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Rates not published · Cut Bank, MT

Flight training at Montana By Air

No aircraft rate or instructor rate. Montana By Air publishes no rates at all, so there is no total on this page.

Checked August 14, 2026 against Montana By Air site.

Based at
Cut Bank International Airport(CTB)
FAA part
Not stated on their site
Website
montanabyair.com

Section 1What is published

Montana By Air publishes no rates.

Everything we could source about Montana By Air is in the facts above: where it flies from, what it trains, and how to reach it. No aircraft rate and no instructor rate appear anywhere we can cite.

Checked August 14, 2026 against Montana By Air site.

Section 2Why there is no total

An estimate needs an aircraft rate and an instructor rate.

A training total is hours multiplied by rates. With the airplanes or 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.

  • Aircraft rateMissing from their site

    The airplane is the biggest line on a training bill.

  • 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 Montana By Air's rates. The middle of what 7 Montana schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.

Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $119 to $184 per hour.
$160
Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 7 schools with published rates.
$65

From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Montana By Air 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 for51 open to anyone, plus 1 in Montana. Top awards reach $22,200.
52
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 Montana By Air's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.

  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. 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. 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. 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. Do you train the public, and what do the aircraft and instructor cost per hour?Missing from their site

    The whole site is three pages and AOPA's record lists no certificates or rental categories for this business.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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 numbers over and Montana By Air gets a full listing with an estimate, marked as sourced by phone on the date you called.

Send what they told you

Section 5In the app

Track your training at Montana By Air.

Montana By Air is in the PilotBound app. Choose Montana By Air when you set up and enter the rates it gives you; the app prices your training on them and tracks every flight you log against the projection.

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Section 6Nearby schools

7 Montana 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 Montana flight schools

Section 7Sources

That the school exists
Montana By Air siteChecked August 14, 2026

Are you Montana By Air? Send your rate card and this becomes a full listing with an estimate, free. Or have it removed.

This page says these are not stated on your site. Send us where each one is published and it shows here instead.

  • What your aircraft rent for per hourSend it
  • What instruction costs per hourSend it

PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Montana By Air. 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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