The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mandates that a student seeking Private Pilot Certification have a minimum of 40 hours of flight time (a combination of flights with your instructor and solo flight).  This is the “legal minimum” and is not realistic in most cases.  Note that the individual student’s proficiency plays a major role in the total number of hours.  The national average of total hours varies depending on which publication you read, but typically the range is 60 to 70 hours.  Therefore LFTC, or any other flight school, cannot “quote” you a cost.  LFTC does provide minimum course costs based on our syllabus.  It is not guaranteed that any student will obtain Private Pilot Certification within a certain number of hours or within a certain budget.  Results have shown that many students flying a minimum of three lessons per week obtain their Private Pilot Certification at or below the national average number of hours which means an overall cost savings.