What flight training costs at Cleburne Regional (CPT)
2 schools train at Cleburne Regional Airport, Cleburne. All of them publish a full rate card, shown with its source and date next to a PilotBound estimate.
Updated October 16, 2026 · All Texas flight schools
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.
KCPT Flyers
Part not statedLowest in TXCleburne, TX·kcptflyers.com
$180/hr aircraft (wet)·$60/hr instructor
Checked October 16, 2026·Source
KCPT publishes wet rates (fuel, oil, and insurance included, billed on Hobbs time). A 10-hour prepaid block takes $10/hr off each aircraft. Instruction is published as a band rather than a figure, $45 to $60 an hour for flight and $40 to $55 for ground, varying by instructor and activity, and this estimate uses the top of the flight band. The school's homepage quotes the wider band of $45 to $65 for the same instruction. Landing fees away from KCPT, overnight tie-down, and damage deductibles are excluded.
PilotBound estimate, Private
$18,815
range $16.2K to $21.4K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
Add to my planKCPT Flyers cost breakdown →Lively Aviation
Part not statedLargest fleetCleburne & Stephenville, TX·livelyaviation.com
$175/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)·$75/hr instructor
Checked October 13, 2026·Source
Four Piper Cherokees, two PA-28-151s and two Warriors, are $175/hr with instruction at $75/hr, pay as you go; enrolling in the Checkride Assurance Program for $1,000 per rating drops them to $170 and $70. The Cirrus SR20 G7 is $375/hr with Cirrus instruction at $95/hr, and the Beechcraft Travel Air twin is $425/hr with instruction at $80/hr. A Redbird FMX simulator is $80/hr. Bases are Cleburne and Stephenville, with the Cirrus at Granbury. The site does not say whether fuel is included.
PilotBound estimate, Private
$19,325
range $16.6K to $22K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
Add to my planLively cost breakdown →
Estimates use the same method as every Texas school page: PilotBound's own completion-hours model times each school's published rates, plus the one-time fees most quotes leave out. They are ours, not the schools' quotes, and we are not affiliated with the schools. How these estimates work·Disclaimer & removal policy
Discovery flights at CPT 1
Texas discovery flights →Lively Aviation · Cleburne & Stephenville
A preflight briefing, about an hour of flight time at the controls, and a debrief; it counts toward the Private.
Checked October 13, 2026SourceCall 254-977-8594
$200
Flight school costs at Cleburne Regional, in numbers
Computed from the 2 Cleburne Regional schools that publish both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card above uses.
- Median PilotBound Private estimate across the 2 schools with published rates
- $19,070
- Published trainer rental, per hour
- $175 to $180
- Published instruction, per hour
- $60 to $80
- Schools publishing a full rate card (aircraft and instructor)
- 2 of 2
Lowest published trainer rates at Cleburne Regional
Other Texas airports with flight schools.
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- David Wayne Hooks Memorial (DWH)5 schools, 4 with rates
- Fort Worth Meacham International (FTW)7 schools, 1 with rates
- Hicks Air Field (T67)3 schools, all with rates
- Odessa Schlemeyer Field (ODO)3 schools, 1 with rates
- San Marcos Regional (HYI)5 schools, 1 with rates
Flight schools in Texas cities.
- Abilene3 schools, 1 with rates
- Austin3 schools, 1 with rates
- Burleson3 schools, 2 with rates
- Burnet3 schools, 1 with rates
- Conroe5 schools, 2 with rates
- Denton4 schools
- Fort Worth12 schools, 5 with rates
- Georgetown3 schools, 2 with rates
- Harlingen3 schools
- Houston5 schools, 4 with rates
- Pearland3 schools, 1 with rates
- San Antonio4 schools
- San Marcos4 schools, 1 with rates
- Seguin3 schools
- Waco2 schools, all with rates
Common questions about flight schools at CPT
How much does flight school cost at Cleburne Regional?
Across the 2 Cleburne Regional flight schools here that publish full rates, trainer rentals run $175 to $180 per hour and instruction $60 to $80 per hour, checked as recently as October 16, 2026. On each school's own published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate between $18,815 and $19,325, with a median of $19,070. These are PilotBound estimates built on published rates, not quotes from the schools.
What is the cheapest flight school at Cleburne Regional?
Lively Aviation in Cleburne & Stephenville publishes the lowest trainer rental of the 2 Cleburne Regional schools listed here, $175 per hour for its Piper PA-28-151 Warrior, TAA, a rate that does not say whether fuel is included, checked October 13, 2026. The lowest hourly rate is not automatically the lowest total: instructor rates, fuel basis, and the hours you actually fly decide that, which is what the per-school estimates on this page hold constant.
How current are these Cleburne Regional flight school rates?
Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check at Cleburne Regional is October 16, 2026, and each card and school page shows the exact date its rates were read. The directory is re-checked on a monthly cycle. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.
Can I take a discovery flight at CPT?
One of the 2 schools at Cleburne Regional Airport publishes a discovery flight price: Lively Aviation at $200, checked October 13, 2026. Each is the school's own published price, and the listing says what it includes.