Flight training at Fly Taos Sky

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

   Is the school still operating, and is there a current website?Missing from their site

   The domain still resolves but serves a Wix domain-connection error rather than a site, which usually means a lapsed setup rather than a closed business. Worth confirming before anything else.

6. 6

   What do the Cherokee 140 and the Cherokee 180 rent for per hour, and what is the instruction rate?Missing from their site

   The school described both airplanes to AOPA but has never published a rate for either.

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 Fly Taos Sky's rates. The middle of what 5 New Mexico 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. Fly Taos Sky is not in it.

What we checked

`flytaossky.com` resolves but returns a Wix "ConnectYourDomain" error page, checked August 12, 2026, so there is no site to read rates from rather than a site that omits them. AOPA's finder carries the school's own description: a Piper Cherokee 140 with G5s and a Garmin 300XL and a Cherokee 180 with G275s, a GTN 650 and autopilot, training for Private through ATP, and accelerated mountain-flying courses out of Taos.