How much does it cost to get a Private Pilot License in Las Vegas?
Our published Private Pilot Training Package estimate is $9,400, paid lesson by lesson: 30 hours of dual instruction, 10 hours solo and 10 hours of ground at a $165 per hour block-time aircraft rate plus $70 per hour for instruction. How often you fly is the biggest factor in the final number.
By Pilot Training Las Vegas
The figure people search for is a single number, so here is ours: the Private Pilot Training Package at Pilot Training Las Vegas is estimated at $9,400. That covers 30 hours of dual flight instruction, 10 hours of solo flight and 10 hours of ground instruction, priced at a $165 per hour block-time wet aircraft rate (fuel included) plus $70 per hour for your instructor.
You do not pay it up front. Almost everyone here pays as they go, one lesson at a time, so the $9,400 is simply what the package adds up to if you fly the 40 hours the FAA requires.
What the number is made of
- Aircraft time. Our Piper Cherokees rent at $185 to $195 per hour wet at standard rates; the package uses the $165 per hour block-time rate.
- Instruction. Flight training and one-on-one ground instruction are both $70 per hour. Saturday group ground school is $10 per hour, and regular ground school attendees get pre-flight and post-flight briefings free.
- Everything else. Budget separately for a third-class FAA medical, books, a headset and the FAA written and practical exam fees. Those are paid to other people, not to us, so they are not in the package figure.
Why your total might be different
The FAA minimum for a Private Pilot certificate is 40 hours. The national average is closer to 65 to 70. The difference is mostly frequency: students who fly two or three times a week keep what they learned from the last lesson, while long gaps mean re-learning it, which is the same lesson paid for twice.
Las Vegas helps here. Flight operations at North Las Vegas Airport run 5 AM to 10 PM seven days a week, and the weather lets you fly almost all year, so if your schedule allows it, you can keep the gaps short.
Additional flight or ground time is always available if you need it, and you pay for it the same way: as you take it.
The first step
The Deluxe Discovery Flight is $295: a 30-minute ground session and 1 to 1½ hours in a Cherokee with you at the controls and a Certified Flight Instructor beside you. The time counts in your logbook, and if you continue training, the $295 is credited back to your account after your first 10 flight hours. Book a Discovery Flight or call or text 702-372-7552, and we will give you a straight answer about where your own number is likely to land.
