Rates not published · Colorado Springs, CO
Flight training at Arapahoe Flight Club
No aircraft rate or instructor rate. Arapahoe publishes no rates at all, so there is no total on this page.
Checked September 16, 2026 against Arapahoe Flight Club aircraft page, seven tails at Colorado Springs.
- Based at
- City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport(COS)
- FAA part
- Part 141
- Trains
- PPL · IR · CPL · Multi
- Phone
- (719) 375-0634
- Website
- arapahoefc.com
Section 1What is published
Arapahoe publishes no rates.
Everything we could source about Arapahoe is in the facts above: where it flies from, what it trains, and how to reach it. No aircraft rate and no instructor rate appear anywhere we can cite.
Checked September 16, 2026 against Arapahoe Flight Club aircraft page, seven tails at Colorado Springs.
Section 2Why there is no total
An estimate needs an aircraft rate and an instructor rate.
A training total is hours multiplied by rates. With the airplanes or 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.
Aircraft rateMissing from their site
The airplane is the biggest line on a training bill.
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 Arapahoe's rates. The middle of what 13 Colorado schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.
- Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $73 to $219 per hour.
- $165
- Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 13 schools with published rates.
- $60
From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Arapahoe 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 for51 open to anyone, plus 1 in Colorado. Top awards reach $22,200.
- Walt and Terry Barbo PPL Scholarship$2,500 · Opens Jan 1, 2027
- 52
- 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 Arapahoe's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.
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.
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.
What is the hourly rate on your cheapest trainer, and which airplane is that?Missing from their site
This is the number that is missing from the site, and it is the largest line on your bill.
Is that rate wet or dry, meaning does it include fuel?Missing from their site
A dry rate and a wet rate are not comparable. Dry rates can run $40 to $60 an hour lower for the same airplane.
What do the four Cherokees, the two Diamond DA40s and the DA42 rent for per hour, and is fuel included?Missing from their site
The aircraft page still names every tail and its avionics but carries no price for any of them.
What does an airplane instructor cost per hour, and is the multi-engine rate different?Missing from their site
The published hourly rates on the site are for helicopter training only.
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.
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.
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.
Called them? Send us what they said.
Send the numbers over and Arapahoe Flight Club gets a full listing with an estimate, marked as sourced by phone on the date you called.
Send what they told youSection 5In the app
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Section 6Nearby schools
2 other schools fly from City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport.
1 of them publishes at least one rate. COS is the identifier to give when you ask.
- Peak AviationFull rate card, Cessna 172SP at $219/hr and $69/hr instructionColorado Springs
- Rocky Mountain USSF Flight Training CenterPublishes no ratesColorado Springs
13 Colorado 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.
- Alpine Flight TrainingGypsum, CO · Checked September 5, 2026$215/hr$85/hr instruction
- Colorado Flight CenterGrand Junction, CO · Checked September 16, 2026$150/hr$70/hr instruction
- Colorado Sport PilotLoveland, CO · Checked September 16, 2026$195/hr$60/hr instruction
- Colorado's BEST Flight SchoolEnglewood, CO · Checked September 5, 2026$170/hr$65 to $75/hr instruction
- Cortez Flying ServiceCortez, CO · Checked September 16, 2026$130/hr$50/hr instruction
- Journeys AviationBoulder, CO · Checked September 5, 2026$153/hr$59 to $64/hr instruction
Section 7Sources
- That the school exists
- Arapahoe Flight Club aircraft page, seven tails at Colorado SpringsChecked September 16, 2026
- The rates above
- Arapahoe Flight Club aircraft pageChecked September 16, 2026
Are you Arapahoe Flight Club? Send your rate card and this becomes a full listing with an estimate, free. Or have it removed.
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PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Arapahoe Flight Club. School names are used only to identify the school. Rates shown are the school's own published figures with the date we checked them. This page carries no PilotBound estimate, because the school does not publish enough for one. Disclaimer & removal policy.
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