Cessna 172S (N252SP, 1999)$190/hr180hp, IFR certified. Block rate $180/hr.
Piper Archer II (N4409X, 1976)1975$190/hrIFR certified. Block rate $180/hr.
Piper Archer II (N4313F, 1978)1976$190/hrIFR certified. Block rate $180/hr.
Cirrus SR20 GTS (N219EL, 2007)2007$205/hrTAA, for the Commercial's advanced time. Block rate $195/hr.
Beechcraft 95-A55 Travel Air (N120B, 1962)1962$390/hrTwin, for Commercial Multi and the MEI. Block rate $360/hr.

Airframes built 1962 to 2007. Years of manufacture from the FAA aircraft registry, read September 20, 2026.

Every rate is wet, and every airplane also carries a ten-hour block rate roughly $10 lower. A Gleim BATD simulator is published at $70/hr, or $60 on a block, and is not an airplane.

Section 2Why 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 LA Flight Academy's rates. The middle of what 63 California schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.

Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $95 to $269 per hour.
$159
Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 63 schools with published rates.
$80

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

Section 3Paying for it

Two ways to pay for it.

Win what you can first, then borrow only what is left. Neither figure assumes anything about you: one is what our scholarship directory holds, the other is what the lenders publish.

Money you keepScholarships you could apply for46 open to anyone, plus 1 in California. Top awards reach $22,200.
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Money you pay backLenders that fund flight trainingSix lenders, compared on the limits and rates they publish. That is what is on offer, not whether you would be approved.
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Section 4What to ask

What to ask when you call

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

(747) 277-4232

  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. What does instruction cost per hour, and does it differ between the Cessnas, the Cirrus and the twin?Missing from their site

    Eight aircraft are priced to the dollar and instruction is not priced at all. A Cirrus and a twin often carry higher instructor rates than a 172.

  4. What does multi instruction cost in the Travel Air?

    The twin is $380/hr before an instructor, so the multi rating is the most expensive thing here by a distance.

  5. What is the block-rate minimum and is it refundable if I stop partway?

    Every airplane has a ten-hour block price, so the discount is real, but the refund terms matter more than the discount.

  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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Section 5Nearby schools

14 other schools fly from Van Nuys Airport.

9 of them publish at least one rate. VNY is the identifier to give when you ask.

Every school in the state

63 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.

All California flight schools

Section 6Sources

That the school exists
LA Flight Academy fleet pageChecked September 13, 2026
The rates above
LA Flight Academy fleet pageChecked September 13, 2026

Are you LA Flight Academy? Send your rate card and this becomes a full listing with an estimate, free. Or have it removed.

This page says one thing is not stated on your site. Send us where it is published and it shows here instead.

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