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PilotBound estimate · Lubbock, TX · Checked September 8, 2026

What flight training at Hub City Aviation costs

Website hubcityaviation.com

Phone (806) 687-1070

Section 1Cost estimate

Your plan

Estimate cost to reach

Flying

Two-seat, the lowest-cost line.

PilotBound estimate · Private

Examiner data

Cost of your Private at Hub City Aviation

$16,655

range $14.3K – $19K · about 6 months at 2×/week

Priced on Hub City's published rates: Cessna 150 at $150/hr + $60/hr instruction, checked September 8, 2026.

Against a minimums quote

at the FAA legal minimums$10,295
at the hours students actually take$16,655

+$6,360 on Hub City's own rates. Quotes usually price the 40-hour minimum; almost nobody finishes there.

Where it goes

$14.3K – $19K
Aircraft rental$10,800
Instruction$3,480
One-time costs$2,375
Aircraft + instruction$14,280
72 hrs in Cessna 150 @ $150/hr + 58 dual @ $60/hr

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
Hours at a steady pace72 hrs

Examiner records (DPE dataset).

The hourly flying is priced on Hub City Aviation's published rates. About $2,375 of this is one-time fees (written test, examiner/DPE checkride, medical, gear), typical national estimates, not Hub City Aviation'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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Section 2The rate card

What Hub City publishes

checked September 8, 2026
Cessna 172 (N92356)1973The primary trainer.$200/hr wet
Cessna 150 (N7933U)1976Two-seat, the lowest-cost line.$150/hr wet
Piper Cherokee 180 (N828MC)1968$200/hr wet
Piper Cherokee 180 (N6594J)1968$200/hr wet
Piper Cherokee 160 (N2386T)1971$200/hr wet
Piper Cherokee 140 (N5383W)1962$200/hr wet
Cirrus SR20 (N169SR)2007Glass + parachute, TAA, for the commercial's complex hours.$300/hr wet
Instruction$60/hr

Airframes built 1962 to 2007. Years of manufacture from the FAA aircraft registry, read October 4, 2026.

Rates are wet-equivalent: Hub City reimburses fuel up to $5.00 per gallon. Because 100LL usually sells above that, expect to absorb the difference on top of the hourly rate.

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.

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Section 3Discovery flight

$100

Checked September 14, 2026

30 minutes. 60 minutes is $200.

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Section 5Add to my plan

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Your $16,655 is the starting line. Turn it into a route to your checkride, every step in order with this cost built in.

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Section 6In the app

Track it against Hub City's rates.

Hub City Aviation's rate card is in the PilotBound app. Choose Hub City when you set up and the app prices your training at its rates, then tracks every flight you log against the projection.

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Section 7What to ask

What to ask when you call

What turns an hourly rate into a real bill.

  1. What gets billed on top of the hourly rates, and roughly how much per hour does it add?

    The site notes extras beyond the hourly figures. Ask for the all-in number per hour, not the base rate.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Section 8Questions

How much does it cost to get a private pilot license at Hub City Aviation?
Hub City Aviation publishes $150 per hour for the Cessna 150 and $60 per hour for instruction on it, checked September 8, 2026. Applied to those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $16,655, in a range of $14,300 to $19,000. 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 Hub City Aviation.
How long does it take to get a private pilot license at Hub City Aviation?
Flying twice a week, PilotBound estimates about 6 months at Hub City Aviation 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 Hub City Aviation a Part 61 or Part 141 flight school?
Hub City Aviation trains under Part 61, the flexible path. There is no FAA-approved syllabus to follow, so lessons can be scheduled around your life and adapted to your pace. The tradeoff is a slightly higher paper minimum for the private certificate (40 hours versus 35) and, for most students, no VA benefit eligibility.
Do Hub City Aviation's aircraft rates include fuel?
Hub City Aviation publishes $150 per hour for the Cessna 150, 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 September 8, 2026.
What ratings can you train for at Hub City Aviation?
Hub City Aviation trains Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor. Instruction is $60 per hour across the ratings it teaches. PilotBound's estimator on this page prices any of these paths on Hub City Aviation's own published rates.

Section 9Sources

Estimates use Hub City Aviation's published Cessna 150 and instructor rates (checked September 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 Hub City Aviation. 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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