Published listings, sourced · Updated September 13, 2026
What flight training costs at West Chicago flight schools
5 schools train out of West Chicago. None publishes a full rate card, so each is listed with what it does publish and the questions that get its prices.
One field: DuPage Airport (DPA). Whole state instead? Illinois flight schools
Flight school costs in West Chicago, in numbers
None of the 5 West Chicago schools listed here publishes a full rate card, so there is no rate range and no estimate here, and nothing below is a figure.
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- Schools publishing a full rate card (aircraft and instructor)
Part 141 flight schools in West Chicago
- Avel Flight School · Part 141, West Chicago
Airports with West Chicago flight schools
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.
- Below: schools without a full published rate card. They cannot be priced, so they sit at the end of a cost sort.
Achieve Aviation
Part not statedWest Chicago, IL·DPA·achieveaviation.com
Published rates
aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published
No PilotBound estimate
Achieve does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate
Nothing to total without it.
See what to ask themWhat they do publish →Avel Flight School
Part 141West Chicago, IL·DPA·avelflightschool.com
Published rates
aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published
No PilotBound estimate
Avel does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate
Nothing to total without it.
See what to ask themWhat they do publish →Fox Flying Club
Part not statedWest Chicago, IL·DPA·foxflying.com
Published rates
$104/hr aircraft+instructor rate not published
Checked September 13, 2026·Source
The FAQ prices the club Cessna 172 at $104 per tach hour, wet, and membership at $350 initiation and $100/month. Instruction is by club instructors and is not priced.
No PilotBound estimate
Fox Flying does not publish an instructor rate
Nothing to total without it.
See what to ask themWhat they do publish →Travel Express Aviation
Part not statedWest Chicago, IL·DPA·flytea.com
Published rates
aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published
No PilotBound estimate
Travel Express does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate
Nothing to total without it.
See what to ask themWhat they do publish →Vagabond Flying Association
Part not statedWest Chicago, IL·DPA·vagabondflyers.com
Published rates
aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published
No PilotBound estimate
Vagabond does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate
Nothing to total without it.
See what to ask themWhat they do publish →
Flight schools in other Illinois cities
- Schaumburg · 2 schools, all with rates
- Sugar Grove · 3 schools, 2 with rates
- Wheeling · 5 schools, 2 with rates
Common questions about West Chicago flight schools
- How much does flight school cost in West Chicago?
- None of the 5 West Chicago schools we track publishes a complete rate card, so we do not estimate a figure rather than guess one. Each listing shows what the school does publish and the exact questions to ask when you call, checked September 13, 2026.
- Which West Chicago airports have flight schools?
- One field carries the listed schools: DuPage Airport (DPA) with 5. A school that does not state its field on the pages we read is counted in West Chicago without one.
Estimates use the same method as every Illinois 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