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Rates partly published · Elizabethtown, KY

Flight training at Elizabethtown Flying Service

No instructor rate. Elizabethtown Flying Service publishes rates for all 2 of its airplanes and nothing for instruction, so there is no total on this page.

Checked October 13, 2026 against Elizabethtown Flying Service flight training page.

Based at
Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport(EKX)
FAA part
Not stated on their site
Phone
(270) 737-8388
Website
flyekx.com

Section 1What is published

Elizabethtown Flying Service's own figures

Checked October 13, 2026 · Source

Elizabethtown Flying Service published aircraft rates
AircraftPublished rateNotes
Cessna 172K$160/hrWet. GPS/NAV/COM.
Piper Warrior (PA-28-161)$160/hrWet. Avidyne IFD-540, ADS-B in; the IFR airplane.

The Cessna 172K and the Piper Warrior are each $160/hr wet, with a headset at $4 a flight. A Cessna 150 is described on the rental page but not in its price table. Training is with an independently contracted instructor, whom the FBO does not price.

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 Elizabethtown Flying Service's rates. The middle of what 6 Kentucky schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.

Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $145 to $230 per hour.
$160
Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 6 schools with published rates.
$75

From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Elizabethtown Flying Service 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 Kentucky-only awards in the directory yet.
51
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.
6
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Section 4What to ask

What to ask when you call

The marked ones are what Elizabethtown Flying Service's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.

(270) 737-8388

  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. 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. Which instructors teach here and what do they charge per hour, and is the Cessna 150 still on the line?Missing from their site

    The FBO rents two airplanes at a published wet rate and says students train with an independently contracted instructor it does not price; its rental page describes a 150 that its price table omits.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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Section 5In the app

Track your training at Elizabethtown Flying Service.

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Section 6Nearby schools

6 Kentucky 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.

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Section 7Sources

That the school exists
Elizabethtown Flying Service flight training pageChecked October 13, 2026
The rates above
Elizabethtown Flying Service aircraft rental pageChecked October 13, 2026

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