Rates partly published · Spanish Fork & West Jordan, UT
Flight training at Platinum Aviation
No instructor rate. Platinum publishes rates for all 9 of its airplanes and nothing for instruction, so there is no total on this page.
Checked August 9, 2026 against Platinum Aviation fleet page.
- Based at
- Spanish Fork Municipal / Woodhouse Field(SPK)
- FAA part
- Part 61
- Trains
- PPL · IR · CPL
- Website
- platinumaviationut.com
Section 1What is published
Platinum's own figures
Checked August 20, 2026 · Source
| Aircraft | Published rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond DA20-C1 (N968CT, West Jordan U42)1999 | $155/hr | Two-seat. Wet. |
| Diamond DA20-C1 (N209ND, Spanish Fork)1998 | $155/hr | Two-seat. Wet. |
| Diamond DA20-C1 (N763DC, Spanish Fork)2001 | $155/hr | Two-seat. Wet. |
| Cessna 172M (N9951V, Spanish Fork) | $165/hr | Wet. |
| Cessna 172M 180HP (N20666, Spanish Fork)1973 | $165/hr | Wet. |
| Cessna 172L (N7728G, Spanish Fork)1970 | $165/hr | Wet. |
| Piper Arrow (N2994R, Spanish Fork)1969 | $185/hr | Retractable. Wet. |
| Piper Turbo Arrow III (N151JF, Spanish Fork)1977 | $195/hr | Retractable, turbocharged. Wet. |
| Piper Seneca I (N302EF, Spanish Fork) | $420/hr | The twin. Wet. |
Airframes built 1969 to 2001. Years of manufacture from the FAA aircraft registry, read September 13, 2026.
Every tail is published wet on the fleet page. Platinum posts no instructor rate anywhere on the site: its course cost sheets bill ground instruction at $55/hr, and the dual-versus-solo spread on those sheets works out to the same figure, but neither is Platinum quoting a price for flight instruction, so no instruction rate is recorded here. Those sheets also price a Diamond DA40 that does not appear on the fleet page, so confirm which airplanes are actually available. Platinum publishes the Seneca but does not advertise multi-engine training.
Section 2Why there is no total
An estimate needs an instructor rate.
A training total is hours multiplied by rates. With instruction unpriced there is nothing to multiply, and we will not fill the gap with a plausible number: every figure on this site carries a link that shows it today.
Instructor rateMissing from their site
Instruction is the second biggest line on a training bill, after the airplane.
What to compare their answer against
Not Platinum's rates. The middle of what 9 Utah schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.
- Trainer, medianWhat the airplane costsRange $130 to $210 per hour.
- $165
- Instruction, medianWhat the instructor costsAcross 9 schools with published rates.
- $65
From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Platinum is not in it.
Section 3Paying for it
Two ways to pay for it.
Win what you can first, then borrow only what is left. Neither figure assumes anything about you: one is what our scholarship directory holds, the other is what the lenders publish.
- Money you keepScholarships you could apply for46 open to anyone. Top awards reach $22,200.No Utah-only awards in the directory yet.
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- Money you pay backLenders that fund flight trainingSix lenders, compared on the limits and rates they publish. That is what is on offer, not whether you would be approved.
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Section 4What to ask
What to ask when you call
The marked ones are what Platinum's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.
What do you charge per hour for flight instruction, and is ground instruction billed at the same rate?Missing from their site
This is the number that is missing from the site. Ground is often billed separately and at a different rate.
Does the instructor rate change for the Instrument, Commercial, or CFI, or is it flat across everything?Missing from their site
Plenty of schools charge more for advanced instruction. A flat rate quoted for the Private can climb later.
What does flight instruction cost per hour, and is it the same rate as the $55/hr ground instruction on your course sheets?Missing from their site
The site prices ground instruction and never prices flight instruction, and those are commonly different numbers.
Your course sheets price a Diamond DA40 that isn't on the fleet page. Which airplanes can I actually book?
The two pages disagree about the fleet, and the DA40 appears in every cost breakdown.
Do you train multi-engine in the Seneca?
The twin is published at an hourly rate but no multi-engine training is advertised anywhere on the site.
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.
Called them? Send us what they said.
Send the number over and Platinum Aviation gets a full listing with an estimate, marked as sourced by phone on the date you called.
Send what they told youSection 5Nearby schools
2 other schools fly from Spanish Fork Municipal / Woodhouse Field.
None of them publishes a rate, so every one is a phone call. SPK is the identifier to give when you ask.
- Airgyro AviationPublishes no ratesSpanish Fork
- Centerline AviationPublishes no ratesSpanish Fork
9 Utah schools publish a full rate card.
Each one has an estimate built on its own published rates. Listed alphabetically, because ordering them by price would be a ranking this page is not making.
- Airmotive ServiceBrigham City, UT · Checked September 10, 2026$152/hr$68/hr instruction
- Ascend AviationWoods Cross, UT · Checked September 10, 2026$130/hr$60/hr instruction
- Clear Creek AviationRichfield, UT · Checked September 10, 2026$200/hr$65/hr instruction
- Cornerstone AviationSalt Lake City & Ogden, UT · Checked September 8, 2026$210/hr$80/hr instruction
- Cut and Snip FlyersOgden, UT · Checked August 9, 2026$200/hr$60/hr instruction
- Pilot MakersProvo, UT · Checked September 10, 2026$210/hr$70 to $85/hr instruction
Section 6Sources
- That the school exists
- Platinum Aviation fleet pageChecked August 9, 2026
- The rates above
- Platinum Aviation fleet pageChecked August 20, 2026
Are you Platinum Aviation? Send your rate card and this becomes a full listing with an estimate, free. Or have it removed.
This page says one thing is not stated on your site. Send us where it is published and it shows here instead.
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Other Utah flight schools
- Above View Flight Training · St. George
- Aerotech Aviation · West Jordan
- Airgyro Aviation · Spanish Fork
- Airmotive Service · Brigham City
- America West Flight Training Academy · Hurricane
- American Aviation · Salt Lake City
- Ascend Aviation · Woods Cross
- Axiom Aviation · Ogden
- Centerline Aviation · Spanish Fork
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