Flight training at Front Range Flight School
Watkins, CO · Rates partly published
No instructor rate. Front Range publishes rates for all 3 of its airplanes and nothing for instruction, so there is no total on this page.
Checked September 13, 2026 against Front Range Flight School site.
- Based at
- Colorado Air and Space Port(CFO)
- FAA part
- Not stated on their site
- Trains
- PPL · IR · CPL · CFI
- Phone
- 720-646-2350
- Website
- frontrangeflightschool.com
What is published
Front Range's own figures
Checked September 13, 2026 · Source
| Aircraft | Published rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cessna 172N (N739ZC)1978 | $145/hr | Wet. Six tails at $145: N739ZC, N7383L, N739SC, N739ZP, N739BE, N6407D. |
| Cessna 172N (N733DM) | $151/hr | Wet. |
| Cessna 172N (N173SK) | $155/hr | Wet. N737ZC and the 172Q N66091 are the same. |
Airframe built 1978. Years of manufacture from the FAA aircraft registry, read October 21, 2026.
Ten Cessna 172s priced per hour wet on the fleet page, from $145 to $155. No instructor rate anywhere on the site.
Discovery flight
$199
Checked September 13, 2026
Why 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 Front Range'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. Front Range is not in it.
Paying 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 for50 open to anyone, plus 1 in Colorado. Top awards reach $22,200.
- Walt and Terry Barbo PPL Scholarship$2,500 · Opens Jan 1, 2027
- 51
- 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.
- 6
What to ask
What to ask when you call
The marked ones are what Front Range'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 does the instructor cost per hour?Missing from their site
Ten airplanes are priced and the instructor is not.
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.
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Nearby schools
One other school flies from Colorado Air and Space Port.
It does not publish a rate either, so that one is a phone call too. CFO is the identifier to give when you ask.
- Alliance Flight TrainingPublishes no ratesWatkins
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 October 12, 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 October 12, 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 October 12, 2026$153/hr$59 to $64/hr instruction
Sources
- That the school exists
- Front Range Flight School siteChecked September 13, 2026
- The rates above
- Front Range Flight School fleet pageChecked September 13, 2026
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