What flight training costs at Novato flight schools
3 schools train out of Novato. None publishes a full rate card, so each is listed with what it does publish.
One field: Gnoss Field (DVO). Updated September 1, 2026 · All California flight schools
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.
- Below: schools without a full published rate card. They cannot be priced, so they sit at the end of a cost sort.
Aeroclub Marin
Part not statedNovato, CA·DVO
No PilotBound estimate
Aeroclub Marin does not publish a website, an aircraft rate and an instructor rate
What to ask Aeroclub MarinCleared Aviation Flight Training
Part not statedNovato, CA·DVO·clearedaviation.com
No PilotBound estimate
Cleared does not publish a website, an aircraft rate and an instructor rate
What to ask ClearedScanlon Aviation, LLC
Part not statedNovato, CA·DVO·scanlonaviation.com
No PilotBound estimate
Scanlon does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate
What to ask Scanlon
Estimates use the same method as every California 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
Flight school costs in Novato, in numbers
None of the 3 Novato schools listed here publishes a full rate card, so there is no rate range and no estimate here, and nothing below is a figure.
- Schools publishing a full rate card (aircraft and instructor)
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Airports with Novato flight schools
Flight schools in other California cities.
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- Auburn3 schools, all with rates
- Bakersfield3 schools, 1 with rates
- Bermuda Dunes3 schools, 1 with rates
- Camarillo3 schools
- Cameron Park3 schools, 2 with rates
- Carlsbad3 schools, all with rates
- Chico2 schools, all with rates
- Chino5 schools, 1 with rates
- Concord5 schools, 1 with rates
- El Cajon6 schools, 1 with rates
- Hayward5 schools
- Lancaster2 schools, all with rates
- Livermore5 schools, 2 with rates
- Long Beach7 schools, 3 with rates
- Oakland3 schools, 1 with rates
- Palo Alto3 schools, 1 with rates
- Ramona3 schools
- Riverside3 schools, 2 with rates
- Sacramento3 schools, 1 with rates
- San Carlos3 schools
- San Diego5 schools, 2 with rates
- San Jose5 schools, 1 with rates
- Santa Ana4 schools, 2 with rates
- Stockton3 schools, 2 with rates
- Torrance4 schools, 3 with rates
- Van Nuys15 schools, 6 with rates
- Watsonville4 schools, 1 with rates
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Common questions about Novato flight schools
How much does flight school cost in Novato?
None of the 3 Novato schools we track publishes a complete rate card, so we do not estimate a figure rather than guess one. Each listing shows what the school does publish and the exact questions to ask when you call, checked September 1, 2026.
Which Novato airports have flight schools?
One field carries the listed schools: Gnoss Field (DVO) with 3. A school that does not state its field on the pages we read is counted in Novato without one.