Rates partly published · Cincinnati, OH
Flight training at Lunken Flight Training Center
No instructor rate. Lunken FTC publishes a $425/hr aircraft rate and nothing for instruction, so there is no total on this page.
Checked August 7, 2026 against Lunken FTC aircraft fleet page.
- Based at
- Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport(LUK)
- FAA part
- Not stated on their site
- Trains
- PPL · IR · CPL · Multi · MEI
- Website
- flylftc.com
Section 1What is published
Lunken FTC's own figures
Checked August 7, 2026 · Source
| Aircraft | Published rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond DA42-NG (N859LF) | $425/hr | The multi trainer. This rate is published as the OVERAGE rate for the multi-engine add-on, not as a general rental rate. |
Both figures here come from the excess-hours clause of the multi-engine add-on, which reads "Excess hours required will be billed at $425/hr for Aircraft (DA42NG) and $85/hr for MEI". They are real published rates but they describe the twin only. The eight Cessna 172R and 172S in the fleet, the Redbird AATD, and the PATH and FLEX programmes are not priced anywhere we could read, and a daily rental minimum applies to multi-day reservations.
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 Lunken FTC's rates. The middle of what 13 Ohio schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.
- Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $109 to $195 per hour.
- $150
- Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 13 schools with published rates.
- $55
From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Lunken FTC 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, plus 2 in Ohio. Top awards reach $22,200.
- ORBAA Scholarship$5,000 – $8,500 · Check dates
- Mitchell Cary and Don Gum Memorial Aviation Scholarship$1,500 · National Aviation Heritage Area counties · Check dates
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- 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 Lunken FTC'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.
What does a Cessna 172 cost per hour, and what is the instructor rate for the Private?Missing from their site
The only published rates are the twin's, in the overage clause of a multi add-on. Eight of the ten aeroplanes are 172s and none of them is priced.
What do the PATH and FLEX programmes cost?
They are the two named training tracks and neither carries a figure on the site.
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.
Called them? Send us what they said.
Send the number over and Lunken Flight Training Center gets a full listing with an estimate, marked as sourced by phone on the date you called.
Send what they told youSection 5Nearby schools
One other school flies from Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field.
It does not publish a rate either, so that one is a phone call too. LUK is the identifier to give when you ask.
13 Ohio 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.
- Avit Flight AcademyWadsworth, OH · Checked August 7, 2026$145/hr$55 to $80/hr instruction
- Blue Sky Flight TrainingHamilton, OH · Checked September 8, 2026$151/hr$47 to $53/hr instruction
- Capital City AviationColumbus, OH · Checked September 5, 2026$185/hr$80 to $105/hr instruction
- Golden Eagle AviationSidney, OH · Checked September 5, 2026$150/hr$55/hr instruction
- GPE Flight Training CenterWilmington, OH · Checked September 8, 2026$155/hr$40 to $50/hr instruction
- Hogan Flying ServiceHamilton, OH · Checked September 5, 2026$130/hr$55 to $60/hr instruction
Section 6Sources
- That the school exists
- Lunken FTC aircraft fleet pageChecked August 7, 2026
- The rates above
- Lunken FTC multi-engine rating add-on pageChecked August 7, 2026
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