Flight training at Schreib-Air, Kansas Copters

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   What is the hourly rate on your cheapest trainer, and which airplane is that?Missing from their site

   This is the number that is missing from the site, and it is the largest line on your bill.

4. 4

   Is that rate wet or dry, meaning does it include fuel?Missing from their site

   A dry rate and a wet rate are not comparable. Dry rates can run $40 to $60 an hour lower for the same airplane.

5. 5

   Do you train aeroplanes as well as helicopters, and what does an hour cost?Missing from their site

   AOPA rates this operator for rotary wing alongside the aeroplane ladder, and there is no website to settle which is which.

6. 6

   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.

7. 7

   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.

8. 8

   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.

What to compare their answer against

Not Kansas Copters's rates. The middle of what 4 Kansas schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.

From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Kansas Copters is not in it.

What we checked

Listed WITHOUT a website because AOPA's record carries none and none was found. The August 7 sweep binned it as out of scope for being rotary; AOPA in fact rates it for Private through CFII AND rotary wing, so aeroplane training may well be on offer and it is recorded rather than dropped. THIS ESTIMATOR DOES NOT PRICE ROTORCRAFT RATINGS, so no `teaches` is recorded until someone establishes what it actually trains. Checked August 13, 2026.