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Ready for your checkride?
AviPrep tracks every FAA-listed Designated Pilot Examiner. DPEs on AviPrep are listed with contact info so you don't burn weeks pre-checkride.
Your Flight Plan
Private, instrument, commercial, or just building hours. Choose how often you want to fly and see what your training could look like, lesson by lesson.
Private Pilot · Cessna 172 at $165/hr wet · ~65 flight hours
Pace
Estimated total
$15,850
Estimated time to checkride: 2–3 months
Pay as you fly. No package, no loan, no large upfront payment.
Where your money goes
Lessons run about $270 for a 1.25-hr flight (aircraft + instructor) and $45 for an hour of ground.
Your path to checkride
Median rates listed on AviPrep, September 2026.
What comes with every lesson
Every lesson booked on AviPrep comes with an agenda from your instructor, an AI recap of the ground work, and the real ADS-B track of the flight. Nothing is lost between lessons.
Flight Lesson 9 · Agenda
From your CFIPlan
Your instructor sets the lesson plan ahead of time, so you show up knowing what you are working on.
Flight Lesson 8 · 1.4 hrs
ADS-BFly
Flight lessons pull the ADS-B track into a 3D map. Tap any point for altitude, speed, and climb rate.
Ground Lesson 12 · Airspace
47 min agoKey takeaways
Class B/C/D boundaries and VFR minimums by airspace class.
Next lesson
Cross-country planning. Bring a sectional for KFXE.
Learn
Ground lessons turn into a clean AI recap: what you covered, what to review, and what is next.
Why students finish on AviPrep
Most students who quit don't quit flying. Life moves them away from their school, and their training stays behind. On AviPrep nothing resets when you change instructors, airports, or cities.
Fort Lauderdale, FL KFXE
Lessons 1–14 · 22.4 hrs
✓ First solo · Mar 18
Moved for work. New CFI, new airport, same record.
Dallas, TX KADS
Lessons 15–24 · 47.2 hrs
✓ Solo cross-country · Apr 22
Checkride ready
9 of 9 milestones
Every hour, recap, and milestone in one place.
After the checkride
Your certificate unlocks aircraft rental. The owner-listed aircraft you trained in stay bookable after you pass, at the fields where they're listed, with the same account, record, and instructors you already have.
Already certificated?The same three steps apply. Verify once and rent.
Add the certificate you hold. We review it by hand, usually within a day, and rental unlocks on your account.
Request the aircraft you want to fly. The owner reviews your hours and can ask for a checkout flight first.
Pick open time on the aircraft calendar. Hobbs time is billed after each flight and the owner is paid automatically.
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