PilotBound estimate · Snohomish, WA · Checked September 16, 2026
What flight training at Snohomish Flying Service costs
Website snohomishflying.com
Phone (360) 568-1541
Section 1Cost estimate
Your plan
Estimate cost to reach
Flying
Two-seat. Block $147.
PilotBound estimate · Private
Examiner dataCost of your Private at Snohomish Flying Service
range $17K – $22.5K · about 6 months at 2×/week
Priced on Snohomish's published rates: Cessna 152 at $155/hr + $85/hr instruction, checked September 16, 2026.
Against a minimums quote
+$9,555 on Snohomish's own rates. Quotes usually price the 35-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). Note: Part 141 typically runs higher, not lower.
The hourly flying is priced on Snohomish Flying Service's published rates. About $2,375 of this is one-time fees (written test, examiner/DPE checkride, medical, gear), typical national estimates, not Snohomish Flying Service'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 →
Put this calculator on your siteSection 2The rate card
What Snohomish publishes
checked September 16, 2026This estimate uses Snohomish Flying Service's published retail rates from its June 2025 rate sheet. A $2,000 deposit on account earns a 5% block discount. The sheet says a fuel surcharge may apply and does not quantify it or state whether fuel is otherwise included.
The examiner's checkride fee is not on this card: the examiner sets it, not the school. The estimate above includes PilotBound's own figure for it. Snohomish's site does not state whether its rates include fuel.
Section 3Paying for it
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Section 4Add to my plan
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Your $19,735 is the starting line. Turn it into a route to your checkride, every step in order with this cost built in.
Add to my planSection 5In the app
Track it against Snohomish's rates.
Snohomish Flying Service's rate card is in the PilotBound app. Choose Snohomish when you set up and the app prices your training at its rates, then tracks every flight you log against the projection.
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Section 6What to ask
What to ask when you call
The marked one is what Snohomish's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.
Do the published aircraft rates include fuel, or is fuel billed separately?Missing from their site
The site does not say, and it is the difference between two rates that look identical and are not.
What gets billed on top of the hourly rates, and roughly how much per hour does it add?
The site notes extras beyond the hourly figures. Ask for the all-in number per hour, not the base rate.
Does the instructor rate change for the Instrument, Commercial, or CFI, or is it flat across everything?
Plenty of schools charge more for advanced instruction. A flat rate quoted for the Private can climb later.
Do you offer block rates or prepay discounts, and what is the refund policy if I stop partway?
Block discounts are common and rarely published. The refund terms matter more than the discount.
What do you charge for the written test, the checkride, and the examiner's fee?
The DPE fee alone runs $800 to $1,200 in most of the country and is almost never in a quoted hourly rate.
How many trainers and how many full-time instructors do you have right now?
Availability decides your pace, and pace decides your total more than the hourly rate does.
Section 7Questions
- How much does it cost to get a private pilot license at Snohomish Flying Service?
- Snohomish Flying Service publishes $155 per hour for the Cessna 152 and $85 per hour for instruction on it, checked September 16, 2026. Applied to those published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate at about $19,735, in a range of $17,000 to $22,500. That covers roughly 78 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 Snohomish Flying Service.
- How long does it take to get a private pilot license at Snohomish Flying Service?
- Flying twice a week, PilotBound estimates about 6 months at Snohomish Flying Service to reach the private pilot checkride, at roughly 78 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 Snohomish Flying Service a Part 61 or Part 141 flight school?
- Snohomish Flying Service trains under Part 141, an FAA-approved syllabus with a structured course of study. Part 141 can finish the private certificate in fewer required hours on paper (35 versus 40), though in practice most students at either kind of school fly past the minimum. Part 141 also matters if you plan to use VA benefits, which generally require an approved 141 course.
- Do Snohomish Flying Service's aircraft rates include fuel?
- Snohomish Flying Service publishes $155 per hour for the Cessna 152, 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 September 16, 2026.
- What ratings can you train for at Snohomish Flying Service?
- Snohomish Flying Service trains Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Multi-Engine (AMEL), Flight Instructor, Instrument Instructor and Multi-Engine Instructor. Instruction is $85 per hour across the ratings it teaches. PilotBound's estimator on this page prices any of these paths on Snohomish Flying Service's own published rates.
Section 8Sources
Estimates use Snohomish Flying Service's published Cessna 152 and instructor rates (checked September 16, 2026), shown in USD for planning only. Real cost varies by student, weather, and pace. A range, not a quote.
PilotBound is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Snohomish Flying Service. School names are used only to identify the school. 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. Disclaimer & removal policy.
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