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Monthly Flight Training Budget Calculator

Estimates the monthly cost of your training plan and how it lines up with your budget.

How it works: enter your expected training requirements and monthly pace below. The calculator updates in real time and shows whether your planned monthly budget covers the training, plus how long the training and the saving will take.

The total flight hours required for the rating or certificate.
The total ground instruction hours required.
Wet or dry rental rate per hour.
$
CFI rate per hour.
$
Training materials, headset, kneeboard, etc.
$
Written exam fee.
$
Checkride fee paid to a Designated Pilot Examiner.
$
School or online ground course, if used. Enter 0 if none.
$
Number of flight lessons desired per month.
Number of ground lessons desired per month.
Expected flight time of each lesson.
Includes pre- and post-flight briefing time.
Instructor time for each ground lesson.
Amount you can dedicate to training each month.
$
Flight lessons / month$0
Ground lessons / month$0
Total Monthly Cost $0
$0$0
Enter your numbers above to see results.
Recurring flight & instructor cost$0
Non-recurring costs (books, tests, ground school)$0
Estimated total training cost$0
Monthly budget shortfall / surplus$0

Training Timeline

Months to Complete Training
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at current lesson pace
Months to Save at Budget Level
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to cover full training cost
Best Month to Start
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months from today, if saving begins now