Flight training at West Michigan Flying Club
Norton Shores, MI · Rates partly published
No instructor rate. West Michigan Flying Club publishes rates for all 5 of its airplanes and nothing for instruction, so there is no total on this page.
Checked September 13, 2026 against West Michigan Flying Club site.
- Based at
- Muskegon County Airport(MKG)
- FAA part
- Not stated on their site
- Phone
- 231-981-8881
- Website
- westmichiganflyingclub.com
What is published
West Michigan Flying Club's own figures
Checked September 13, 2026 · Source
| Aircraft | Published rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 Cessna 150M (N704DZ)1976 | $90/hr | Wet. IFR certified. |
| 1966 Piper Cherokee 140 (N7198R)1966 | $110/hr | Wet. |
| 1973 Cessna 172 (N20421)1972 | $120/hr | Wet. Two more 172s at the same rate. |
| 1970 Cessna 177 Cardinal | $131/hr | Wet. |
| 1994 Mooney M20J | $160/hr | Wet. Retractable. |
Airframes built 1966 to 1976. Years of manufacture from the FAA aircraft registry, read October 21, 2026.
Seven aircraft priced per hour wet on their own pages and on the home page. Membership terms and instruction are not priced.
Why 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 West Michigan Flying Club's rates. The middle of what 18 Michigan schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.
- Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $109 to $395 per hour.
- $160
- Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 18 schools with published rates.
- $60
From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. West Michigan Flying Club is not in it.
Paying 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 for50 open to anyone. Top awards reach $22,200.No Michigan-only awards in the directory yet.
- 50
- 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
What to ask
What to ask when you call
The marked ones are what West Michigan Flying Club'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 do the dues and a club instructor cost?Missing from their site
Every airplane is priced wet and neither membership nor instruction is.
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.
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Nearby schools
One other school flies from Muskegon County Airport.
It does not publish a rate either, so that one is a phone call too. MKG is the identifier to give when you ask.
- Executive Air TransportPublishes no ratesMuskegon
18 Michigan 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.
- 4 One AirHolland, MI · Checked October 12, 2026$125/hr$58 to $80/hr instruction
- Apogee AirWaterford, MI · Checked September 12, 2026$395/hr$155 to $225/hr instruction
- Ascend AviationKimball, MI · Checked September 12, 2026$180/hr$65/hr instruction
- Bay Flying ServicesSaginaw, MI · Checked September 30, 2026$150/hr$50/hr instruction
- Crosswinds AviationHowell, MI · Checked October 12, 2026$189/hr$52/hr instruction
- Foxtrot Flight TrainingDowagiac, MI · Checked September 12, 2026$115/hr$70/hr instruction
Sources
- That the school exists
- West Michigan Flying Club siteChecked September 13, 2026
- The rates above
- West Michigan Flying Club home pageChecked September 13, 2026
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