Flight training at Dover AFB Aero Club
Dover, DE · Rates partly published
No aircraft rate. Dover Aero Club publishes a $42/hr instructor rate and nothing for the airplanes, so there is no total on this page.
Checked September 13, 2026 against Dover AFB Aero Club page, 436th Force Support Squadron.
- Based at
- Dover Air Force Base(DOV)
- FAA part
- Not stated on their site
- Trains
- PPL
- Phone
- 302-677-6365
- Website
- doverfss.com/aero-club/
What is published
Dover Aero Club's own figures
Checked September 13, 2026 · Source
Flight instruction: $42/hr
Flight instructor $42/hr and ground instructor $32/hr, from the club's 2025 brochure, which also sets a $35 initiation fee and dues of $32/month or $352/year with family members free. The same brochure lists a Cessna T41A, a 172N, two 172Ps, a 182RG and a Redbird MCX simulator and prices none of them; the club's web page prices the simulator at $40/hr. Membership includes $1 million of insurance cover.
Discovery flight
$120
Checked September 13, 2026
About half an hour.
Why there is no total
An estimate needs an aircraft rate.
A training total is hours multiplied by rates. With the airplanes 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.
What to compare their answer against
Not Dover Aero Club's rates. Delaware has too few published rate cards for a state median, so this is all 568 schools we track, to hold your phone quote against.
- Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $52 to $430 per hour.
- $165
- Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 568 schools with published rates.
- $65
From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Dover Aero Club 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. Top awards reach $22,200.No Delaware-only awards in the directory yet.
- 50
- 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 Dover Aero Club's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.
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.
Am I eligible to join, and what does base access involve?Missing from their site
The brochure lists who may join, from active duty to federal employees and Civil Air Patrol, and base access comes before any rate matters.
What does each airplane cost per hour, and is that wet or dry?Missing from their site
Five airplanes are listed in the brochure and none carries a rate.
Is the club Part 141, and can VA benefits be used here?
The brochure describes an FAA-approved curriculum and compares itself with commercial Part 141 schools without stating its own part.
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 Delaware school publishes 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.
- Phill-AirDover, DE · Checked October 16, 2026$210/hr$70/hr instruction
Sources
- That the school exists
- Dover AFB Aero Club page, 436th Force Support SquadronChecked September 13, 2026
- The rates above
- Dover AFB Aero Club brochure (PDF, 2025)Checked September 13, 2026
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