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Rates partly published · Bemidji, MN

Flight training at Barnstormers

No aircraft rate. Barnstormers publishes a $60/hr instructor rate and nothing for the airplanes, so there is no total on this page.

Checked August 14, 2026 against Barnstormers contact and location page.

Based at
Bemidji Regional Airport(BJI)
FAA part
Not stated on their site
Website
flybarnstormers.com

Section 1What is published

Barnstormers's own figures

Checked August 20, 2026 · Source

Flight instruction: $60/hr

Published in an FAQ answer as $60 per hour, with the school noting that the rate does not change between certificates or between flight and ground.

Section 2Why 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 Barnstormers'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. Barnstormers 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, plus 2 in Minnesota. Top awards reach $22,200.
48
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
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Section 4What to ask

What to ask when you call

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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. What does the aeroplane cost per hour, and does it include fuel?Missing from their site

    The instructor rate is published and no aircraft rate appears anywhere on the three-page site.

  4. Do you train in floatplanes, and does that change the rate?

    AOPA's record lists seaplane alongside single-engine for this operator, and seaplane time is normally priced separately.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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 Barnstormers gets a full listing with an estimate, marked as sourced by phone on the date you called.

Send what they told you

Section 5Nearby schools

One other school flies from Bemidji Regional Airport.

It does not publish a rate either, so that one is a phone call too. BJI is the identifier to give when you ask.

    Every school in the state

    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.

    All Minnesota flight schools

    Section 6Sources

    That the school exists
    Barnstormers contact and location pageChecked August 14, 2026
    The rates above
    Barnstormers contact and location pageChecked August 20, 2026

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    PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Barnstormers. 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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