What flight training at Flying Tigers Flight School costs
Houston, TX · Checked October 8, 2026
Website flytigers.net
Phone 281-484-8000
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VFR trainer, lowest-cost for the Private. N26172 is the same rate.
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Examiner dataCost of your Private at Flying Tigers Flight School
range $17.2K – $22.9K · about 6 months at 2×/week
Priced on Flying Tigers's published rates: Grumman Cheetah at $185/hr + $75/hr instruction, checked October 8, 2026.
Against a minimums quote
+$7,870 on Flying Tigers's own rates. Quotes usually price the 40-hour minimum; almost nobody finishes there.
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 Flying Tigers Flight School's published rates. About $2,375 of this is one-time fees (written test, examiner/DPE checkride, medical, gear), typical national estimates, not Flying Tigers Flight School's prices, and several 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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What Flying Tigers publishes
Checked October 8, 2026Airframes built 1972 to 2014. Years of manufacture from the FAA aircraft registry, read November 3, 2026.
The examiner's checkride fee is not on this card: the examiner sets it, not the school. The estimate above includes PilotBound's own figure for it. Flying Tigers trains under both parts, and the estimate above is built on Part 61 hours.
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What turns an hourly rate into a real bill.
Does the instructor rate change for the Instrument, Commercial, or CFI, or is it flat across everything?
Plenty of schools charge more for advanced instruction. A flat rate quoted for the Private can climb later.
Do you offer block rates or prepay discounts, and what is the refund policy if I stop partway?
Block discounts are common and rarely published. The refund terms matter more than the discount.
What do you charge for the written test, the checkride, and the examiner's fee?
The DPE fee alone runs $800 to $1,200 in most of the country and is almost never in a quoted hourly rate.
How many trainers and how many full-time instructors do you have right now?
Availability decides your pace, and pace decides your total more than the hourly rate does.
Questions
How much does it cost to get a private pilot license at Flying Tigers Flight School?
Flying Tigers Flight School publishes $185 per hour for the Grumman Cheetah and $75 per hour for instruction on it, checked October 8, 2026. Applied to those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $20,045, in a range of $17,200 to $22,900. 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 Flying Tigers Flight School.
How long does it take to get a private pilot license at Flying Tigers Flight School?
Flying twice a week, PilotBound estimates about 6 months at Flying Tigers Flight School 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 Flying Tigers Flight School a Part 61 or Part 141 flight school?
Flying Tigers Flight School trains under both Part 61 and Part 141, so you can pick the structured FAA-approved course or the flexible path. Part 141 is the one that matters for VA benefits and for the lower paper minimum on the private certificate; Part 61 is the one that bends around a full-time job.
Do Flying Tigers Flight School's aircraft rates include fuel?
Flying Tigers Flight School publishes $185 per hour for the Grumman Cheetah, 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 checked October 8, 2026.
What ratings can you train for at Flying Tigers Flight School?
Flying Tigers Flight School trains Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Flight Instructor and Instrument Instructor. Instruction is $75 per hour across the ratings it teaches. PilotBound's estimator on this page prices any of these paths on Flying Tigers Flight School's own published rates.
Sources
Estimates use Flying Tigers Flight School's published Grumman Cheetah and instructor rates (checked October 8, 2026), shown in USD for planning only. Real cost varies by student, weather, and pace. A range, not a quote.
PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Flying Tigers Flight School. School names are used only to identify the school. 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. Disclaimer & removal policy.
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