Flight Training and Cost | Perseverance Aviatio

To become a private pilot, a minimum of 40 flight hours is required, though most students complete around 55 hours. We aim to keep costs affordable by providing free ground classes with every flight. The total cost typically ranges from $8,000 to $11,000.

Next up is obtaining your commercial pilot license, which requires a total of 250 flight hours. Since you should already have around 130 hours, you'll need an additional 120 hours. The cost for this will be $24,000, covering all flight time, instruction, checkride fees, and exams.

The next step is obtaining your instrument rating, which can be costly—a detail often overlooked by many flight schools. You must log 50 hours of cross-country flying and 40 hours of instrument training. A portion of the cross-country hours may include 40 hours of simulator time, we can combine to reduce costs. Some of these hours can also be credited from your private pilot license, totaling around $8,000 for the 40 hours of instrument training and another $8,000 for the 50 hours of cross-country flying.