Rates not published · Houma, LA
Flight training at Simon Aviation Services
No website or aircraft rate or instructor rate. Simon Aviation publishes no rates at all, so there is no total on this page.
Checked August 13, 2026 against AOPA flight school finder, Simon Aviation Services at KHUM.
- Based at
- Houma-Terrebonne Airport(HUM)
- FAA part
- Not stated on their site
- Phone
- 985-466-1113
Section 1What is published
Simon Aviation publishes no rates.
Everything we could source about Simon Aviation is in the facts above: where it flies from, what it trains, and how to reach it. No aircraft rate and no instructor rate appear anywhere we can cite.
Checked August 13, 2026 against AOPA flight school finder, Simon Aviation Services at KHUM.
Section 2Why there is no total
An estimate needs a website, an aircraft rate and an instructor rate.
A training total is hours multiplied by rates. With anything, the airplanes or 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.
WebsiteMissing from their site
There is nothing to read before you call, so the phone is the only way to get a rate.
Aircraft rateMissing from their site
The airplane is the biggest line on a training bill.
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 Simon Aviation's rates. The middle of what 5 Louisiana schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.
- Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $138 to $180 per hour.
- $161
- Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 5 schools with published rates.
- $65
From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Simon Aviation 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 for46 open to anyone. Top awards reach $22,200.No Louisiana-only awards in the directory yet.
- 46
- 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
Section 4What to ask
What to ask when you call
The marked ones are what Simon Aviation'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.
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.
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.
Do you instruct in your own aeroplanes, and what do they and the instructor cost?Missing from their site
This is an FBO that also lists training, and an FBO's instruction is often given in the customer's aircraft, which changes the whole shape of the bill.
Do you train helicopters as well as aeroplanes?
AOPA rates this operator for rotary wing alongside multi-engine and instrument, and the two are priced nothing alike.
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 numbers over and Simon Aviation Services gets a full listing with an estimate, marked as sourced by phone on the date you called.
Send what they told youSection 5Nearby schools
One other school flies from Houma-Terrebonne Airport.
It does not publish a rate either, so that one is a phone call too. HUM is the identifier to give when you ask.
- Hammonds Air ServicePublishes no ratesHouma
5 Louisiana 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.
- Flightline Air ServicePineville, LA · Checked August 13, 2026$138/hr$41/hr instruction
- Fly By KnightHammond, LA · Checked September 10, 2026$161/hr$55 to $75/hr instruction
- Gulf Coast AviationNew Orleans, LA · Checked August 6, 2026$180/hr$65 to $79/hr instruction
- Neu AviationShreveport, LA · Checked September 10, 2026$180/hr$65/hr instruction
- Propell AirDeRidder, LA · Checked August 13, 2026$140/hr$75/hr instruction
Section 6Sources
- That the school exists
- AOPA flight school finder, Simon Aviation Services at KHUMChecked August 13, 2026
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PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Simon Aviation Services. School names are used only to identify the school. Rates shown are the school's own published figures with the date we checked them. This page carries no PilotBound estimate, because the school does not publish enough for one. Disclaimer & removal policy.
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