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PilotBound estimate · Jacksonville, FL · Checked September 16, 2026

What flight training at Holladay Aviation costs

Website holladayaviation.com

Phone 904-423-0790

Section 1Cost estimate

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Flying

VFR only, two seats.

PilotBound estimate · Private

Examiner data

Cost of your Private at Holladay Aviation

$17,815

range $15.3K – $20.3K · about 6 months at 2×/week

Priced on Holladay's published rates: Cessna 150 at $150/hr + $80/hr instruction, checked September 16, 2026.

Against a minimums quote

at the FAA legal minimums$10,935
at the hours students actually take$17,815

+$6,880 on Holladay's own rates. Quotes usually price the 40-hour minimum; almost nobody finishes there.

Where it goes

$15.3K – $20.3K
Aircraft rental$10,800
Instruction$4,640
One-time costs$2,375
Aircraft + instruction$15,440
72 hrs in Cessna 150 @ $150/hr + 58 dual @ $80/hr

One-time fees ($2,375)

  • Knowledge (written) test$175
  • Checkride / DPE fee$800
  • Medical certificate$150
  • Headset$700
  • Ground school / test prep$300
  • Books, charts & supplies$250
Hours at a steady pace72 hrs

Examiner records (DPE dataset).

The hourly flying is priced on Holladay Aviation's published rates. About $2,375 of this is one-time fees (written test, examiner/DPE checkride, medical, gear), typical national estimates, not Holladay Aviation's prices, and several are set by third parties.

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. Full methodology and sources →

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Section 2The rate card

What Holladay publishes

checked September 16, 2026
Cessna 150VFR only, two seats.$150/hr fuel basis not stated
Cessna 152IFR, two seats.$160/hr fuel basis not stated
Cessna 172The standard trainer.$190/hr fuel basis not stated
Instruction$80/hr

Holladay does not state whether its aircraft rates include fuel. Instruction is billed separately at $80/hr. All aircraft carry Garmin avionics with ADS-B traffic and weather. The school also runs ultralight safety training at Hilliard, which is not priced here.

The examiner's checkride fee is not on this card: the examiner sets it, not the school. The estimate above includes PilotBound's own figure for it. Holladay's site does not state whether its rates include fuel. Holladay does not state whether it trains under Part 61 or Part 141, so the estimate above is built on Part 61 hours.

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Section 3Discovery flight

$249

Checked September 16, 2026

About an hour in the air. Up to two observers ride along at no charge, weight permitting.

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Section 6What to ask

What to ask when you call

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

  1. Do the published aircraft rates include fuel, or is fuel billed separately?Missing from their site

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

  2. What gets billed on top of the hourly rates, and roughly how much per hour does it add?

    The site notes extras beyond the hourly figures. Ask for the all-in number per hour, not the base rate.

  3. Does the instructor rate change for the Instrument, Commercial, or CFI, or is it flat across everything?

    Plenty of schools charge more for advanced instruction. A flat rate quoted for the Private can climb later.

  4. Do you train under Part 61 or Part 141?Missing from their site

    It changes the minimum hours, and for some students it changes financing eligibility.

  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. 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. 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.

Section 7Questions

How much does it cost to get a private pilot license at Holladay Aviation?
Holladay Aviation publishes $150 per hour for the Cessna 150 and $80 per hour for instruction on it, checked September 16, 2026. Applied to those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $17,815, in a range of $15,300 to $20,300. That covers roughly 72 hours of flying and instruction plus the one-time fees most quotes leave out, including the written test, the examiner's checkride fee, a medical, and study materials. It is a PilotBound estimate built on the school's published rates, not a quote from Holladay Aviation.
How long does it take to get a private pilot license at Holladay Aviation?
Flying twice a week, PilotBound estimates about 6 months at Holladay Aviation to reach the private pilot checkride, at roughly 72 hours. Pace is the single biggest variable: flying once a week typically stretches the timeline and raises the total, because time between lessons gets spent re-learning. Weather, aircraft availability, and instructor turnover all push the same direction.
Is Holladay Aviation a Part 61 or Part 141 flight school?
Holladay Aviation does not state on its own website whether it trains under Part 61 or Part 141, so we do not list one. It is worth asking directly before you enroll: Part 141 follows an FAA-approved syllabus and is generally what VA benefits require, while Part 61 is more flexible on scheduling.
Do Holladay Aviation's aircraft rates include fuel?
Holladay Aviation publishes $150 per hour for the Cessna 150, a rate that does not say whether fuel is included. Ask before you budget: if the rate turns out to be dry, fuel adds roughly $30 to $60 per hour on top. PilotBound's estimate uses the rate exactly as published. Rates checked September 16, 2026.
What ratings can you train for at Holladay Aviation?
Holladay Aviation trains Private Pilot, Instrument Rating and Commercial Pilot. Instruction is $80 per hour across the ratings it teaches. PilotBound's estimator on this page prices any of these paths on Holladay Aviation's own published rates.

Section 8Sources

Estimates use Holladay Aviation's published Cessna 150 and instructor rates (checked September 16, 2026), shown in USD for planning only. Real cost varies by student, weather, and pace. A range, not a quote.

PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Holladay Aviation. School names are used only to identify the school. 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. Disclaimer & removal policy.

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