Rates partly published · Fort Wayne, IN
Flight training at Back Forty Flying Club
No instructor rate. Back Forty publishes rates for all 2 of its airplanes and nothing for instruction, so there is no total on this page.
Checked October 4, 2026 against Back Forty Flying Club site.
- Based at
- Fort Wayne International Airport(FWA)
- FAA part
- Not stated on their site
- Website
- back40fc.com
Section 1What is published
Back Forty's own figures
Checked October 4, 2026 · Source
| Aircraft | Published rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cessna 172P Skyhawk (N62503, 1982)1981 | $150/hr | Fuel and oil included. Billed on tachometer time. IFR certified. |
| Piper Archer (N9258C, 1995)1995 | $150/hr | Fuel and oil included. Billed on tachometer time. |
Airframes built 1981 to 1995. Years of manufacture from the FAA aircraft registry, read October 4, 2026.
Both aircraft are $150/hr with fuel and oil included, billed on tachometer time, which runs slower than the Hobbs time most rentals use. Membership is $95 a month with a $500 initiation fee and a $600 refundable deposit. Members arrange their own flight instructors, so the club has no instruction rate.
Section 2Why there is no total
An estimate needs an instructor rate.
A training total is hours multiplied by rates. With instruction unpriced there is nothing to multiply, and we will not fill the gap with a plausible number: every figure on this site carries a link that shows it today.
Instructor rateMissing from their site
Instruction is the second biggest line on a training bill, after the airplane.
What to compare their answer against
Not Back Forty's rates. The middle of what 12 Indiana schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.
- Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $125 to $200 per hour.
- $170
- Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 12 schools with published rates.
- $60
From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Back Forty is not in it.
Section 3Paying for it
Two ways to pay for it.
Win what you can first, then borrow only what is left. Neither figure assumes anything about you: one is what our scholarship directory holds, the other is what the lenders publish.
- Money you keepScholarships you could apply for51 open to anyone. Top awards reach $22,200.No Indiana-only awards in the directory yet.
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- Money you pay backLenders that fund flight trainingSix lenders, compared on the limits and rates they publish. That is what is on offer, not whether you would be approved.
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Section 4What to ask
What to ask when you call
The marked ones are what Back Forty's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.
What do you charge per hour for flight instruction, and is ground instruction billed at the same rate?Missing from their site
This is the number that is missing from the site. Ground is often billed separately and at a different rate.
Does the instructor rate change for the Instrument, Commercial, or CFI, or is it flat across everything?Missing from their site
Plenty of schools charge more for advanced instruction. A flat rate quoted for the Private can climb later.
Can a student pilot join, and which instructors do members train with?Missing from their site
The club says members use their own flight instructors and does not name them or their rates.
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.
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.
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.
Called them? Send us what they said.
Send the number over and Back Forty Flying Club gets a full listing with an estimate, marked as sourced by phone on the date you called.
Send what they told youSection 5In the app
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Back Forty Flying Club is in the PilotBound app. Choose Back Forty when you set up and enter the rates it gives you; the app prices your training on them and tracks every flight you log against the projection.
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Section 6Nearby schools
12 Indiana schools publish a full rate card.
Each one has an estimate built on its own published rates. Listed alphabetically, because ordering them by price would be a ranking this page is not making.
- Air MarionMarion, IN · Checked September 12, 2026$170/hr$55/hr instruction
- BOLDFlightGreenwood & Danville, IN · Checked September 3, 2026$175/hr$65 to $70/hr instruction
- Griffith AviationGriffith, IN · Checked September 12, 2026$132/hr$60 to $70/hr instruction
- Hoosier AviationTerre Haute, IN · Checked September 8, 2026$135/hr$50/hr instruction
- Jeff Air Pilot ServicesAnderson & Shelbyville, IN · Checked September 12, 2026$182/hr$75/hr instruction
- New Horizons AviationGoshen, IN · Checked September 12, 2026$129/hr$43 to $48/hr instruction
Section 7Sources
- That the school exists
- Back Forty Flying Club siteChecked October 4, 2026
- The rates above
- Back Forty Flying Club aircraft page, N62503Checked October 4, 2026
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Other Indiana flight schools
- Air Marion · Marion
- AlphaFlight · Plymouth
- BMG Aviation · Bloomington
- BOLDFlight · Greenwood & Danville
- Brown Flying School · Terre Haute
- Cherry Hill Aviation · Freetown
- Dubois County Airport Authority · Huntingburg
- Falcon Aviation · Kendallville
- Flight Saga · Michigan City
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