What flight training costs at Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field (HEF)
3 schools train at Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field, Manassas. One publishes a full rate card, shown with its source and date next to a PilotBound estimate. The other 2 are listed with what they do publish.
Updated October 8, 2026 · All Virginia flight schools
Totals to reach your Private goal at this pace. 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. How we estimate.
Piston2Jet
Part 61 & 141Manassas, VA·piston2jet.com
$125/hr aircraft (wet)·$80/hr instructor
Checked October 8, 2026·Source
Piston2Jet's rates include fuel when the aircraft is refuelled at Manassas. On a longer rental that needs fuel elsewhere the rental is treated as dry and the off-field fuel is yours. Advanced training is priced case by case.
PilotBound estimate, Private
$16,015
range $13.8K to $18.3K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
Add to my planPiston2Jet cost breakdown →- Below: schools without a full published rate card. They cannot be priced, so they sit at the end of a cost sort.
Aviation Adventures
Part 61 & 141Manassas, VA·HEF·aviationadventures.com
No PilotBound estimate
Aviation Adventures does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate
What to ask Aviation AdventuresCommonwealth Aviation
Part not statedManassas & Norfolk, VA·HEF·flycommonwealth.com
$155/hr aircraft·instructor rate not published
Checked September 13, 2026·Source·4 aircraft published
Commonwealth's fleet page also lists an FTS Touch Trainer FM210 simulator at $80 per hour. The cheapest aircraft is at the Norfolk base, not Manassas.
Estimates use the same method as every Virginia school page: PilotBound's own completion-hours model times each school's published rates, plus the one-time fees most quotes leave out. They are ours, not the schools' quotes, and we are not affiliated with the schools. How these estimates work·Disclaimer & removal policy
Discovery flights at HEF 1
Virginia discovery flights →Piston2Jet · Manassas
Checked October 8, 2026SourceCall 703-361-9200
$200
Flight school costs at Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field, in numbers
Computed from the 1 Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field school that publishes both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card above uses. The 2 listings without a full rate card are left out of every figure.
- PilotBound Private estimate at the one school with published rates
- $16,015
- Published trainer rental, per hour
- $125/hr
- Published instruction, per hour
- $80/hr
- Schools publishing a full rate card (aircraft and instructor)
- 1 of 3
Lowest published trainer rates at Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field
Part 141 flight schools at Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field
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Common questions about flight schools at HEF
How much does flight school cost at Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field?
Piston2Jet in Manassas is the one Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field school here with a full published rate card: $125 per hour for its Cessna 150 and $80 per hour for instruction, checked October 8, 2026. On those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $16,015. That is a PilotBound estimate, not a quote from the school.
How current are these Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field flight school rates?
Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check at Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field is October 8, 2026, and each card and school page shows the exact date its rates were read. The directory is re-checked on a monthly cycle, and 2 more schools at Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field are listed without an estimate because they do not publish a full rate card. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.
Can I take a discovery flight at HEF?
One of the 3 schools at Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field publishes a discovery flight price: Piston2Jet at $200, checked October 8, 2026. Each is the school's own published price, and the listing says what it includes.
