What flight training costs at Texas flight schools
Every listing shows the school's own published rates with the source and date, next to an honest PilotBound estimate for your Private pilot certificate. Add any school to your plan to map your whole route on their real rates.
Search, filter by city, and sort by cost. Each card marks where it falls among the state's schools on cost. Estimates are ours, not quotes, and we are not affiliated with these schools. See a wrong number? Every card has a correct-this-listing link.
Totals to reach your Private goal at this pace. 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. How we estimate.
Private estimate range across Texas
Direct-to Pilot Academy
Part 61Lowest in TXSulphur Springs, TX·flydtpa.com
PilotBound estimate · Private
$12.1K–$16.1K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.
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Pilot Rise Flight School
Part 61Fort Worth & Dallas, TX·pilotrise.com
Published rates
$115/hr aircraft (wet)+$70/hr instructor
Verified June 27, 2026·Source
Rates are wet (fuel included). A temporary $0.90/gal fuel surcharge applied as of May 11, 2026, and is not included in this estimate. Every dual flight also includes 0.6 hr of ground instruction (pre/post-flight briefing) billed at the instruction rate, which this estimate does not add.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$12.7K–$16.8K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.
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Texas State Aviation
Part 61San Marcos, TX·tsaviation.com
PilotBound estimate · Private
$13.6K–$18K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.
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Hub City Aviation
Part 61Lubbock, TX·hubcityaviation.com
Published rates
$150/hr aircraft (wet)+$60/hr instructor
Verified June 27, 2026·Source
Rates are wet-equivalent: Hub City reimburses fuel up to $5.00/gal.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$14.3K–$19K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.
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Airplanes & Attitude
Part 61McKinney, TX·airplanesandattitude.com
PilotBound estimate · Private
$15K–$19.9K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.
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Texas Skies Flight School
Part 61Largest fleet2 locationsBoerne & New Braunfels, TX·texasskiesflightschool.com
Published rates
$150/hr aircraft (dry, fuel billed separately)+$75/hr instructor
Verified June 27, 2026·Source
This estimate uses Texas Skies' published dry rates. It does not include fuel or landing fees, which Texas Skies bills separately per their website.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$15K–$19.9K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.
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Texas Flight Aviation
Part 61Houston, TX·txflight.com
Published rates
$154/hr aircraft (wet)+$71/hr instructor
Verified June 27, 2026·Source
This estimate uses Texas Flight's published block rates (a $1,000 minimum deposit). Their standard rate is about $10/hr higher per aircraft.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$15.1K–$20K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.
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Chiota Aviation
Part 61Waco, TX·chiotaaviation.com
Published rates
$165/hr aircraft (wet)+$65/hr instructor
Verified June 27, 2026·Source
This estimate uses Chiota's published wet rates. It does not include fuel surcharges or landing fees, which Chiota bills separately per their website.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$15.5K–$20.5K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.
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Code 1 Flight Training
Part 61Wills Point, TX·code1flighttraining.com
Published rates
$165/hr aircraft (wet)+$70/hr instructor
Verified June 27, 2026·Source
Rates are wet and all-inclusive (fuel, maintenance, and insurance included).
PilotBound estimate · Private
$15.8K–$20.9K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.
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Nationwide Aviation
Part 613 locationsRoanoke & Weatherford, TX, TX·flynationwide.net
PilotBound estimate · Private
$17.6K–$23.3K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.
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Flying Tigers Flight School
Part 61 & 141Houston, TX·flytigers.net
PilotBound estimate · Private
$19.2K–$25.5K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.
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Houston, TX·westhoustonairport.com
Published rates
$260/hr aircraft (wet)+$100/hr instructor
Verified June 27, 2026·Source
West Houston publishes solo (aircraft) and dual (aircraft plus instructor) rates. This estimate uses the solo rate for the aircraft and the $100/hr difference for instruction.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$23.1K–$30.6K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.
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How these estimates work
We apply one consistent method to every school: PilotBound's own completion-hours model, examiner-completion data where it exists (like the Private and Commercial) and FAA minimums where no credible public data exists (like the Instrument and CFI), times that school's published aircraft and instructor rates (linked on every card, with the date we verified them), plus the one-time fees most quotes leave out. Holding the hours model identical across schools means the only thing that changes card to card is the school's actual rates.
So the number is PilotBound's estimate, not the school's quote, and it will differ from a school's own cost figures, which are often based on FAA-minimum hours. The schools do not set or endorse it. The result is a range, not a promise.
Want a number tied to your own pace and aircraft choice? Run the estimator or read the full methodology.
These estimates are ours, not the schools' quotes, and we are not affiliated with the schools. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime. Disclaimer & removal policy.