How much does flight school cost in Wisconsin?

Across the 17 Wisconsin flight schools here that publish full rates, trainer rentals run $80 to $211 per hour and instruction $48 to $100 per hour, checked as recently as September 16, 2026. On each school's own published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate between $11,755 and $22,207, with a median of $15,429. These are PilotBound estimates built on published rates, not quotes from the schools.

What is the cheapest flight school in Wisconsin?

Morey Airplane Company in Middleton publishes the lowest trainer rental of the 17 Wisconsin schools listed here, $80 per hour for its Cessna 152, a dry rate, so fuel is billed separately on top, checked September 8, 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 Wisconsin flight school rates?

Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check in Wisconsin is September 16, 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is re-checked on a monthly cycle, and 29 more schools in Wisconsin are listed without an estimate because they do not publish a full rate card. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.

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Published rates, sourced · Updated September 16, 2026

What flight training costs at Wisconsin 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.

Across the 17 Wisconsin schools here with published rates, trainer rentals run $80 to $211 per hour and instruction $48 to $100, and PilotBound's private pilot estimate lands between $11,755 and $22,207, with a median of $15,429.

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 Wisconsin

lowest $10.1Khighest $25.3K

Stick and Rudder
Part not stated
Lowest in WI
Kenosha, WI·stickandrudderllc.wordpress.com
Published rates
$90/hr aircraft (wet)+$50/hr instructor
Checked September 12, 2026·Source
Stick and Rudder publishes rental prices and lesson prices separately, and the lesson price is the rental price plus its $50/hr instructor fee on every aircraft. Ground school is the instructor fee alone. Headset loan is free. The school says its rates are flexible.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$11,755
range $10.1K – $13.4K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
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West Bend Air
Part not stated
West Bend, WI·westbendair.com
Published rates
$95/hr aircraft (wet)+$55/hr instructor
Checked September 12, 2026·Source
West Bend publishes a cash discount it does not quantify, and says outright that its rates vary with the price of fuel, so treat these as current rather than fixed. Instruction in a student's own aircraft is $64/hr, which is not the rate used here. Its multi-engine Pipers carry no published rate.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$12,405
range $10.7K – $14.1K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
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Morey Airplane Company
Part not stated
Middleton, WI·moreyairport.com
Published rates
$80/hr aircraft (dry, fuel billed separately)+$75/hr instructor
Checked September 8, 2026·Source
This estimate uses Morey's published dry rates. It does not include fuel, which Morey bills separately by consumption per their website.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$12,485
range $10.7K – $14.2K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
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Wisconsin Aviation
Part not stated
Largest fleet
Madison & Watertown, WI·wisconsinaviation.com
Published rates
$105/hr aircraft (wet)+$65/hr instructor
Checked September 8, 2026·Source
PilotBound estimate · Private
$13,705
range $11.8K – $15.6K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
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Romeo Aviation
Part not stated
Cumberland, WI·romeoaviation.com
Published rates
$100/hr aircraft (wet)+$75/hr instructor
Checked September 12, 2026·Source
Romeo bills a fuel surcharge on top of the Cessna 150 rate and does not say what it is, so the published figure is a floor. The Citabria is $235/hr plus the same surcharge with tailwheel instruction at $155/hr. Romeo publishes Cirrus CSIP and multi-engine instruction rates but no Cirrus or twin aircraft rate, and its two Cirrus pages quote different figures from each other.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$13,925
range $12K – $15.9K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
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Duffy's Aircraft Sales & Leasing
Part not stated
Marshfield, WI·duffysaircraft.com
Published rates
$125/hr aircraft (wet)+$48/hr instructor
Checked August 14, 2026·Source
Duffy's instructor rate is published inside its Private Pilot cost breakdown rather than on a rate card, and it covers flight AND ground time. Rates are billed per Hobbs hour. Duffy's warns on the same page that both the aircraft and instructor rates may increase without notice. A discovery flight is $173/hr plus 5.5% tax.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$14,159
range $12.2K – $16.1K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
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Colgan Air Services
Part not stated
La Crosse, WI·colgan-air.com
Published rates
$120/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)+$60/hr instructor
Checked September 12, 2026·Source
Colgan Air Services 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
$14,495
range $12.5K – $16.5K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
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Gibson Aviation Services
Part not stated
Eau Claire, WI·gibsonaviation.com
Published rates
$119/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)+$65/hr instructor
Checked September 12, 2026·Source
Instruction in a student's own aircraft is $75/hr, which is not the rate used here. A Gleim BATD is $40/hr and is free with paid instruction. Gibson flies from both Eau Claire and Menomonie.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$14,713
range $12.7K – $16.8K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
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Fond du Lac Skyport
Part not stated
Fond du Lac, WI·fdlskyport.com
Published rates
$137/hr aircraft (wet)+$55/hr instructor
Checked September 14, 2026·Source
Both airplanes are wet. Instruction is $55 an hour for the Private and $60 for complex, instrument, commercial and CFI training, and $65 an hour to instruct in an airplane you own. The Skyport lists discounts and asks you to call for the details. Its flight training operates as West Bend Air.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$15,429
range $13.3K – $17.6K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
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Compass and Prop
Part not stated
Neenah, WI·compassandprop.com
Published rates
$135/hr aircraft (wet)+$58/hr instructor
Checked September 10, 2026·Source
PilotBound estimate · Private
$15,459
range $13.3K – $17.6K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
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Discover Flight
Part not stated
Oshkosh, WI·letsdiscoverflight.com
Published rates
$135/hr aircraft (fuel basis not stated)+$60/hr instructor
Checked September 10, 2026·Source
Discover Flight does not state whether its rates include fuel. The estimate uses the published rate as-is.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$15,575
range $13.4K – $17.8K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
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Aviation Services
Part not stated
Oshkosh, WI·aviationservicescompany.com
Published rates
$147/hr aircraft (wet)+$50/hr instructor
Checked September 12, 2026·Source
The BE-23 rate includes tax and fuel, which is stated. Ground instruction is $30/hr, a ground trainer (ATC 610) is $71/hr, and instruction in a student's own aircraft is $60/hr single or $70/hr multi; none of those is the rate used here. Multi-engine training is marked presently not available on the school's own navigation.
PilotBound estimate · Private
$15,859
range $13.6K – $18.1K
~72 hrs on their published rates, plus one-time fees.
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Flight school costs in Wisconsin, in numbers

