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Rates partly published · Sidney, NY

Flight training at Delaware Aviation LLC

No instructor rate. Delaware Aviation publishes rates for all 3 of its airplanes and nothing for instruction, so there is no total on this page.

Checked September 13, 2026 against Delaware Aviation site.

FAA part
Not stated on their site
Trains
PPL · IR · CPL · CFI · CFII
Website
delawareaviation.net

Section 1What is published

Delaware Aviation's own figures

Checked September 13, 2026 · Source

Delaware Aviation LLC published aircraft rates
AircraftPublished rateNotes
Cessna 150$110/hr$145 dual.
Cessna Skyhawk 172$170/hrIFR equipped, 180 hp. $200 dual.
Piper Comanche 180$185/hrComplex. $220 dual.

Every aircraft is priced twice, solo and dual, both wet. The gaps are $35 on the 150, $30 on the 172 and $35 on the Comanche, so the subtractions disagree and no instructor rate is derived from them. Ground instruction is published separately at $45/hr, which is more than any of those gaps.

Section 2Why there is no total

An estimate needs an instructor rate.

A training total is hours multiplied by rates. With 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.

  • 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 Delaware Aviation's rates. The middle of what 11 New York schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.

Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $135 to $380 per hour.
$185
Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 11 schools with published rates.
$80

From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Delaware Aviation 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 for46 open to anyone. Top awards reach $22,200.No New York-only awards in the directory yet.
46
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.
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Section 4What to ask

What to ask when you call

The marked ones are what Delaware Aviation'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 does the instructor cost per hour on its own?Missing from their site

    Dual minus solo gives three different answers across three aircraft.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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 number over and Delaware Aviation LLC gets a full listing with an estimate, marked as sourced by phone on the date you called.

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Section 5Nearby schools

11 New York 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 New York flight schools

Section 6Sources

That the school exists
Delaware Aviation siteChecked September 13, 2026
The rates above
Delaware Aviation flight training pageChecked September 13, 2026

Are you Delaware Aviation LLC? Send your rate card and this becomes a full listing with an estimate, free. Or have it removed.

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

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PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Delaware Aviation LLC. 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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