What flight training costs at North Las Vegas (VGT)
8 schools train at North Las Vegas Airport, Las Vegas. 5 publish a full rate card, shown with its source and date next to a PilotBound estimate. The other 3 are listed with what they do publish.
Updated October 16, 2026 · All Nevada flight schools
Totals to reach your Private goal at this pace. 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. How we estimate.
West Air Flight Training
Part not statedLowest in NVLas Vegas, NV·westairflighttraining.com
$160/hr aircraft (wet)·$65/hr instructor
Checked October 16, 2026·Source
Published rates are wet. West Air prices its Cessna T182RG, the one retractable, at $310/hr WITH a CFI included, and publishes no airplane-only figure for it, so no complex rate is carried here and the commercial's ten complex hours are estimated at a regional average rather than a West Air figure. The $170 and $180 airplanes are published at $160/hr for students. 3% cash and 5% military discounts offered; no airport tax.
PilotBound estimate, Private
$17,665
range $15.2K to $20.1K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
Add to my planWest Air cost breakdown →702 Aviation
Part not statedNorth Las Vegas, NV·702aviation.com
$170/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)·$55/hr instructor
Checked October 12, 2026·Source
Aircraft rates are the solo column of the school's table; the dual column is $55/hr higher on every airplane, which matches the published $55/hr ground instruction rate, so $55 is carried as the instructor rate. The table does not say whether fuel is included. A simulator is $105/hr dual and $50/hr solo, and accelerated packages are offered.
PilotBound estimate, Private
$17,805
range $15.3K to $20.3K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
Add to my plan702 Aviation cost breakdown →Vegas Aviation
Part 61North Las Vegas, NV·vegasaviation.com
$175/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)·$60/hr instructor
Checked October 16, 2026·Source
Vegas Aviation publishes these as "starting at" rates and does not state whether fuel is included. Instruction is a flat $60/hr, billed on top of the aircraft rate, and the same figure covers ground, flight, single-engine and multi-engine. An AATD simulator is published at $75/hr and is not part of this estimate. The school publishes no complex single, so the commercial's ten complex-or-TAA hours are estimated at a regional average rather than a Vegas Aviation figure; its own commercial cost table does not itemize those hours either.
PilotBound estimate, Private
$18,455
range $15.9K to $21K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
Add to my planVegas Aviation cost breakdown →ChrisAir Aviation
Part not statedLargest fleetNorth Las Vegas, NV·chrisairaviation.co
$160/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)·$80/hr instructor
Checked September 10, 2026·Source
ChrisAir does not say whether its rates include fuel. Instruction is $80/hr in the two trainers and $100/hr in the tailwheel, aerobatic and helicopter fleet, which the school prices per aircraft. The Extra 300L, Decathlon and Husky are marked dual only and cannot be rented solo. A Bell 47G helicopter is published at $600/hr with $100/hr instruction; it is a different aircraft category and is not part of this estimate. The school also runs a $450 instrument ground school. Its own FAQ states the arithmetic used here: a $200 Cherokee plus an $80 instructor is about $280 for a lesson hour.
PilotBound estimate, Private
$18,535
range $15.9K to $21.1K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
Add to my planChrisAir cost breakdown →Pilot Training Las Vegas
Part 61Las Vegas, NV·pilottraininglv.com
$185/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)·$70/hr instructor
Checked October 16, 2026·Source
The site never says whether these rates include fuel. Instruction is $70/hr in Pilot Training's own aircraft, which is what this estimate uses, on the twin as well as the singles. Two higher tiers are published and not used: $85/hr for instruction in an aircraft Pilot Training does not own, which does not apply to its rental fleet, and $85/hr for ground or flight with the chief CFI, who is the school's multi-engine instructor. Regular ground-school attendees are not billed for pre-flight and post-flight briefings. Pilot Training also sells a 14-day accelerated private course at $17,600 ($9,800 instruction plus $7,800 for 40 hours in a Cherokee) with a $1,500 deposit, which this hourly estimate does not model.
PilotBound estimate, Private
$19,755
range $17K to $22.5K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
Add to my planPilot Training LV cost breakdown →- Below: schools without a full published rate card. They cannot be priced, so they sit at the end of a cost sort.
Chennault Flying Service
Part 61 & 141North Las Vegas, NV·VGT·chennaultflyingservice.com
No PilotBound estimate
Chennault does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate
What to ask ChennaultDesert Dogs Aviation
Part not statedNorth Las Vegas, NV·VGT
No PilotBound estimate
Desert Dogs does not publish a website, an aircraft rate and an instructor rate
What to ask Desert DogsSavage Aviation Float Plane School
Part not statedNorth Las Vegas, NV·VGT·savageaviationllc.com
No PilotBound estimate
Savage Aviation does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate
What to ask Savage Aviation
Estimates use the same method as every Nevada school page: PilotBound's own completion-hours model times each school's published rates, plus the one-time fees most quotes leave out. They are ours, not the schools' quotes, and we are not affiliated with the schools. How these estimates work·Disclaimer & removal policy
Discovery flights at VGT 2
Nevada discovery flights →Pilot Training Las Vegas · Las Vegas
A 30-minute flight. A Deluxe Discovery Flight is $295.
Checked October 16, 2026SourceCall 702-372-7552
$145
Vegas Aviation · North Las Vegas
A 30 to 60 minute lesson, depending on conditions.
Checked October 16, 2026SourceCall (888) 235-9834
$100
Flight school costs at North Las Vegas, in numbers
Computed from the 5 North Las Vegas schools that publish both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card above uses. The 3 listings without a full rate card are left out of every figure.
- Median PilotBound Private estimate across the 5 schools with published rates
- $18,455
- Published trainer rental, per hour
- $160 to $185
- Published instruction, per hour
- $55 to $100
- Schools publishing a full rate card (aircraft and instructor)
- 5 of 8
Lowest published trainer rates at North Las Vegas
Part 141 flight schools at North Las Vegas
Common questions about flight schools at VGT
How much does flight school cost at North Las Vegas?
Across the 5 North Las Vegas flight schools here that publish full rates, trainer rentals run $160 to $185 per hour and instruction $55 to $100 per hour, checked as recently as October 16, 2026. On each school's own published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate between $17,665 and $19,755, with a median of $18,455. These are PilotBound estimates built on published rates, not quotes from the schools.
What is the cheapest flight school at North Las Vegas?
ChrisAir Aviation in North Las Vegas publishes the lowest trainer rental of the 5 North Las Vegas schools listed here, $160 per hour for its Beechcraft Musketeer, a rate that does not say whether fuel is included, checked September 10, 2026. The lowest hourly rate is not automatically the lowest total: instructor rates, fuel basis, and the hours you actually fly decide that, which is what the per-school estimates on this page hold constant.
How current are these North Las Vegas flight school rates?
Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check at North Las Vegas is October 16, 2026, and each card and school page shows the exact date its rates were read. The directory is re-checked on a monthly cycle, and 3 more schools at North Las Vegas are listed without an estimate because they do not publish a full rate card. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.
Can I take a discovery flight at VGT?
2 of the 8 schools at North Las Vegas Airport publish a discovery flight price: Pilot Training Las Vegas at $145, checked October 16, 2026 and Vegas Aviation at $100, checked October 16, 2026. Each is the school's own published price, and the listing says what it includes.