Flight training in Las Vegas, first lesson to CFI.
One instructor from your first lesson to your checkride, with a real brief and a real debrief every time.
- Home field
- KVGT · North Las Vegas Airport
- Aircraft
- 5 aircraft
- Instructor
- One, start to finish
- Programs
- Seven
PilotTraining LV · over the Las Vegas area Seven programs, one instructor.
The FAA sequence runs Private, then Instrument, then Commercial, then CFI.
01 Private Pilot License The certificate that lets you fly any airplane you are rated in. Our training package is built around 30 hours dual, 10 hours solo and 10 hours of ground instruction.
FAA minimums: 17 years old (16 to solo), 40 hours total time with 20 hours of instruction and 10 hours solo, a third-class medical, and the FAA written and practical tests. The national average is closer to 65–70 hours.
Published estimate: about $9,400 for the package, at a $165 per hour block-time aircraft rate plus $70 per hour instruction, paid as you go. Additional flight and ground time is available if you need it.
Your checkride is scheduled with a local DPE ahead of time. Book a Discovery Flight to begin.
02 Instrument Rating (IFR) Learn to fly in clouds and low visibility, in Cherokees with dual Garmin G5s and GTN 650Xi navigators that are fully IFR certified.
Prerequisites: a private pilot certificate, then 50 hours of cross-country time as pilot in command, 40 hours of simulated or actual instrument time and 15 hours of instrument instruction.
Our chief instructor is a CFII with over 3,800 hours of dual given, and the Las Vegas Class B airspace gives you real procedures to practise from the first lesson.
Finish with the FAA written and practical tests; we schedule the checkride with a local examiner.
03 Commercial Pilot License (CPL) Get paid to fly. Commercial single-engine and multi-engine training, both in-house.
Minimums: a private certificate, 18 years old, 250 hours total time with 20 hours of instruction and 10 hours in a complex or technically advanced aircraft, plus a medical and the FAA written and practical tests.
Train in our Cherokees for single-engine, or in our own upgraded Piper Apache for the commercial multi-engine certificate.
Build time at $185–$195 per hour wet in the Cherokees, with instruction at $70 per hour.
04 Flight Instructor (CFI/CFII) Become a CFI or CFII with the school that trained you, under an FAA Gold Seal instructor.
Flight instructor initial (CFI) and flight instructor instrument (CFII) courses, both in-house, in the same Cherokees you learned in.
One-on-one ground at $70 per hour, plus the teaching habits of an instructor who has given more than 3,800 hours of dual.
We also hire: if you are a local CFI, send us your resume.
Alongside every rating
Sport Pilot Certificate
Fly our FAA-certified Piper Cherokees as a Sport Pilot, with a driver’s license standing in for your medical certificate.
Multi-Engine Rating
Add a second engine in our own Piper Apache PA-23-150, upgraded with dual Garmin G5s and a GTN 650Xi.
Flight Reviews & Recurrent Training
Flight reviews, instrument proficiency checks and recurrent training for certificated pilots, plus aircraft rental for local flying.
Training built around you
Private Pilot training here is estimated at about $9,400, paid lesson by lesson: a $165 per hour block-time aircraft rate plus $70 per hour instruction, with how often you fly the biggest factor in the final number.
Brief
A real pre-flight brief: what you’ll fly today, and why.
Fly
Your time in the air over the Las Vegas area.
Debrief
What happened, what went well, and what the next lesson sets up.
Complete instruction. Local DPEs know our students show up ready, with logbooks in order and nothing skipped.
PilotTraining LV · on the ramp at North Las Vegas Airport Not sure where to start?
Call us and we'll talk it through — where you are, where you want to go, and what it takes to get there, numbers included.
Serving Henderson · Summerlin · Pahrump · North Las Vegas