PilotBound estimate · Pearland, TX
What flight training at Coastal Skies Aero Club costs
Their published rates: $165/hr aircraft (wet) + $58/hr instructor·verified August 3, 2026 SourceSource 2
Coastal Skies is a CLUB: $150 initiation and $45/month dues on top of flying, roughly $690 in the first year (a simulator-only membership is $75 and $20/month). Instruction is tiered at $58/hr for a CFI, $63/hr for the Assistant Chief and $68/hr for the Chief; this estimate uses the $58 rate. Every aircraft rate is published wet.
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PilotBound estimate · Private
Examiner dataCost of your Private at Coastal Skies Aero Club
Most likely around $17,619, about 6 months at 2x/week.
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 Coastal Skies Aero Club's published rates. Each rating also folds in its one-time fees (written test, examiner/DPE checkride, medical, gear), about $3,550 across the path. Those are typical national estimates, not Coastal Skies Aero Club's prices, and several (the FAA written test and examiner fees) 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 →
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Add to my planEstimates use Coastal Skies Aero Club's published Cessna 172N and instructor rates (verified August 3, 2026), shown in USD for planning only. Real cost varies by student, weather, and pace. An honest range, not a quote.
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Common questions about Coastal Skies Aero Club
- How much does it cost to get a private pilot license at Coastal Skies Aero Club?
- Coastal Skies Aero Club publishes $165 per hour for the Cessna 172N and $58 per hour for instruction on it, verified August 3, 2026. Applied to those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $17,619, in a range of $15,200 to $20,100. 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 Coastal Skies Aero Club.
- How long does it take to get a private pilot license at Coastal Skies Aero Club?
- Flying twice a week, PilotBound estimates about 6 months at Coastal Skies Aero Club 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 Coastal Skies Aero Club a Part 61 or Part 141 flight school?
- Coastal Skies Aero Club 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 Coastal Skies Aero Club's aircraft rates include fuel?
- Coastal Skies Aero Club publishes $165 per hour for the Cessna 172N, 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 verified August 3, 2026.
- What ratings can you train for at Coastal Skies Aero Club?
- Coastal Skies Aero Club trains Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Flight Instructor and Instrument Instructor. Instruction is $58 per hour across the ratings it teaches. PilotBound's estimator on this page prices any of these paths on Coastal Skies Aero Club's own published rates.
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