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What flight training costs at Fort Worth Meacham International (FTW)

7 schools train at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, Fort Worth. One publishes a full rate card, shown with its source and date next to a PilotBound estimate. The other 6 are listed with what they do publish.

Updated October 8, 2026 · All Texas flight schools

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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 Fort Worth Meacham International$16.1K$21.3K

  • Rich Aviation Services

    Part not stated
    2 locations

    Fort Worth, TX·richaviationservices.com

    $170/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)·$70/hr instructor

    Checked October 8, 2026·Source

    Aircraft rates are published per tail across two bases and the fleet page does not say whether they include fuel. The instruction rate is not on the fleet page: it appears only inside the estimate widgets on the certificate pages, at $70/hr on the CFI and CFII and $80/hr on the multi-engine, and no widget covers the Private, Instrument or Commercial. Simulators are $150/hr for the Redbird FMX at either base and $600/hr for the Fort Worth King Air. The Baron B55 now carries a published $390/hr, but the fleet page still marks it coming soon, so no multi-engine aircraft rate is estimated here.

    PilotBound estimate, Private

    $18,675

    range $16.1K to $21.3K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.

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  • Below: schools without a full published rate card. They cannot be priced, so they sit at the end of a cost sort.

  • Alpha Aero Academy

    Part 61

    Fort Worth, TX·FTW

    No PilotBound estimate

    Alpha Aero Academy does not publish a website, an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask Alpha Aero Academy

  • Delta-Qualiflight Aviation

    Part 61 & 141

    Fort Worth, TX·FTW·deltaqualiflight.com

    No PilotBound estimate

    Delta-Qualiflight Aviation does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask Delta-Qualiflight Aviation

  • Gold Star Aviation

    Part 61 & 141

    Fort Worth, TX·FTW

    No PilotBound estimate

    Gold Star Aviation does not publish a website, an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask Gold Star Aviation

  • Hodges Aviation

    Part 61

    Fort Worth, TX·FTW

    No PilotBound estimate

    Hodges Aviation does not publish a website, an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask Hodges Aviation

  • Pro Test

    Part not stated

    Fort Worth, TX·FTW

    No PilotBound estimate

    Pro Test does not publish a website, an aircraft rate, an instructor rate, a list of ratings taught and an FAA part

    What to ask Pro Test

  • Stature Aviation

    Part 61

    Ft. Worth, TX·FTW·statureaviation.com

    No PilotBound estimate

    Stature Aviation does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    What to ask Stature Aviation

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

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Flight school costs at Fort Worth Meacham International, in numbers

Computed from the 1 Fort Worth Meacham International school that publishes both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card above uses. The 6 listings without a full rate card are left out of every figure.

PilotBound Private estimate at the one school with published rates
$18,675
Published trainer rental, per hour
$170/hr
Published instruction, per hour
$70 to $80
Schools publishing a full rate card (aircraft and instructor)
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Common questions about flight schools at FTW

How much does flight school cost at Fort Worth Meacham International?

Rich Aviation Services in Fort Worth is the one Fort Worth Meacham International school here with a full published rate card: $170 per hour for its Cessna 172G and $70 per hour for instruction, checked October 8, 2026. On those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $18,675. That is a PilotBound estimate, not a quote from the school.

How current are these Fort Worth Meacham International flight school rates?

Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check at Fort Worth Meacham International is October 8, 2026, and each card and school page shows the exact date its rates were read. The directory is re-checked on a monthly cycle, and 6 more schools at Fort Worth Meacham International are listed without an estimate because they do not publish a full rate card. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.

Can I take a discovery flight at FTW?

One of the 7 schools at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport publishes a discovery flight price: Rich Aviation Services at $145, checked October 8, 2026. Each is the school's own published price, and the listing says what it includes.