PilotBound estimate · Batesville, MS
What flight training at New Heights Aviation costs
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A two-seater, and much the cheapest aeroplane here.
PilotBound estimate · Private
Examiner dataCost of your Private at New Heights Aviation
range $12.7K – $16.8K · about 6 months at 2×/week
Priced on New Heights's published rates: Cessna 150 at $119/hr + $65/hr instruction, checked August 6, 2026.
Against a minimums quote
+$5,500 on New Heights's own rates. Quotes usually price the 40-hour minimum; almost nobody finishes there.
Where it goes
One-time fees ($2,375)
- Knowledge (written) test$175
- Checkride / DPE fee$800
- Medical certificate$150
- Headset$700
- Ground school / test prep$300
- Books, charts & supplies$250
Examiner records (DPE dataset).
The hourly flying is priced on New Heights Aviation's published rates. About $2,375 of this is one-time fees (written test, examiner/DPE checkride, medical, gear), typical national estimates, not New Heights Aviation's prices, and several are set by third parties.
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. Full methodology and sources →
What New Heights publishes
checked August 6, 2026Instruction is $65/hr for ground and flight alike, and $75/hr if you fly your own aeroplane, which is the reverse of the usual arrangement and worth knowing if you own one. The site does not say whether rental includes fuel. A simulator is $45/hr and is not modeled. New Heights states that prices exclude checkride fees, and makes a point of not running the clock unnecessarily.
Not published: the examiner's checkride fee, whether rates include fuel. Listed as missing rather than guessed.
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Add to my planEstimates use New Heights Aviation's published Cessna 150 and instructor rates (checked August 6, 2026), shown in USD for planning only. Real cost varies by student, weather, and pace. An honest range, not a quote.
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Common questions about New Heights Aviation
- How much does it cost to get a private pilot license at New Heights Aviation?
- New Heights Aviation publishes $119 per hour for the Cessna 150 and $65 per hour for instruction on it, checked August 6, 2026. Applied to those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $14,713, in a range of $12,700 to $16,800. 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 New Heights Aviation.
- How long does it take to get a private pilot license at New Heights Aviation?
- Flying twice a week, PilotBound estimates about 6 months at New Heights Aviation 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 New Heights Aviation a Part 61 or Part 141 flight school?
- New Heights Aviation does not state on its own website whether it trains under Part 61 or Part 141, so we do not list one. It is worth asking directly before you enroll: Part 141 follows an FAA-approved syllabus and is generally what VA benefits require, while Part 61 is more flexible on scheduling.
- Do New Heights Aviation's aircraft rates include fuel?
- New Heights Aviation publishes $119 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 on top. PilotBound's estimate uses the rate exactly as published. Rates checked August 6, 2026.
- What ratings can you train for at New Heights Aviation?
- New Heights Aviation trains Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Flight Instructor and Instrument Instructor. Instruction is $65 per hour across the ratings it teaches. PilotBound's estimator on this page prices any of these paths on New Heights Aviation's own published rates.
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