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Flight training at KPAO

Palo Alto Airport, Palo Alto, CA. Instructors, rental aircraft, and checkride examiners near this field, with lesson costs at the rates they list.

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Aircraft based here
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Examiners within 100 mi
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Flight instructors at KPAO

No instructor lists KPAO as a home field yet. Ground instruction and checkride prep are available online from instructors anywhere, and in-person instructors at nearby fields are listed below.

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Aircraft based at KPAO

No aircraft is listed at KPAO yet. Owners who base an airplane here can list it for instruction, approve the instructors who fly it, and get paid per hour flown.

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What a lesson costs at KPAO

Medians across aircraft and instructors listed on AviPrep as of September 2026. Local listings replace these as they appear.

$170/hr
Trainer aircraft, wet
$50/hr
Flight instruction
$45/hr
One-on-one ground
A typical flight lesson
about $288

1.25 hours on the aircraft plus briefing and debrief time with the instructor. The instructor keeps their full rate, and the aircraft is billed at the owner's published rate.

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Checkride examiners near KPAO

FAA-listed Designated Pilot Examiners based within 100 miles of KPAO, from the FAA Designee Management System. Distances are to the examiner's listed city.

  • James Courtney Higgins
    Palo Alto, CA · 0 mi
    PPLCPLIR
  • R ROHLFING
    San Carlos, CA · 8 mi
    CFISPORTPPLCPLIR
  • Geary Lee Padden
    Belmont, CA · 10 mi
    PPLCPLIR
  • Clayton Miles Conrad
    San Jose, CA · 19 mi
    CPLIRPPL
  • Jennifer Rayne Watson
    San Jose, CA · 19 mi
    CPLIRSPORTPPL
  • Terence Wilson
    Alameda, CA · 25 mi
    PPLCPLIR
  • Mark Pollard
    Walnut Creek, CA · 31 mi
    PPL
  • Margaret Watt
    Hollister, CA · 55 mi
    CPLIRPPL
  • Eric Alan Cook
    Salinas, CA · 62 mi
    CFIPPLCPLIR
  • Ashley Noel Snider
    Sacramento, CA · 92 mi
    PPLCPLIRCFI
  • Robert Frankovich
    Sacramento, CA · 92 mi
    PPLCPLIRCFI
  • Robert Alan Davids
    San Andreas, CA · 93 mi
    PPLCPLIRATPCFI
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Training airports near KPAO

Other fields within driving distance that have instructors, aircraft, or students on AviPrep.

  • KSFO · 18 mi
    San Francisco International Airport
    Students training here
  • KWVI · 40 mi
    Watsonville Municipal Airport
    Students training here

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