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Training Cost Estimator

Enter your certificate goal, location, aircraft type, and schedule. Get a realistic cost range built from real student pilot data — not the FAA minimums no one actually hits.

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Certificate PPL · Midwest

Aircraft rental Cessna 172

$10,200 — $16,800

Estimated total · Part 61 · 2× per week

Planning & costs

Training Cost Estimator

Personalized cost range based on your certificate, region, aircraft, and schedule. Breaks down costs by category with regional data.

Flight Time & Fuel Planner

Distance, speed, winds aloft → flight time, trip fuel, legal reserves, and a go/no-go fuel status. Shows the math step by step. Day/night VFR and IFR.

Flying Club vs. Flight School

Enter dues, hourly rates, and annual hours. See your break-even point, 5-year savings, and effective hourly rate for each option.

Scholarship Finder

Filter 42+ aviation scholarships by certificate level, eligibility, and award amount. Filterable by state, gender, and military status.

Weather & performance

METAR Plain-English Decoder

Paste any raw METAR — get flight category (VFR/MVFR/IFR/LIFR), token-by-token explanation, and student go/no-go guidance. Includes examples.

Density Altitude Calculator

Elevation + altimeter + OAT → density altitude with plain-English performance warnings. "Your C172 needs 40% more runway at this DA."

Takeoff & Landing Distance

DA + weight + wind → ground roll and 50 ft obstacle distance for C172 and PA-28. Sensitivity table shows how each variable moves the numbers.

VFR Weather Minimums

Select airspace class and day/night — get the exact visibility and cloud clearance requirements with FAR 91.155 citation. No more hunting through tables.

Aircraft & navigation

Weight & Balance Calculator

C172 and PA-28 pre-loaded. Enter passengers, fuel, and baggage — CG plotted on a live visual envelope chart that turns red when out of limits.

Crosswind Calculator

Wind direction + speed + runway heading → crosswind and headwind components with a live compass diagram. Limit bar turns red at the C172 demo limit.

GA Airport Intel

Pilot-submitted tips for general aviation airports — fuel prices, FBO notes, noise abatement, pattern procedures. Share what you know with the community.

Training & currency

Pilot Currency Checker

Am I legal to fly? Enter your recent flights — see VFR passenger, night, IFR currency, BFR, and medical status with days remaining and FAR 61.57 references.

Written Test Score Predictor

20 real FAA question bank questions, timed at 30 minutes. Get your readiness score and a breakdown of which ACS knowledge areas need work before the real test.

Checkride Prep Checklist

Every document, maneuver, and knowledge area for PPL, Instrument, and Commercial checkrides. Progress saves automatically in your browser.

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