{"product_id":"private-pilot-program","title":"Standard Private Pilot Program At Van Nuys Airport","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePhase one, at the regulatory floor, for a fixed \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$10,900\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eForty logged hours, priced as one number before you start. This is the program built to the minimum in 14 CFR 61.109 and nothing beyond it, which makes it our lowest-priced honest route to a private pilot certificate, and the one that assumes the most about you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$10,900\u003c\/span\u003e, fixed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFlight time logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e40\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIn a single-engine airplane\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e38\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIn the Redbird MCX\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e30\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGround instruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e3\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBooks and training materials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft rate inside the program\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$179\u003c\/span\u003e an hour, wet, single-engine. The airplane and its fuel; instruction is carried in the program price.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegulation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe aeronautical experience floor is forty hours, per 14 CFR 61.109\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho finishes inside 40 hours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople who fly three or four times a week, hold a current medical before they start, and do the ground study between lessons rather than during them. That is a real group and it is not a large one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAOPA's figure for how long a private certificate actually takes nationally is higher than the regulatory minimum, and it is higher for a reason that has nothing to do with talent: somebody who gets to the airport twice a month burns the opening twenty minutes of each lesson climbing back to where the previous one finished. Tempo is the variable that decides this, and it belongs to you rather than to us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOur position on this program, stated against our own interest\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you can only fly at weekends, this is probably the wrong purchase. Buy it and there is a fair chance you buy additional hours later at a rate that is no longer inside a package, and the total lands above the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$15,900\u003c\/span\u003e Comprehensive program you did not choose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraining two days a week is the most expensive way to get a certificate and it is also the most common. Choosing the cheaper program and flying it slowly is how people end up paying more than the expensive one costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the certificate lets you do\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarry passengers, fly your own trips, share operating costs within the limits in 14 CFR 61.113, and act as pilot in command of a single-engine airplane in visual conditions. Not fly for hire. That is the commercial certificate, and it is a different program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the price does not include\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe written test, the examiner, your medical, a headset and your own charts. Those are yours, and we will name them rather than publish somebody else's fees. Everything we control is in the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$10,900\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuy this program if you can fly often. If you cannot, buy the Comprehensive.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the price is buying into\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix types, all owned here, all maintained here. When an airplane is due for the 100-hour inspection that 14 CFR 91.409(b) demands of a trainer, it comes off the line and gets one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstructing staff: eleven. Credentials, without exception: a flight instructor certificate, a commercial certificate or an ATP behind it, and a medical in date.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne simulator, and it is a good one: an FAA-approved Redbird MCX, enclosed cockpit, motion base. Booked on its own it costs \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeather costs a full-time student roughly ten days a year here. NOAA ASOS records put 355 days above 3,000 ft and 5 sm in the twelve months ending 1 August 2026.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery program price is printed on this store. There are no ranges, no block-rate discounts and no number you have to ask for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 61, stated plainly. The curriculum, the prices and the hours are published; a pass rate and a graduate count are not, because there is no honest one to print yet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957458563389,"sku":null,"price":10900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/flightschool.la\/products\/private-pilot-program","provider":"Airline Pilot Flight School","version":"1.0","type":"link"}