Flight training at Elevation Air

1. 1

   What do you charge per hour for flight instruction, and is ground instruction billed at the same rate?Missing from their site

   This is the number that is missing from the site. Ground is often billed separately and at a different rate.

2. 2

   Does the instructor rate change for the Instrument, Commercial, or CFI, or is it flat across everything?Missing from their site

   Plenty of schools charge more for advanced instruction. A flat rate quoted for the Private can climb later.

3. 3

   What is the hourly rate on your cheapest trainer, and which airplane is that?Missing from their site

   This is the number that is missing from the site, and it is the largest line on your bill.

4. 4

   Is that rate wet or dry, meaning does it include fuel?Missing from their site

   A dry rate and a wet rate are not comparable. Dry rates can run $40 to $60 an hour lower for the same airplane.

5. 5

   What do the aeroplane and the instructor cost per hour, and is the Part 141 course priced differently from Part 61?Missing from their site

   Thirty pages and six fleet indexes were read with no rate on any of them, and a 141 course is usually priced as a package.

6. 6

   What does the twin cost per hour, and is multi instruction charged above the single-engine rate?

   Elevation names a multi-engine rating on its site and publishes no aircraft rate for it.

7. 7

   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.

8. 8

   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.

9. 9

   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.

What to compare their answer against

Not Elevation Air's rates. The middle of what 16 Wisconsin schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.

From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Elevation Air is not in it.

What we checked

ONE OF ONLY TWO PART 141 OPERATORS ON WISCONSIN'S AOPA LIST, the other being Wisconsin Aviation which is already rated in this directory. Its own site names Private, Instrument, Commercial, Multi-Engine, Flight Instructor and Flight Instructor Instrument. Thirty pages read and six fleet indexes followed, and it publishes no price at all, which is unusual at this size. Worth a call. Checked August 14, 2026.