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What flight training costs at Richmond flight schools

3 schools train out of Richmond. One publishes a full rate card, shown with the source and the date it was read, next to a PilotBound estimate for your Private pilot certificate. The other 2 are listed with what they do publish.

RVA Flyers in Richmond is the one Richmond school here with a full published rate card: $139 per hour for its Diamond DA20 plus $95 per hour instruction, a PilotBound private pilot estimate of about $17,893.

2 fields: Richmond International Airport (RIC) and Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport (FCI). Whole state instead? Virginia flight schools

Flight school costs in Richmond, in numbers

Computed from the 1 Richmond school that publishes both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card below uses. The 2 listings without a full rate card are left out of every figure.

$17,893
PilotBound Private estimate at the one school with published rates
$139/hr
Published trainer rental, per hour
$95/hr
Published instruction, per hour
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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.

Private estimate range across Richmond

lowest $15.4Khighest $20.4K

  • RVA Flyers

    Part not stated

    Richmond, VA·rvaflyers.com

    Published rates

    $139/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)+$95/hr instructor

    Checked September 12, 2026·Source

    RVA Flyers does not say whether its published rates include fuel. This estimate uses the rate exactly as published, so ask before you budget: a dry rate adds roughly $30 to $60 per hour once fuel is on top.

    PilotBound estimate · Private

    $17,893

    range $15.4K – $20.4K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.

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  • Below: schools without a full published rate card. They cannot be priced, so they sit at the end of a cost sort.

  • Dominion Aviation Services

    Part not stated

    Richmond, VA·FCI·dominionaviation.com

    Published rates

    aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published

    No PilotBound estimate

    Dominion does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    Nothing to total without it.

    See what to ask themWhat they do publish →

  • Richmond Executive Aviation

    Part not stated

    Richmond, VA·RIC·iflyrea.com

    Published rates

    aircraft rate not published+instructor rate not published

    No PilotBound estimate

    Richmond Executive does not publish an aircraft rate and an instructor rate

    Nothing to total without it.

    See what to ask themWhat they do publish →

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Common questions about Richmond flight schools

How much does flight school cost in Richmond?
RVA Flyers in Richmond is the one Richmond school here with a full published rate card: $139 per hour for its Diamond DA20 and $95 per hour for instruction, checked September 12, 2026. On those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $17,893. That is a PilotBound estimate, not a quote from the school.
How current are these Richmond flight school rates?
Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check in Richmond is September 12, 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 in Richmond are listed without an estimate because they do not publish a full rate card. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.
Which Richmond airports have flight schools?
2 fields carry the listed schools: Richmond International Airport (RIC) with 2, and Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport (FCI) with one. A school that does not state its field on the pages we read is counted in Richmond without one.

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