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Rates partly published · Naples, FL

Flight training at CFTAR (Center for Flight Training and Rental)

No aircraft rate. CFTAR publishes a $90/hr instructor rate and nothing for the airplanes, so there is no total on this page.

Checked September 13, 2026 against CFTAR aircraft rental page, three tails at Naples Municipal.

Based at
Naples Municipal Airport(APF)
FAA part
Not stated on their site
Trains
PPL · IR · CPL
Phone
239-398-0260
Website
cftar.org

Section 1What is published

CFTAR's own figures

Checked September 13, 2026 · Source

Flight instruction: $90/hr

The instruction rate is published as a floor, "from $90 per hour", rather than a flat figure. The site does not state whether aircraft rentals include fuel.

Section 2Why 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 CFTAR's rates. The middle of what 42 Florida schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.

Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $105 to $380 per hour.
$169
Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 42 schools with published rates.
$70

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

Section 3Paying for it

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Section 4What to ask

What to ask when you call

The marked ones are what CFTAR's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.

239-398-0260

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  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. What do the Cessna 152 (N5314M) and the two Cessna 172Ms (N8926V, N12875) rent for per hour, and is fuel included?Missing from their site

    The rental page still names all three tails and their avionics but no longer carries a price for any of them.

  5. Is $90/hr the rate you would actually pay, or does it depend on the rating?

    The site says instruction is available "from $90 per hour", which is a floor and not necessarily the rate for your training.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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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Section 5In the app

Track your training at CFTAR.

CFTAR (Center for Flight Training and Rental) is in the PilotBound app. Choose CFTAR when you set up and enter the rates it gives you; the app prices your training on them and tracks every flight you log against the projection.

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Section 6Nearby schools

2 other schools fly from Naples Municipal Airport.

1 of them publishes at least one rate. APF is the identifier to give when you ask.

Every school in the state

42 Florida 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.

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Section 7Sources

That the school exists
CFTAR aircraft rental page, three tails at Naples MunicipalChecked September 13, 2026
The rates above
CFTAR flight training pageChecked September 13, 2026

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PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by CFTAR (Center for Flight Training and Rental). 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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