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What flight training costs at Louisiana flight schools

Across the 7 Louisiana schools here with published rates, trainer rentals run $138 to $185 per hour and instruction $41 to $80, and PilotBound's private pilot estimate lands between $14,689 and $20,693, with a median of $18,675.

24 schools listed · Updated October 16, 2026

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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 Louisiana$12.6K$23.6K

  • Flightline Air Service

    Part not stated
    Lowest in LA

    Pineville, LA·flightlineairservice.com

    $138/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)·$41/hr instructor

    Checked September 12, 2026·Source

    Flightline prices instruction by course, and its Private rate is the cheaper one: $41/hr for Private training and $45/hr for Sport. Instruction in a student's OWN aircraft is $50/hr in the air and $45/hr on the ground. Renters without their own aircraft insurance pay $10/hr more, and the school requires at least $30,000 of aircraft damage cover. Ground school is a one-time fee, $250 for sport and private and $280 for instrument. Multi-engine and float training are offered periodically by a visiting instructor at $375 and $275 per hour; the site does not say whether those figures include the instructor, so neither is modeled here. The site does not state whether rates include fuel.

    PilotBound estimate, Private

    $14,689

    range $12.6K to $16.7K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.

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  • Propell Air

    Part not stated

    DeRidder, LA·propellairllc.com

    $140/hr aircraft (wet)·$75/hr instructor

    Checked September 12, 2026·Source

    Propell's rates include fuel and are billed off the Hobbs meter to the tenth of an hour. Complex and tailwheel endorsements are offered but no aircraft rate is published for either, so neither is modeled.

    PilotBound estimate, Private

    $16,805

    range $14.5K to $19.2K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.

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  • Fly By Knight

    Part 141

    Hammond, LA·flybyknight.biz

    $161/hr aircraft (wet)·$55/hr instructor

    Checked October 16, 2026·Source

    Fly By Knight's rates are wet and quoted plus tax; tax is not included in this estimate.

    PilotBound estimate, Private

    $18,343

    range $15.8K to $20.9K

    ~78 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.

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  • DaveAir

    Part not stated

    Monroe, LA·daveairllc.com

    $170/hr aircraft (wet)·$70/hr instructor

    Checked October 4, 2026·Source

    Rates include fuel. Instruction is $70/hr for ground and flight time, and $80/hr for instrument and tailwheel instruction. DaveAir also runs a members' aircraft-sharing program with a $4,000 buy-in and $150 monthly dues at its own lower hourly rates, which are not the rates used here.

    PilotBound estimate, Private

    $18,675

    range $16.1K to $21.3K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.

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  • Learn To Fly New Orleans

    Part 61

    New Orleans, LA·learntoflynola.com

    $185/hr aircraft (wet)·$55/hr instructor

    Checked October 4, 2026·Source

    The school's one airplane is $185/hr wet, and renter's insurance is required. Flight instruction is $55/hr and ground instruction is $45/hr.

    PilotBound estimate, Private

    $18,885

    range $16.2K to $21.5K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.

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  • Neu Aviation

    Part 61

    Shreveport, LA·neuaviation.com

    $180/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)·$65/hr instructor

    Checked October 16, 2026·Source

    Neu 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

    $19,105

    range $16.4K to $21.8K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.

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  • Gulf Coast Aviation

    Part 141
    Largest fleet

    New Orleans, LA·gulfcoastaviation.com

    $180/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)·$69/hr instructor

    Checked October 16, 2026·Source

    Gulf Coast publishes no rate card. Every figure comes from its own per-course cost breakdowns, and they are trustworthy because each total multiplies out exactly. The aircraft and the instructor are billed SEPARATELY, which the solo lines make plain: a solo hour costs the same as a dual hour, and instruction is added on top. Instruction is priced per course and, unusually, gets CHEAPER as you advance: $69/hr for the Private, $72/hr for the Instrument, $65/hr for the Commercial and CFI, and $79/hr for multi-engine, the dearest tier. A full-motion simulator is $85/hr and is not modeled. Fuel basis not stated.

    PilotBound estimate, Private

    $20,693

    range $17.8K to $23.6K

    ~78 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.

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  • Below: schools without a full published rate card. They cannot be priced, so they sit at the end of a cost sort.

  • Air Reldan

    Part not stated

    Abita Springs, LA·L31

    No PilotBound estimate

    Air Reldan does not publish a website, an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

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  • ArkLaMiss Aviation

    Part not stated

    Ruston, LA·arklamissaviation.com

    No PilotBound estimate

    ArkLaMiss does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask ArkLaMiss

  • Aviation Academy of Louisiana

    Part 141

    New Iberia, LA·ARA·aviationacademyla.com

    No PilotBound estimate

    Aviation Academy of Louisiana does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask Aviation Academy of Louisiana

  • Cloud Chasers

    Part not stated

    Hammond, LA·HDC

    No PilotBound estimate

    Cloud Chasers does not publish a website, an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask Cloud Chasers

  • Cubs Floats and Fun

    Part not stated

    Pineville, LA·2L0·cubsfloatsandfun.com

    No PilotBound estimate

    Cubs Floats and Fun does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask Cubs Floats and Fun

Flight school costs in Louisiana, in numbers

Computed from the 7 Louisiana schools that publish both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card above uses. The 17 listings without a full rate card are left out of every figure.

Median PilotBound Private estimate across the 7 schools with published rates
$18,675
Published trainer rental, per hour
$138 to $185
Published instruction, per hour
$41 to $80
Schools publishing a full rate card (aircraft and instructor)
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Discovery flights in Louisiana

2 Louisiana schools publish a discovery flight price, median $150. See each price with its source

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.

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.

Common questions about Louisiana flight schools

How much does flight school cost in Louisiana?

Across the 7 Louisiana flight schools here that publish full rates, trainer rentals run $138 to $185 per hour and instruction $41 to $80 per hour, checked as recently as October 16, 2026. On each school's own published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate between $14,689 and $20,693, with a median of $18,675. These are PilotBound estimates built on published rates, not quotes from the schools.

What is the cheapest flight school in Louisiana?

Flightline Air Service in Pineville publishes the lowest trainer rental of the 7 Louisiana schools listed here, $138 per hour for its Cessna 172P, a rate that does not say whether fuel is included, checked September 12, 2026. The lowest hourly rate is not automatically the lowest total: instructor rates, fuel basis, and the hours you actually fly decide that, which is what the per-school estimates on this page hold constant.

How current are these Louisiana flight school rates?

Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check in Louisiana is October 16, 2026, and each card and school page shows the exact date its rates were read. The directory is re-checked on a monthly cycle, and 17 more schools in Louisiana are listed without an estimate because they do not publish a full rate card. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.