Real-world PPL cost

[fiveoboy01]

I get asked this a lot, what's it cost?

I have always just given ballpark numbers, and guessed what the total would be.

Now that I'm done, I added all my reciepts up.

$8,454 total, instructor and airplane included.

Add $350 to that for the DPE's fee.

Numbers above do not include any books, headset, fuel stick, sump cup, flight bag, kneeboard, etc etc ad nauseam.

I had a total of 59.9 hours(including the checkride).

46 hours in a 152 @85.00/hr wet.

13.9 hours in a 172N@107/hr wet.

The school just raised the prices, not much though. I think it's now 87/hr for the 152 and 109 for the 172N.

Figure in a couple hundred for books etc... and whatever you want to blow on a headset.

So there you go. Was it worth it, hell yes.

You could save some cash if you did it in fewer hours, but it takes what it takes. Best money ever spent IMO

 

[Jim Logajan]

71 hours; cost about $9000 over 9 months in a C-152. Trained during an Oregon winter, so plenty of weather delays.