Flight training at Langer Aviation

Aircraft: $165/hr

Aircraft rental is booked at $165/hr through the site's own booking page. A flying club runs alongside it: $750 in annual dues buys access to the same Cessna 172 at $110/hr wet. The $165 figure is the rate anyone can book without joining, which is why it is the one shown; the site does not say whether it too includes fuel, though the club rate is explicitly wet.

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

   Do the published aircraft rates include fuel, or is fuel billed separately?

   The site does not say, and it is the difference between two rates that look identical and are not.

4. 4

   What does an instructor cost per hour, and does joining the club change it?Missing from their site

   The club changes the aircraft rate by $55/hr. Whether it also changes instruction is not stated, and no instruction rate is published at all.

5. 5

   Is the $750 annual due worth it for a student?

   At a $55/hr saving the dues pay for themselves in under fourteen hours, which is well inside a Private. It is worth confirming a student may join.

6. 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. 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. 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.

What to compare their answer against

Not Langer Aviation's rates. The middle of what 3 North Dakota 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. Langer Aviation is not in it.

What we checked

Publishes two rates for the same Cessna 172: $165/hr to book directly and $110/hr wet for members of its flying club, who pay $750 a year. The open rate is the one recorded. No instruction rate anywhere. Checked August 6, 2026.