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What flight training costs at Washington flight schools

Every listing shows the school's own published rates with the source and date, next to an honest PilotBound estimate for your Private pilot certificate. Add any school to your plan to map your whole route on their real rates.

Search, filter by city, and sort by cost. Each card marks where it falls among the state's schools on cost. Estimates are ours, not quotes, and we are not affiliated with these schools. See a wrong number? Every card has a correct-this-listing link.

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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 Washington

$12.5K more affordablepricier $24.3K

  • Pavco Flight Center

    Part 61 & 141
    Lowest in WA

    Gig Harbor, WA·flypavco.com

    Published rates

    $114/hr aircraft (wet)+$69/hr instructor

    Verified July 27, 2026·Source

    This estimate uses Pavco's standard published wet rates. Block rates run about $5/hr less.

    PilotBound estimate · Private

    $12.5K–$16.6K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.

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    PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Pavco Flight Center. School names are used only to identify the school.

  • 47 North Aviation

    Part not stated

    Wenatchee, WA·47northaviation.com

    Published rates

    $140/hr aircraft (wet)+$65/hr instructor

    Verified July 27, 2026·Source

    47 North Aviation 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

    $14K–$18.5K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.

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    PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by 47 North Aviation. School names are used only to identify the school.

  • Bellingham Aviation Services

    Part not stated

    Bellingham, WA·bli-jet.com

    Published rates

    $175/hr aircraft (wet)+$70/hr instructor

    Verified July 27, 2026·Source

    This estimate uses Bellingham Aviation's published wet rates. The school notes a fuel surcharge may apply in periods of unusually high fuel costs.

    PilotBound estimate · Private

    $16.4K–$21.7K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.

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    PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Bellingham Aviation Services. School names are used only to identify the school.

  • Cascade Aviation

    Part not stated

    Whidbey Island, WA·flycascade.com

    Published rates

    $198/hr aircraft (wet)+$78/hr instructor

    Verified July 22, 2026·Source

    This estimate uses Cascade's published non-member wet rates. Members pay roughly $23 to $25/hr less on most aircraft and $10/hr less for instruction.

    PilotBound estimate · Private

    $18.2K–$24.1K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.

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    PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Cascade Aviation. School names are used only to identify the school.

  • Regal Air

    Part not stated
    Largest fleet

    Everett (Paine Field), WA·regalair.com

    Published rates

    $187/hr aircraft (wet)+$95/hr instructor

    Verified July 22, 2026·Source

    This estimate uses Regal Air's published regular wet rates. Premier members pay 10% less on aircraft and instruction.

    PilotBound estimate · Private

    $18.3K–$24.3K

    ~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees. An estimate, not a quote.

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    PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Regal Air. School names are used only to identify the school.

How these estimates work

We apply one consistent method to every school: PilotBound's own completion-hours model, examiner-completion data where it exists (like the Private and Commercial) and FAA minimums where no credible public data exists (like the Instrument and CFI), times that school's published aircraft and instructor rates (linked on every card, with the date we verified them), plus the one-time fees most quotes leave out. Holding the hours model identical across schools means the only thing that changes card to card is the school's actual rates.

So the number is PilotBound's estimate, not the school's quote, and it will differ from a school's own cost figures, which are often based on FAA-minimum hours. The schools do not set or endorse it. The result is a range, not a promise.

Want a number tied to your own pace and aircraft choice? Run the estimator or read the full methodology.

These estimates are ours, not the schools' quotes, and we are not affiliated with the schools. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime. Disclaimer & removal policy.