What flight training costs at Meadow Lake (FLY)
2 schools train at Meadow Lake Airport, Colorado Springs. All of them publish a full rate card, shown with its source and date next to a PilotBound estimate.
Updated October 12, 2026 · All Colorado 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.
- Lowest in CO
Colorado Springs, CO·coloradospringsflightschool.com
$165/hr aircraft (wet)·$50/hr instructor
Checked September 16, 2026·Source
PilotBound estimate, Private
$17,155
range $14.8K to $19.6K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
Add to my planThe Flight School cost breakdown → Springs Aviation
Part 61Largest fleetColorado Springs, CO·springsaviation.com
$183/hr aircraft (wet)·$60/hr instructor
Checked October 12, 2026·Source
PilotBound estimate, Private
$19,031
range $16.4K to $21.7K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
Add to my planSprings Aviation cost breakdown →
Estimates use the same method as every Colorado 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
Discovery flights at FLY 2
Colorado discovery flights →Springs Aviation · Colorado Springs
50 to 60 minutes. The advanced discovery flight is $270.
Checked October 12, 2026SourceCall 1-719-602-5405
$203
The Flight School at Colorado Springs · Colorado Springs
Up to an hour in the air.
Checked September 16, 2026SourceCall 719-359-5644
$229
Flight school costs at Meadow Lake, in numbers
Computed from the 2 Meadow Lake schools that publish both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card above uses.
- Median PilotBound Private estimate across the 2 schools with published rates
- $18,093
- Published trainer rental, per hour
- $165 to $183
- Published instruction, per hour
- $50 to $65
- Schools publishing a full rate card (aircraft and instructor)
- 2 of 2
Lowest published trainer rates at Meadow Lake
Common questions about flight schools at FLY
How much does flight school cost at Meadow Lake?
Across the 2 Meadow Lake flight schools here that publish full rates, trainer rentals run $165 to $183 per hour and instruction $50 to $65 per hour, checked as recently as October 12, 2026. On each school's own published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate between $17,155 and $19,031, with a median of $18,093. These are PilotBound estimates built on published rates, not quotes from the schools.
What is the cheapest flight school at Meadow Lake?
The Flight School at Colorado Springs in Colorado Springs publishes the lowest trainer rental of the 2 Meadow Lake schools listed here, $165 per hour for its Cessna 172, a wet rate, so fuel is included in the hourly figure, checked September 16, 2026. The lowest hourly rate is not automatically the lowest total: instructor rates, fuel basis, and the hours you actually fly decide that, which is what the per-school estimates on this page hold constant.
How current are these Meadow Lake flight school rates?
Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check at Meadow Lake is October 12, 2026, and each card and school page shows the exact date its rates were read. The directory is re-checked on a monthly cycle. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.
Can I take a discovery flight at FLY?
2 of the 2 schools at Meadow Lake Airport publish a discovery flight price: Springs Aviation at $203, checked October 12, 2026 and The Flight School at Colorado Springs at $229, checked September 16, 2026. Each is the school's own published price, and the listing says what it includes.