How much does it cost to get a private pilot license at Flightline Air Service?

Flightline Air Service publishes $138 per hour for the Cessna 172P and $41 per hour for instruction on it, checked August 13, 2026. Applied to those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $14,689, in a range of $12,600 to $16,700. That covers roughly 72 hours of flying and instruction plus the one-time fees most quotes leave out, including the written test, the examiner's checkride fee, a medical, and study materials. It is a PilotBound estimate built on the school's published rates, not a quote from Flightline Air Service.

How long does it take to get a private pilot license at Flightline Air Service?

Flying twice a week, PilotBound estimates about 6 months at Flightline Air Service to reach the private pilot checkride, at roughly 72 hours. Pace is the single biggest variable: flying once a week typically stretches the timeline and raises the total, because time between lessons gets spent re-learning. Weather, aircraft availability, and instructor turnover all push the same direction.

Is Flightline Air Service a Part 61 or Part 141 flight school?

Flightline Air Service does not state on its own website whether it trains under Part 61 or Part 141, so we do not list one. It is worth asking directly before you enroll: Part 141 follows an FAA-approved syllabus and is generally what VA benefits require, while Part 61 is more flexible on scheduling.

Do Flightline Air Service's aircraft rates include fuel?

Flightline Air Service publishes $138 per hour for the Cessna 172P, a rate that does not say whether fuel is included. Ask before you budget: if the rate turns out to be dry, fuel adds roughly $30 to $60 per hour on top. PilotBound's estimate uses the rate exactly as published. Rates checked August 13, 2026.

What ratings can you train for at Flightline Air Service?

Flightline Air Service trains Private Pilot. Instruction is $41 per hour across the ratings it teaches. PilotBound's estimator on this page prices any of these paths on Flightline Air Service's own published rates.

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Cost of your Private at Flightline Air Service

$14,689

range $12.6K – $16.7K · about 6 months at 2×/week

Priced on Flightline's published rates: Cessna 172P at $138/hr + $41/hr instruction, checked August 13, 2026.

Against a minimums quote

at the FAA legal minimums$9,207

at the hours students actually take$14,689

+$5,482 on Flightline's own rates. Quotes usually price the 40-hour minimum; almost nobody finishes there.

Where it goes

$12.6K – $16.7K

Aircraft rental$9,936

Instruction$2,378

One-time costs$2,375

Aircraft + instruction$12,314

72 hrs in Cessna 172P @ $138/hr + 58 dual @ $41/hr

One-time fees ($2,375)

Knowledge (written) test$175
Checkride / DPE fee$800
Medical certificate$150
Headset$700
Ground school / test prep$300
Books, charts & supplies$250

Hours at a steady pace72 hrs

Examiner records (DPE dataset).

The hourly flying is priced on Flightline Air Service's published rates. About $2,375 of this is one-time fees (written test, examiner/DPE checkride, medical, gear), typical national estimates, not Flightline Air Service's prices, and several are set by third parties.

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. Full methodology and sources →

What Flightline publishes

checked August 13, 2026

Cessna 172P (N99396)$138/hr fuel basis not stated

Cessna 172S (N346SP)$163/hr fuel basis not stated

Piper Arrow 28R (N16362)Retractable, so this is the complex trainer.$183/hr fuel basis not stated

Instruction$41/hr

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.

Not published: the examiner's checkride fee, whether rates include fuel. Listed as missing rather than guessed.

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

Do the published aircraft rates include fuel, or is fuel billed separately?Missing from their site
The site does not say, and it is the difference between two rates that look identical and are not.
What gets billed on top of the hourly rates, and roughly how much per hour does it add?
The site notes extras beyond the hourly figures. Ask for the all-in number per hour, not the base rate.
Does the instructor rate change for the Instrument, Commercial, or CFI, or is it flat across everything?
Plenty of schools charge more for advanced instruction. A flat rate quoted for the Private can climb later.
Do you train under Part 61 or Part 141?Missing from their site
It changes the minimum hours, and for some students it changes financing eligibility.
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.

Estimates use Flightline Air Service's published Cessna 172P and instructor rates (checked August 13, 2026), shown in USD for planning only. Real cost varies by student, weather, and pace. An honest range, not a quote.

PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Flightline Air Service. School names are used only to identify the school. 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. Disclaimer & removal policy.

Common questions about Flightline Air Service

How much does it cost to get a private pilot license at Flightline Air Service?: Flightline Air Service publishes $138 per hour for the Cessna 172P and $41 per hour for instruction on it, checked August 13, 2026. Applied to those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $14,689, in a range of $12,600 to $16,700. That covers roughly 72 hours of flying and instruction plus the one-time fees most quotes leave out, including the written test, the examiner's checkride fee, a medical, and study materials. It is a PilotBound estimate built on the school's published rates, not a quote from Flightline Air Service.
How long does it take to get a private pilot license at Flightline Air Service?: Flying twice a week, PilotBound estimates about 6 months at Flightline Air Service to reach the private pilot checkride, at roughly 72 hours. Pace is the single biggest variable: flying once a week typically stretches the timeline and raises the total, because time between lessons gets spent re-learning. Weather, aircraft availability, and instructor turnover all push the same direction.
Is Flightline Air Service a Part 61 or Part 141 flight school?: Flightline Air Service does not state on its own website whether it trains under Part 61 or Part 141, so we do not list one. It is worth asking directly before you enroll: Part 141 follows an FAA-approved syllabus and is generally what VA benefits require, while Part 61 is more flexible on scheduling.
Do Flightline Air Service's aircraft rates include fuel?: Flightline Air Service publishes $138 per hour for the Cessna 172P, a rate that does not say whether fuel is included. Ask before you budget: if the rate turns out to be dry, fuel adds roughly $30 to $60 per hour on top. PilotBound's estimate uses the rate exactly as published. Rates checked August 13, 2026.
What ratings can you train for at Flightline Air Service?: Flightline Air Service trains Private Pilot. Instruction is $41 per hour across the ratings it teaches. PilotBound's estimator on this page prices any of these paths on Flightline Air Service's own published rates.

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