Rates partly published · South St Paul, MN
Flight training at Air Trek North
No aircraft rate. Air Trek North publishes a $105/hr instructor rate and nothing for the airplanes, so there is no total on this page.
Checked September 13, 2026 against Air Trek North rates page.
- Based at
- South St Paul Muni / Richard E Fleming Field(SGS)
- FAA part
- Not stated on their site
- Phone
- 952.594.1184
- Website
- airtreknorth.com
Section 1What is published
Air Trek North's own figures
Checked September 13, 2026 · Source
Flight instruction: $105/hr
Instruction is $105/hr, or $125/hr with the chief flight instructor. Air Trek states its prices are wet with fuel but without state and local taxes, and says outright that it charges NO fuel surcharge. A VIP club costs $595 to join plus $150/mo for a year minimum and requires a Private certificate.
Section 2Discovery flight
$189
Checked September 14, 2026
An hour in the air with 90 minutes of instruction, at the South Saint Paul location.
Section 3Why there is no total
An estimate needs an aircraft rate.
A training total is hours multiplied by rates. With the airplanes 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.
Aircraft rateMissing from their site
The airplane is the biggest line on a training bill.
What to compare their answer against
Not Air Trek North's rates. The middle of what 8 Minnesota schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.
- Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $85 to $215 per hour.
- $150
- Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 8 schools with published rates.
- $90
From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Air Trek North is not in it.
Section 4Paying 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 for51 open to anyone, plus 2 in Minnesota. Top awards reach $22,200.
- Minnesota Pilots Association Aviation Scholarships$3,000 · Open · closes in 179 days
- MNYAF Private Pilot Certificate Program ScholarshipAmount varies · Southern Minnesota · Check dates
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- 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.
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Section 5What to ask
What to ask when you call
The marked ones are what Air Trek North's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.
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.
What does each aircraft cost per hour now?Missing from their site
The current rates page prices instruction and the club and no aircraft. The only aircraft prices on the site are on pages the school has itself marked discontinued.
Is the block-rate programme really gone, or is there a current equivalent?
The page that carried the block rates is now named 'plane-rental-with-block-rates-discontinued', and the club appears to have replaced it.
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 number over and Air Trek North gets a full listing with an estimate, marked as sourced by phone on the date you called.
Send what they told youSection 6In the app
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Section 7Nearby schools
2 other schools fly from South St Paul Muni / Richard E Fleming Field.
None of them publishes a rate, so every one is a phone call. SGS is the identifier to give when you ask.
- Advanced Flight Training & LeasingPublishes no ratesSouth St. Paul
- Cadotte Aero Flight TrainingPublishes no ratesSouth Saint Paul
8 Minnesota 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.
- Aloft AviationLakeville, MN · Checked September 12, 2026$175/hr$85 to $90/hr instruction
- AV8 Flight SchoolEden Prairie, MN · Checked September 12, 2026$215/hr$90/hr instruction
- Bemidji Aviation ServicesBemidji, MN · Checked September 12, 2026$116/hr$45/hr instruction
- Great Planes AviationRochester, MN · Checked September 12, 2026$166/hr$90/hr instruction
- Inflight Pilot TrainingEden Prairie, MN · Checked August 20, 2026$150/hr$150/hr instruction
- Lakes Area AviationLittle Falls, MN · Checked September 12, 2026$125/hr$60 to $75/hr instruction
Section 8Sources
- That the school exists
- Air Trek North rates pageChecked September 13, 2026
- The rates above
- Air Trek North rates page, instructor rates dated May 2025Checked September 13, 2026
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- Albert Lea Airport · Albert Lea
- Alexandria Aviation · Alexandria
- Aloft Aviation · Lakeville
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