Flight training at Stanton Sport Aviation

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   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.

4. 4

   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.

5. 5

   What does MY instructor charge per hour, and what does the aeroplane cost?Missing from their site

   The FAQ gives instruction as a range rather than a rate, because instructors here set their own prices, and no aeroplane rate is published.

6. 6

   Are the gliders and the light-sport aircraft priced differently?

   AOPA lists glider, light-sport, single-engine and tailwheel for this field, which usually means several rate cards rather than one.

7. 7

   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.

8. 8

   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.

9. 9

   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.

What to compare their answer against

Not Stanton Sport's rates. The middle of what 8 Minnesota schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.

From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Stanton Sport is not in it.

What we checked

A RANGE IS NOT A RATE. Stanton's FAQ answers the price question with 'currently they run from $59 to $69 per flying hour depending', which is a spread across independent instructors rather than a price the field charges. The $50, $100, $150 and $200 figures elsewhere on the site are gift certificate denominations. A glider and tailwheel field rather than a conventional school. Checked August 14, 2026.