Computed from the 17 Wisconsin schools that publish both an aircraft and an instructor rate, on the same method every card above uses. The 29 listings without a full rate card are left out of every figure.

$15,429: Median PilotBound Private estimate across the 17 schools with published rates
$80 to $211: Published trainer rental, per hour
$48 to $100: Published instruction, per hour
17 of 46: Schools publishing a full rate card (aircraft and instructor)

Lowest published trainer rates in Wisconsin

Morey Airplane Company · $80/hr Cessna 152, Middleton
Stick and Rudder · $90/hr Cessna 150, Kenosha
West Bend Air · $95/hr Cessna 152, West Bend
Romeo Aviation · $100/hr Cessna 150, Cumberland
Wisconsin Aviation · $105/hr Cessna 152, Madison & Watertown

Part 141 flight schools in Wisconsin

Elevation Air · Part 61 & 141, Janesville
Pilotsmith · Part 61 & 141, Green Bay

Flight schools by city in Wisconsin

Oshkosh · 2 schools, all with rates

Airports with more than one Wisconsin flight school

Waukesha County Airport (UES)Capital Flight·Spring City Aviation·Stein's Aircraft Services
Central Wisconsin Airport (CWA)Central Wisconsin Aviation·Ovation CWA
Cumberland Municipal Airport (UBE)City of Cumberland·Romeo Aviation
John H Batten Airport (RAC)Centurion Flight Academy·Windborne Flight School
Kenosha Regional Airport (ENW)Majestic Aero Services·Stick and Rudder
Sawyer County Airport (HYR)Burton Aviation·Sawyer County Aviation
Waupaca Municipal Airport (PCZ)Celestial Kinetics Flight Academy·KlattAero
Wittman Regional Airport (OSH)Aviation Services·Discover Flight

Discovery flights in Wisconsin

12 Wisconsin schools publish a discovery flight price, median $135. See each price with its source

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.

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.

Common questions about Wisconsin flight schools

How much does flight school cost in Wisconsin?: Across the 17 Wisconsin flight schools here that publish full rates, trainer rentals run $80 to $211 per hour and instruction $48 to $100 per hour, checked as recently as September 16, 2026. On each school's own published rates, PilotBound estimates a private pilot certificate between $11,755 and $22,207, with a median of $15,429. These are PilotBound estimates built on published rates, not quotes from the schools.
What is the cheapest flight school in Wisconsin?: Morey Airplane Company in Middleton publishes the lowest trainer rental of the 17 Wisconsin schools listed here, $80 per hour for its Cessna 152, a dry rate, so fuel is billed separately on top, checked September 8, 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 Wisconsin flight school rates?: Every rate here is the school's own published figure, linked to its source and dated; the newest check in Wisconsin is September 16, 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 29 more schools in Wisconsin are listed without an estimate because they do not publish a full rate card. A school can correct or remove its listing anytime.