PilotBound estimate · Knoxville, TN · Checked September 16, 2026
What flight training at Fast Track Flight Training costs
Website fasttrackflighttraining.com
Phone (865) 824-7168
Section 1Cost estimate
Your plan
Estimate cost to reach
Flying
Lycoming O-320. Garmin 430 WAAS IFR-approved GPS, dual Garmin G5 with HSI, ADS-B, sliding canopy.
PilotBound estimate · Private
Examiner dataCost of your Private at Fast Track Flight Training
range $16.9K – $22.4K · about 6 months at 2×/week
Priced on Fast Track's published rates: Grumman Cheetah AA5-A at $180/hr + $75/hr instruction, checked September 16, 2026.
Against a minimums quote
+$7,710 on Fast Track's own rates. Quotes usually price the 40-hour minimum; almost nobody finishes there.
Where it goes
One-time fees ($2,375)
- Knowledge (written) test$175
- Checkride / DPE fee$800
- Medical certificate$150
- Headset$700
- Ground school / test prep$300
- Books, charts & supplies$250
Examiner records (DPE dataset).
The hourly flying is priced on Fast Track Flight Training's published rates. About $2,375 of this is one-time fees (written test, examiner/DPE checkride, medical, gear), typical national estimates, not Fast Track Flight Training's prices, and several are set by third parties.
Estimates use PilotBound's own completion-hours model, examiner-completion data where it exists and FAA minimums where it does not, applied to each school's published rates. They are PilotBound estimates, not the school's quote, and will differ from a school's own figures. Full methodology and sources →
Put this calculator on your siteSection 2The rate card
What Fast Track publishes
checked September 16, 2026Airframes built 1965 to 1979. Years of manufacture from the FAA aircraft registry, read September 16, 2026.
This estimate uses Fast Track's published wet rates. Its multi-engine courses are also quoted at $500/hr wet including the instructor, which is the $425 aircraft plus the $75 instructor rather than a separate price. Ground instruction is charged at the same $75/hr.
The examiner's checkride fee is not on this card: the examiner sets it, not the school. The estimate above includes PilotBound's own figure for it. Fast Track does not state whether it trains under Part 61 or Part 141, so the estimate above is built on Part 61 hours.
Section 3Paying for it
Two ways to cover $19,685.
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 Tennessee-only awards in the directory yet.
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- Money you pay backLenders that cover $19,685All six lenders in our comparison lend this much. That is whether a loan this size is on offer, not whether you would be approved.
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Section 4Add to my plan
Turn this into a plan.
Your $19,685 is the starting line. Turn it into a route to your checkride, every step in order with this cost built in.
Add to my planSection 5What to ask
What to ask when you call
The marked one is what Fast Track's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.
What gets billed on top of the hourly rates, and roughly how much per hour does it add?
The site notes extras beyond the hourly figures. Ask for the all-in number per hour, not the base rate.
Does the instructor rate change for the Instrument, Commercial, or CFI, or is it flat across everything?
Plenty of schools charge more for advanced instruction. A flat rate quoted for the Private can climb later.
Do you train under Part 61 or Part 141?Missing from their site
It changes the minimum hours, and for some students it changes financing eligibility.
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.
Section 6Questions
- How much does it cost to get a private pilot license at Fast Track Flight Training?
- Fast Track Flight Training publishes $180 per hour for the Grumman Cheetah AA5-A and $75 per hour for instruction on it, checked September 16, 2026. Applied to those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $19,685, in a range of $16,900 to $22,400. That covers roughly 72 hours of flying and instruction plus the one-time fees most quotes leave out, including the written test, the examiner's checkride fee, a medical, and study materials. It is a PilotBound estimate built on the school's published rates, not a quote from Fast Track Flight Training.
- How long does it take to get a private pilot license at Fast Track Flight Training?
- Flying twice a week, PilotBound estimates about 6 months at Fast Track Flight Training to reach the private pilot checkride, at roughly 72 hours. Pace is the single biggest variable: flying once a week typically stretches the timeline and raises the total, because time between lessons gets spent re-learning. Weather, aircraft availability, and instructor turnover all push the same direction.
- Is Fast Track Flight Training a Part 61 or Part 141 flight school?
- Fast Track Flight Training does not state on its own website whether it trains under Part 61 or Part 141, so we do not list one. It is worth asking directly before you enroll: Part 141 follows an FAA-approved syllabus and is generally what VA benefits require, while Part 61 is more flexible on scheduling.
- Do Fast Track Flight Training's aircraft rates include fuel?
- Fast Track Flight Training publishes $180 per hour for the Grumman Cheetah AA5-A, a wet rate, so fuel is included in the hourly figure. A wet rate is the easier one to compare, because the number you see is the number you fly on. Rates checked September 16, 2026.
- What ratings can you train for at Fast Track Flight Training?
- Fast Track Flight Training trains Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Multi-Engine (AMEL), Flight Instructor and Multi-Engine Instructor. Instruction is $75 per hour across the ratings it teaches. PilotBound's estimator on this page prices any of these paths on Fast Track Flight Training's own published rates.
Section 7Sources
Estimates use Fast Track Flight Training's published Grumman Cheetah AA5-A and instructor rates (checked September 16, 2026), shown in USD for planning only. Real cost varies by student, weather, and pace. A range, not a quote.
PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Fast Track Flight Training. School names are used only to identify the school. Estimates use PilotBound's own completion-hours model, examiner-completion data where it exists and FAA minimums where it does not, applied to each school's published rates. They are PilotBound estimates, not the school's quote, and will differ from a school's own figures. Disclaimer & removal policy.
Are you Fast Track? Every figure here is yours, shown with its source and date.
One other school flies from Knoxville Downtown Island Airport.
It publishes a full rate card, so you can compare before you call. DKX is the identifier to give when you ask.
- Knoxville Flight Training AcademyFull rate card, Cessna 172L Skyhawk at $185/hr and $65/hr instructionKnoxville
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