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Published rates, sourced · Updated September 16, 2026

What flight training costs at San Jose flight schools

5 schools train out of San Jose. One publishes a full rate card, shown with the source and the date it was read, next to a PilotBound estimate for your Private pilot certificate. The other 4 are listed with what they do publish.

AeroDynamic Aviation in San Jose is the one San Jose school here with a full published rate card: $143 per hour for its Cessna 150M plus $82 per hour instruction, a PilotBound private pilot estimate of about $17,427.

2 fields: Reid-Hillview of Santa Clara County Airport (RHV) and Monterey Regional Airport (MRY). Whole state instead? California flight schools

Flight school costs in San Jose, in numbers

Computed from the 1 San Jose school that publishes both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card below uses. The 4 listings without a full rate card are left out of every figure.

$17,427
PilotBound Private estimate at the one school with published rates
$143/hr
Published trainer rental, per hour
$82/hr
Published instruction, per hour
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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.

Private estimate range across San Jose

lowest $15Khighest $19.9K

  • AeroDynamic Aviation

    Part 61 & 141

    San Jose, CA·aerodynamicaviation.com

    Published rates

    $143/hr aircraft (wet)+$82/hr instructor

    Checked September 16, 2026·Source

    Rates shown are the non-block rate; a prepaid block account lowers each one (block rate noted per airplane). Listed rates include fuel and taxes, but a fuel surcharge currently applies on top (a per-gallon amount posted at the office, not online), so confirm the current surcharge. Some aircraft cost more under Part 141 ($160 to $170). Two locations: San Jose / Reid-Hillview (KRHV), which has the Twin Comanche, and Monterey (KMRY). The instructor figure is the school's published block rate, which it describes as starting at $82/hr and varying with the instructor's experience, so confirm your instructor's rate and what it costs without a block account.

    PilotBound estimate · Private

    $17,427

    range $15K – $19.9K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.

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  • Below: schools without a full published rate card. They cannot be priced, so they sit at the end of a cost sort.

  • Air Accord

    Part not stated

    San Jose, CA·RHV

    Published rates

    aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published

    No PilotBound estimate

    Air Accord does not publish a website, an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    Nothing to total without it.

    See what to ask themWhat they do publish →

  • Nice Air

    Part not stated

    San Jose, CA·RHV·niceairaviation.com

    Published rates

    aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published

    No PilotBound estimate

    Nice Air does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    Nothing to total without it.

    See what to ask themWhat they do publish →

  • Squadron 2

    Part not stated

    San Jose, CA·RHV·squadron2.com

    Published rates

    aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published

    No PilotBound estimate

    Squadron 2 does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    Nothing to total without it.

    See what to ask themWhat they do publish →

  • Trade Winds Aviation

    Part not stated

    San Jose, CA·RHV·tradewindsaviation.com

    Published rates

    aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published

    No PilotBound estimate

    Trade Winds does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    Nothing to total without it.

    See what to ask themWhat they do publish →

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Common questions about San Jose flight schools

How much does flight school cost in San Jose?
AeroDynamic Aviation in San Jose is the one San Jose school here with a full published rate card: $143 per hour for its Cessna 150M and $82 per hour for instruction, checked September 16, 2026. On those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $17,427. That is a PilotBound estimate, not a quote from the school.
How current are these San Jose flight school rates?
Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check in San Jose is September 16, 2026, and each card and school page shows the exact date its rates were read. The directory is re-checked on a monthly cycle, and 4 more schools in San Jose are listed without an estimate because they do not publish a full rate card. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.
Which San Jose airports have flight schools?
2 fields carry the listed schools: Reid-Hillview of Santa Clara County Airport (RHV) with 4, and Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) with one. A school that does not state its field on the pages we read is counted in San Jose without one.

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