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What flight training costs at Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field (RYY)

5 schools train at Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field, Atlanta. 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 November 13, 2026 · All Georgia 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 Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field$18.7K$24.8K

  • Atlanta Air Academy

    Part 61

    Kennesaw, GA·atlantaairacademy.com

    $205/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)·$80/hr instructor

    Checked October 8, 2026·Source

    Rates are plus tax. The school's own math puts $205 + $80 + tax at about $297/hr all-in. Putting $2,500 down cuts the aircraft rate 3% to $198.85/hr. Introductory flights are $215/hr all-in.

    PilotBound estimate, Private

    $21,775

    range $18.7K to $24.8K

    ~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.

  • Aero Atlanta Flight Center

    Part not stated

    Kennesaw, GA·RYY·aeroatlanta.com

    No PilotBound estimate

    Aero Atlanta does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask Aero Atlanta

  • Hangar 913

    Part not stated

    Kennesaw, GA·RYY·hangar913.com

    Checked August 31, 2026·Source

    Each of the three Cessna 172s is listed "From $172 an hour", with nothing on what sets the actual price.

    No PilotBound estimate

    Hangar 913 does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask Hangar 913

  • LGE Flying Club

    Part not stated

    Marietta, GA·RYY·lgeflyingclub.org

    $144/hr aircraft·instructor rate not published

    Checked November 13, 2026·Source·5 aircraft published

    Rates are per tach hour; the club does not say whether fuel is included. Membership is a $2,000 initiation fee and $60 a month, by application to a waiting list.

    No PilotBound estimate

    LGE does not publish an instructor rate

    What to ask LGE

  • Superior Flight School

    Part not stated

    Kennesaw, GA·RYY·superiorflightschool.com

    No PilotBound estimate

    Superior does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask Superior

Estimates use the same method as every Georgia 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 Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field, in numbers

Computed from the 1 Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field 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
$21,775
Published trainer rental, per hour
$205/hr
Published instruction, per hour
$80/hr
Schools publishing a full rate card (aircraft and instructor)
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Common questions about flight schools at RYY

How much does flight school cost at Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field?

Atlanta Air Academy in Kennesaw is the one Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field school here with a full published rate card: $205 per hour for its Cessna 172 and $80 per hour for instruction, checked October 8, 2026. On those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $21,775. That is a PilotBound estimate, not a quote from the school.

How current are these Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field flight school rates?

Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check at Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field is November 13, 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 Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field 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 RYY?

2 of the 5 schools at Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field publish a discovery flight price: Aero Atlanta Flight Center at $449, checked November 3, 2026 and Atlanta Air Academy at $199, checked November 3, 2026. Each is the school's own published price, and the listing says what it includes.