PilotBound estimate · Milton, VT
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Examiner dataCost of your Private at Green Mountain Flight Academy
range $13.5K – $17.9K · about 6 months at 2×/week
Priced on Green Mountain's published rates: Cessna 172 at $145/hr + $50/hr instruction, checked August 6, 2026.
Against a minimums quote
+$6,000 on Green Mountain'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 Green Mountain Flight Academy's published rates. About $2,375 of this is one-time fees (written test, examiner/DPE checkride, medical, gear), typical national estimates, not Green Mountain Flight Academy'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 →
What Green Mountain publishes
checked August 6, 2026Both figures are stamped 2026 on the school's own private pilot page. The site does not say whether the aircraft rate includes fuel. Green Mountain also trains helicopters, including R22 and R44 transition courses, and offers seaplane ratings; none of that is priced here because none of it is modeled as a certificate.
Not published: the examiner's checkride fee, whether rates include fuel. Listed as missing rather than guessed.
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Common questions about Green Mountain Flight Academy
- How much does it cost to get a private pilot license at Green Mountain Flight Academy?
- Green Mountain Flight Academy publishes $145 per hour for the Cessna 172 and $50 per hour for instruction on it, checked August 6, 2026. Applied to those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $15,715, in a range of $13,500 to $17,900. 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 Green Mountain Flight Academy.
- How long does it take to get a private pilot license at Green Mountain Flight Academy?
- Flying twice a week, PilotBound estimates about 6 months at Green Mountain Flight Academy 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 Green Mountain Flight Academy a Part 61 or Part 141 flight school?
- Green Mountain Flight Academy 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 Green Mountain Flight Academy's aircraft rates include fuel?
- Green Mountain Flight Academy publishes $145 per hour for the Cessna 172, a rate that does not say whether fuel is included. Ask before you budget: if the rate turns out to be dry, fuel adds roughly $30 to $60 per hour on top. PilotBound's estimate uses the rate exactly as published. Rates checked August 6, 2026.
- What ratings can you train for at Green Mountain Flight Academy?
- Green Mountain Flight Academy trains Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor. Instruction is $50 per hour across the ratings it teaches. PilotBound's estimator on this page prices any of these paths on Green Mountain Flight Academy's own published rates.
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