Actual pilot's license cost, down to the penny

[LDJones]

Nice breakdown. I wish I knew how much I spent 0 time through CFI.

I don't...even though that was 30+ years ago!

 

[Catalo]

HOLY Crap.........

Yeah I'm still trying to recover from that one

 

[OkieAviator]

I posted mine last month and I think it was around $8K too.

About $23,000. Took around 95 hours. And Chicago prices are not cheap. The plane was $125 an hour and the instructor was $55 an hour.

The amount of hours is what drove your costs.

 

[TWinter]

1986 PPL was about $3500 for me. Earned my ticket at Sanford Maine.

 

[texasag93]

About $23,000. Took around 95 hours. And Chicago prices are not cheap. The plane was $125 an hour and the instructor was $55 an hour.

I was slow, too. My rates were 60 wet and 30 for the CFI. 90 hours was all I gave him. I was the problem for the first 50 hours, his wallet was the problem for the next 40.