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Published rates, sourced · Updated August 31, 2026

What flight training costs at Rome flight schools

3 schools train out of Rome. One publishes a full rate card, shown with the source and the date it was read, next to a PilotBound estimate for your Private pilot certificate. The other 2 are listed with what they do publish.

Ace Aviation Services in Rome is the one Rome school here with a full published rate card: $170 per hour for its Training aircraft plus $75 per hour instruction, a PilotBound private pilot estimate of about $18,965.

One field: Richard B Russell Airport (RMG). Whole state instead? Georgia flight schools

Flight school costs in Rome, in numbers

Computed from the 1 Rome school that publishes both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card below uses. The 2 listings without a full rate card are left out of every figure.

$18,965
PilotBound Private estimate at the one school with published rates
$170/hr
Published trainer rental, per hour
$75/hr
Published instruction, per hour
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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 Rome

lowest $16.3Khighest $21.6K

  • Ace Aviation Services

    Part not stated

    Rome, GA·flywithace.com

    Published rates

    $170/hr aircraft (wet)+$75/hr instructor

    Checked August 31, 2026·Source

    Rates are published wet. The $245/hr 'Out the Door' price is the aircraft and instructor together and is not used for anything here. The online store's card prices run about 7% higher ($80.25/hr instruction); the site's own rate card figures are used. High-performance/complex instruction is $112.35/hr via the store.

    PilotBound estimate · Private

    $18,965

    range $16.3K – $21.6K

    ~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.

  • Freedom Flight Center

    Part not stated

    Rome, GA·RMG

    Published rates

    aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published

    No PilotBound estimate

    Freedom does not publish a website, an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    Nothing to total without it.

    See what to ask themWhat they do publish →

  • Painted Skies Aviation

    Part not stated

    Rome, GA·RMG·paintedskies.org

    Published rates

    aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published

    No PilotBound estimate

    Painted Skies does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    Nothing to total without it.

    See what to ask themWhat they do publish →

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Common questions about Rome flight schools

How much does flight school cost in Rome?
Ace Aviation Services in Rome is the one Rome school here with a full published rate card: $170 per hour for its Training aircraft and $75 per hour for instruction, checked August 31, 2026. On those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $18,965. That is a PilotBound estimate, not a quote from the school.
How current are these Rome flight school rates?
Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check in Rome is August 31, 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 2 more schools in Rome are listed without an estimate because they do not publish a full rate card. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.
Which Rome airports have flight schools?
One field carries the listed schools: Richard B Russell Airport (RMG) with 3. A school that does not state its field on the pages we read is counted in Rome without one.

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