Rates partly published · Dayton, OH
Flight training at Dayton Aviation Services
No instructor rate. Dayton Aviation publishes rates for all 3 of its airplanes and nothing for instruction, so there is no total on this page. Instruction is the second biggest line on a training bill, after the airplane.
Checked September 5, 2026 against Dayton Aviation Services site.
- Based at
- Moraine Air Park(I73)
- FAA part
- Part 61
- Trains
- PPL · IR
- Phone
- 937-401-8476
- Website
- daytonaviation.com
What Dayton Aviation publishes
Checked September 5, 2026 · Source
| Aircraft | Published rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tecnam P92 (N832ES) | $128/hr | A light sport, so it prices the Private and not the instrument leg. Fuel basis not stated. |
| Cessna 172M (N61814) | $160/hr | N80254, N9782V, the 172P N96628 and the 172N N6252D are the same. |
| Piper Arrow PA-28R-200 (N55516) | $180/hr | Retractable. |
Seven airplanes priced per hour on the fleet page with no wet or dry wording, and no instructor rate anywhere. Sport, Private and Instrument training under Part 61.
What to ask when you call
The marked ones are what Dayton Aviation'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.
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.
What does the instructor cost per hour, and are the aircraft rates wet?Missing from their site
Seven airplanes are priced and neither the instructor nor the fuel basis is stated.
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.
What to compare their answer against
Not Dayton Aviation's rates. The middle of what 13 Ohio schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.
Trainer, median
$150/hr
Range $109 to $195
Instruction, median
$55/hr
Across 13 schools with published rates
From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Dayton Aviation is not in it.
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Moraine Air Park's school, a Tecnam, five 172s and an Arrow priced per hour, instructor unpriced. Crawled September 5, 2026.
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