Flight training at Mid-State Aviation
Cozad, NE · Rates not published
No aircraft rate or instructor rate. Mid-State publishes no rates at all, so there is no total on this page.
Checked September 5, 2026 against Mid-State Aviation, Cozad Municipal Airport page.
- Based at
- Cozad Municipal Airport(CZD)
- FAA part
- Not stated on their site
- Phone
- 308-784-3868
- Website
- mid-stateaviation.com
What is published
Mid-State publishes no rates.
Everything we could source about Mid-State 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 September 5, 2026 against Mid-State Aviation, Cozad Municipal Airport page.
Why 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 Mid-State's rates. The middle of what 5 Nebraska schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.
- Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $120 to $175 per hour.
- $165
- Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 5 schools with published rates.
- $65
From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Mid-State is not in it.
Paying 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 for50 open to anyone. Top awards reach $22,200.No Nebraska-only awards in the directory yet.
- 50
- 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
What to ask
What to ask when you call
The marked ones are what Mid-State's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.
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.
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.
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.
Which airplane is available for instruction, and what does it and the instructor cost per hour?Missing from their site
The site offers flight instruction and aircraft leasing and names neither an airplane nor a rate.
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.
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Nearby schools
5 Nebraska 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.
- AGL Flight TrainingLincoln and Seward, NE · Checked October 8, 2026$165/hr$65/hr instruction
- Athlos AviationOmaha, NE · Checked October 8, 2026$120/hr$50/hr instruction
- Bernadt AviationSteinauer, NE · Checked October 8, 2026$137/hr$50/hr instruction
- Seward AviationSeward, NE · Checked October 16, 2026$175/hr$70/hr instruction
- TC FlightLincoln, NE · Checked October 8, 2026$165/hr$120/hr instruction
Sources
- That the school exists
- Mid-State Aviation, Cozad Municipal Airport pageChecked September 5, 2026
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