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What flight training costs at Sarasota Bradenton International (SRQ)

5 schools train at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, Sarasota. One publishes a full rate card, shown with its source and date next to a PilotBound estimate. The other 4 are listed with what they do publish.

Updated October 19, 2026 · All Florida flight schools

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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.

Private estimate range across Sarasota Bradenton International$15.7K$20.9K

  • Universal Flight Training

    Part not stated

    Sarasota, FL·flyuft.com

    $169/hr aircraft (wet)·$65/hr instructor

    Checked October 19, 2026·Source

    Rates are published per airplane on each aircraft's page, wet where stated. The Archer and the two older 172S carry a standing $10/hr fuel surcharge on top, disclosed here and not added; the Cherokee does not. The 2018 172SP and the 2022 T182 publish a rate with no wet or dry wording. Instruction is $65/hr on every airplane and in the simulator, which is $115/hr plus instructor. Two Cirrus SR22-G6 and a Diamond DA50 are listed with rates on request.

    PilotBound estimate, Private

    $18,313

    range $15.7K to $20.9K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.

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  • Below: schools without a full published rate card. They cannot be priced, so they sit at the end of a cost sort.

  • Cirrus Aviation

    Part 61 & 141

    Sarasota, FL·SRQ·cirrusaviation.com

    No PilotBound estimate

    Cirrus Aviation does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

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  • Florida Flight Center

    Part not stated

    Sarasota, FL·SRQ·floridaflightcenter.com

    No PilotBound estimate

    FL Flight Center does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask FL Flight Center

  • SRQlift

    Part not stated

    Sarasota, FL·SRQ·srqlift.com

    No PilotBound estimate

    SRQlift does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask SRQlift

  • The Pilot Place

    Part not stated

    Sarasota, FL·SRQ·thepilotplace.com

    Checked September 1, 2026·Source

    Publishes TIME-BUILDING block rates only ($65/hr for 10 hours dropping to $55/hr for 50 on the economy tail, a twin at $169 to $179/hr), which are hour-building products, not training rates; no instruction rate exists.

    No PilotBound estimate

    Pilot Place does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask Pilot Place

Estimates use the same method as every Florida 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

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Flight school costs at Sarasota Bradenton International, in numbers

Computed from the 1 Sarasota Bradenton International school that publishes both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card above uses. The 4 listings without a full rate card are left out of every figure.

PilotBound Private estimate at the one school with published rates
$18,313
Published trainer rental, per hour
$169/hr
Published instruction, per hour
$65/hr
Schools publishing a full rate card (aircraft and instructor)
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Common questions about flight schools at SRQ

How much does flight school cost at Sarasota Bradenton International?

Universal Flight Training in Sarasota is the one Sarasota Bradenton International school here with a full published rate card: $169 per hour for its Piper Cherokee and $65 per hour for instruction, checked October 19, 2026. On those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $18,313. That is a PilotBound estimate, not a quote from the school.

How current are these Sarasota Bradenton International flight school rates?

Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check at Sarasota Bradenton International is October 19, 2026, and each card and school page shows the exact date its rates were read. The directory is re-checked on a monthly cycle, and 4 more schools at Sarasota Bradenton International are listed without an estimate because they do not publish a full rate card. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.

Can I take a discovery flight at SRQ?

One of the 5 schools at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport publishes a discovery flight price: Universal Flight Training at $299, checked October 19, 2026. Each is the school's own published price, and the listing says what it includes.