Flight training at Summit Flight Training

Every single-engine airplane is $235/hr and the Twin Comanche $360/hr for dual only, per the fleet page, which also says aircraft rates do not include the instructor and never says wet or dry. No instructor rate is published.

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   Do the published aircraft rates include fuel, or is fuel billed separately?

   The site does not say, and it is the difference between two rates that look identical and are not.

4. 4

   What does the instructor cost per hour, and are the aircraft rates wet?Missing from their site

   The fleet page prices every airplane, says instruction is extra, and never gives the instructor rate or the fuel basis.

5. 5

   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.

6. 6

   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.

7. 7

   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.

What to compare their answer against

Not Summit's rates. The middle of what 15 Colorado schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.

From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Summit is not in it.

What we checked

Greeley's school, five airplanes at one single-engine price and a Twin Comanche for multi work, with the instructor unpriced and fuel basis unstated. Crawled September 5, 2026.