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Published rates, sourced · Updated September 8, 2026

What flight training costs at Burlington flight schools

2 schools train out of Burlington. All of them publish a full rate card, shown with the source and the date it was read, next to a PilotBound estimate for your Private pilot certificate.

Across the 2 Burlington schools here with published rates, trainer rentals run $189 to $198 per hour and instruction $60 to $78, and PilotBound's private pilot estimate lands between $19,463 and $21,155, with a median of $20,309.

One field: Skagit Regional Airport (BVS). Whole state instead? Washington flight schools

Flight school costs in Burlington, in numbers

Computed from the 2 Burlington schools that publish both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card below uses.

$20,309
Median PilotBound Private estimate across the 2 schools with published rates
$189 to $198
Published trainer rental, per hour
$60 to $78
Published instruction, per hour
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Schools publishing a full rate card (aircraft and instructor)

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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 Burlington

lowest $16.7Khighest $24.1K

  • Dyberg Aviation

    Part not stated
    Lowest in WA

    Burlington, WA·dybergaviation.com

    Published rates

    $189/hr aircraft (wet)+$60/hr instructor

    Checked August 17, 2026·Source

    This estimate uses Dyberg's published wet rates. Two discounts are offered instead of one: a $75 sign-up plus $25/month takes $20/hr off the aircraft and $10/hr off instruction, or a deposit of $500 or more earns 10% off until it is used up.

    PilotBound estimate · Private

    $19,463

    range $16.7K – $22.2K

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

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  • Cascade Aviation

    Part not stated
    Largest fleet

    Burlington, WA·flycascade.com

    Published rates

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

    Checked September 8, 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

    $21,155

    range $18.2K – $24.1K

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

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Common questions about Burlington flight schools

How much does flight school cost in Burlington?
Across the 2 Burlington flight schools here that publish full rates, trainer rentals run $189 to $198 per hour and instruction $60 to $78 per hour, checked as recently as September 8, 2026. On each school's own published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate between $19,463 and $21,155, with a median of $20,309. These are PilotBound estimates built on published rates, not quotes from the schools.
What is the cheapest flight school in Burlington?
Dyberg Aviation in Burlington publishes the lowest trainer rental of the 2 Burlington schools listed here, $189 per hour for its Cessna 172, a wet rate, so fuel is included in the hourly figure, checked August 17, 2026. The lowest hourly rate is not automatically the lowest total: instructor rates, fuel basis, and the hours you actually fly decide that, which is what the per-school estimates on this page hold constant.
How current are these Burlington flight school rates?
Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check in Burlington is September 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. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.
Which Burlington airports have flight schools?
One field carries the listed schools: Skagit Regional Airport (BVS) with 2. A school that does not state its field on the pages we read is counted in Burlington without one.

Estimates use the same method as every Washington 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