What flight training costs at Austin flight schools
3 schools train out of Austin. One publishes a full rate card, shown with its source and date next to a PilotBound estimate. The other 2 are listed with what they do publish.
One field: Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). 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.
AeroPro Flight Academy
Part not statedAustin, TX·aeroproflight.com
$425/hr aircraft (wet)·$125/hr instructor
Checked October 16, 2026·Source
PilotBound estimate, Private
$40,225
range $34.6K to $45.9K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
Add to my planAeroPro cost breakdown →- Below: schools without a full published rate card. They cannot be priced, so they sit at the end of a cost sort.
Above and Beyond Aviation
Part not statedAustin, TX·AUS·aboveaviation.com
No PilotBound estimate
Above and Beyond Aviation does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate
What to ask Above and Beyond AviationStreamline Aviation
Part 61Austin, TX·AUS·streamlineaviation.com
No PilotBound estimate
Streamline Aviation does not publish an aircraft rate, an instructor rate and a list of ratings taught
What to ask Streamline 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
Flight school costs in Austin, in numbers
Computed from the 1 Austin school that publishes both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card below uses. The 2 listings without a full rate card are left out of every figure.
- PilotBound Private estimate at the one school with published rates
- $40,225
- Published trainer rental, per hour
- $425/hr
- Published instruction, per hour
- $75 to $125
- Schools publishing a full rate card (aircraft and instructor)
- 1 of 3
Lowest published trainer rates in Austin
Airports with Austin flight schools
Austin Bergstrom International Airport AUS
Above and Beyond AviationAeroPro Flight AcademyStreamline Aviation
Flight schools in other Texas cities.
- Abilene3 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 Austin flight schools
How much does flight school cost in Austin?
AeroPro Flight Academy in Austin is the one Austin school here with a full published rate card: $425 per hour for its Cirrus SR20 G6 and $125 per hour for instruction, checked October 16, 2026. On those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $40,225. That is a PilotBound estimate, not a quote from the school.
How current are these Austin flight school rates?
Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check in Austin 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, and 2 more schools in Austin are listed without an estimate because they do not publish a full rate card. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.
Which Austin airports have flight schools?
One field carries the listed schools: Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) with 3. A school that does not state its field on the pages we read is counted in Austin without one.