Eastern Slope Aviation Academy
Part 61 flight training at Eastern Slopes Regional Airport.
Rates checkedChecked November 13, 2026 by Samip Shah, CFI, CFII, AGI
At a glance
- 2 aircraft types.
- A private pilot certificate here, flying 2x a week, is estimated at $14,785.
Basics
| Training rules | Part 61 |
|---|---|
| Certificates | Private Pilot |
| Website | easternslopeaviationacademy.org |
| Phone | (207) 730-3870 |
Aircraft and rates
2 types
Cessna 150
Two seats.
- Rate (fuel basis not stated)
- $120/hr
Instruction and rate notes
Checked November 13, 2026Flying is for members, and membership is open to anyone: $100 a year for students, $300 for adults, including an hour of simulator time a month in the first year. The Cessna 172 has no published rate. A Redbird TD2 simulator is $50/hr plus an instructor.
The examiner's checkride fee is paid separately. The website doesn't say whether rates include fuel.
Airport
Eastern Slopes Regional KIZG
Home field · 1 runway · 4,200 ft · asphalt
Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP imagery via the USGS National Map
Weather
In an average year, January to June has 153 flyable days out of 181. That is the six months your estimate covers, marked under the chart.
What counts as a flyable day
Clouds no lower than 3,000 feet and visibility of 5 miles or more (VFR weather) for at least half the hours between 9 am and 5 pm. Hourly observations from the airport's own weather station, 2016 to 2025. Source: Iowa Environmental Mesonet ASOS archive, Iowa State University.
What it costs
Certificate
Flying
Hours
Two seats.
Where this comes from
Examiner records (DPE dataset).PilotBound estimate
$14,785
Usually $12,700 to $16,900 · about 6 months
- Airplane72 hrs in Cessna 150 × $120/hr$8,640
- Instructor58 hrs dual × $65/hr$3,770
One-time feesWritten test, checkride, medical, headset and more$2,375
- Knowledge (written) test$175
- Checkride / DPE fee$800
- Medical certificate$150
- Headset$700
- Ground school / test prep$300
- Books, charts & supplies$250
The hourly flying is priced on Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's published rates. The one-time fees are typical national figures, not Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's prices, and several are set by third parties.
Paying for it
Two ways to cover $14,785.
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- Money you keepScholarships you could apply for43 open to anyone, plus 1 in Maine. Top awards reach $22,200.
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What to ask when you call
Not on their website
Do the published aircraft rates include fuel, or is fuel billed separately?
Two rates that look the same can differ by the cost of fuel.
Also ask
What gets billed on top of the hourly rates, and roughly how much per hour does it add?
Ask for the all-in hourly number, not the base rate.
Do you offer block rates or prepay discounts, and what is the refund policy if I stop partway?
Block discounts are rarely published, and the refund terms matter more than the discount.
What do you charge for the written test, the checkride, and the examiner's fee?
The examiner's fee alone runs $800 to $1,200 in most of the country.
How many trainers and how many full-time instructors do you have right now?
Availability sets your pace, and pace drives your total more than the hourly rate.
In the app
Track it against Eastern Slope's rates.
Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's rate card is in the PilotBound app. Choose Eastern Slope when you set up and the app prices your training at its rates, then tracks every flight you log against the projection.
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Questions
How much does it cost to get a private pilot license at Eastern Slope Aviation Academy?
Eastern Slope Aviation Academy publishes $120 per hour for the Cessna 150 and $65 per hour for instruction on it, checked November 13, 2026. Applied to those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $14,785, in a range of $12,700 to $16,900. 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 Eastern Slope Aviation Academy.
How long does it take to get a private pilot license at Eastern Slope Aviation Academy?
Flying twice a week, PilotBound estimates about 6 months at Eastern Slope Aviation Academy 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 Eastern Slope Aviation Academy a Part 61 or Part 141 flight school?
Eastern Slope Aviation Academy trains under Part 61, the flexible path. There is no FAA-approved syllabus to follow, so lessons can be scheduled around your life and adapted to your pace. The tradeoff is a slightly higher paper minimum for the private certificate (40 hours versus 35) and, for most students, no VA benefit eligibility.
Do Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's aircraft rates include fuel?
Eastern Slope Aviation Academy publishes $120 per hour for the Cessna 150, 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. Rates checked November 13, 2026.
What ratings can you train for at Eastern Slope Aviation Academy?
Eastern Slope Aviation Academy trains Private Pilot. Instruction is $65 per hour across the ratings it teaches. PilotBound's estimator on this page prices any of these paths on Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's own published rates.
Sources
Estimates use Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's published Cessna 150 and instructor rates (checked November 13, 2026), shown in USD for planning only. Real cost varies by student, weather, and pace. A range, not a quote.
PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Eastern Slope Aviation Academy. 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. Methodology · Disclaimer & removal policy.
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