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What flight training costs at Idaho flight schools

Every listing shows the school's own published rates with the source and date, next to an honest PilotBound estimate for your Private pilot certificate. Add any school to your plan to map your whole route on their real rates.

Search, filter by city, and sort by cost. Each card marks where it falls among the state's schools on cost. Estimates are ours, not quotes, and we are not affiliated with these schools. See a wrong number? Every card has a correct-this-listing link.

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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 Idaho

$14.1K more affordablepricier $23.7K

  • Glass Cockpit Aviation

    Part not stated
    Lowest in IDLargest fleet2 locations

    Boise & Twin Falls, ID·glasscockpitaviation.com

    Published rates

    $155/hr aircraft (wet)+$50/hr instructor

    Verified July 22, 2026·Source

    Glass Cockpit Aviation does not say whether its published rates include fuel. This estimate uses the rate exactly as published, so ask before you budget: a dry rate adds roughly $30 to $60 per hour once fuel is on top.

    PilotBound estimate · Private

    $14.1K–$18.7K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.

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    PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Glass Cockpit Aviation. School names are used only to identify the school.

  • Silverhawk Aviation Academy

    Part 61 & 141
    2 locations

    Caldwell, ID·silverhawkaviation.net

    Published rates

    $180/hr aircraft (wet)+$30/hr instructor

    Verified July 22, 2026·Source

    Silverhawk publishes solo and dual rates; this estimate uses the published solo aircraft rate plus the instructor portion implied by its dual rate. Complex (172RG) and multi-engine training are quoted dual-only on their site.

    PilotBound estimate · Private

    $14.7K–$19.5K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.

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    PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Silverhawk Aviation Academy. School names are used only to identify the school.

  • Snake River Flight Training

    Part not stated

    Caldwell, ID·snakeriverflyers.com

    Published rates

    $163/hr aircraft (wet)+$70/hr instructor

    Verified July 27, 2026·Source

    Rates are wet, plus Idaho sales tax. Rentals are restricted to enrolled students (no non-student rental). Instructor rates run $70-$80/hr depending on the instructor.

    PilotBound estimate · Private

    $15.6K–$20.7K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.

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    PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Snake River Flight Training. School names are used only to identify the school.

  • Coeur d'Alene Aviation

    Part 61

    Hayden, ID·flycoe.com

    Published rates

    $200/hr aircraft (wet)+$70/hr instructor

    Verified July 27, 2026·Source

    Rates are wet. The $70/hr instructor figure is derived from the school's published dual ($270/hr) minus solo ($200/hr) rate on the 172K.

    PilotBound estimate · Private

    $17.9K–$23.7K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.

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    PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Coeur d'Alene Aviation. School names are used only to identify the school.

How these estimates work

We apply one consistent method to every school: PilotBound's own completion-hours model, examiner-completion data where it exists (like the Private and Commercial) and FAA minimums where no credible public data exists (like the Instrument and CFI), times that school's published aircraft and instructor rates (linked on every card, with the date we verified them), plus the one-time fees most quotes leave out. Holding the hours model identical across schools means the only thing that changes card to card is the school's actual rates.

So the number is PilotBound's estimate, not the school's quote, and it will differ from a school's own cost figures, which are often based on FAA-minimum hours. The schools do not set or endorse it. The result is a range, not a promise.

Want a number tied to your own pace and aircraft choice? Run the estimator or read the full methodology.

These estimates are ours, not the schools' quotes, and we are not affiliated with the schools. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime. Disclaimer & removal policy.