Learn to Fly

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It’s about finding a passion like no other.

Executive Flyers Aviation helps people realize their dreams of flying airplanes.

Here’s the process:

  1. Take a Discovery Flight
  2. Earn your Private Pilot License
  3. Improve your skills with Advanced Ratings

Get started.

1. Discovery Flight

Your First Lesson:

  • Your instructor explains the flight before takeoff
  • You fly a four-seater, Cessna 172SP
  • You get to control the aircraft throughout the flight
  • The flight lesson lasts an entire hour
  • We give you a realistic idea of what training is like
  • Post-flight debrief answers remaining questions

Getting Started:

  • No experience is necessary
  • Flights are available for US and Non-US citizens
  • Pre-registration is not necessary, but strongly advised
  • Call us anytime to schedule your flight

Discovery Flights cost $199
Gift certificates are available.

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2. Private Pilot License

How EFA helps you become a pilot:

  1. Use the Cessna Pilot Center flight training system hand-in-hand with your flights to gain knowledge about aircraft systems, airspace, weather, human factors, weight and balance, learning how to calculate flight time, speed, fuel requirements and much more.
  2. Get your aviation medical certificate from a FAA medical examiner.
  3. Follow the Cessna syllabus for your flights to learn the basics of flight and work your way up to your first solo flight.
  4. Fine-tune your skills, take cross country flights and night flights, and take a written ‘knowledge’ exam. The FAA’s older part 61 program requires 40 hours while the newer part 141 curriculum only requires 35. However, tha national average is closer to 70 hours. You may expect to fly 10-15 hours solo.
  5. When you’re ready and you have completed the syllabus requirements with complete understanding and approval by your instructor, you will take an oral and practical exam with a FAA Designated Examiner. This is called your ‘checkride’.

You can earn your Private Pilot License and see the world from a new perspective. Rent EFA aircraft, take friends for pleasure flights, day or night. Enjoy weekend getaways to the Cape or islands without traffic. Unwind after a tough day at the office with a relaxing flight at the controls of EFA’s exceptional airplanes.

A safe and competent pilot is a result of careful instruction, a solid knowledge base and sound decision making skills. Your best alternative is to train with full time, professional flight instructors who are committed to success. Our flight instructors are educators who are rigorously trained by EFA to deliver the knowledge gained by our four decades of flight training experience and produce the very best pilots in the nation.

We have trained thousands of pilots who say earning their Private Pilot Certificate is one of their greatest accomplishments. You will become a licensed aviator and enjoy the personal freedom of flight.

Skyhawk

EFA’s four-seat Cessna Skyhawks are a state-of-the-art
flight training platform

Estimated Private Pilot Training Costs Cessna 172SP G1000 Cessna 172SP Cessna 172
  per hour / sub total per hour / sub total per hour / sub total
45 Hours Dual Flight $215 / $9,675 $210 / $9,450 $190 / $8,550
15 Hours Solo Flight $160 / $2,400 $155 / $2,325 $135 / $2,025
12 Hours Ground Instruction $55 / $660 $55 / $660 $55 / $660
1 Private Flight Kit $399* $399* $399*
Sub Total $13,134 $12,834 $11,634
Prepayment Savings 13-$1000 ($650) 12-$1000 ($600) 11-$1000 ($550)
TOTAL COST $12,484 $12,234 $11,084


*6.25% sales tax not included. Learn more about the Private Pilot Training Kit.

These are average costs based on instruction, flying and simulator time listed above. Actual time will vary by student.

Frequently Asked Questions

Special rules for Non-US Citizens

Financial Aid with Pilot Finance

Pre-Payment Bonus Plan
You can pay as you fly or you can earn a bonus for block payments:

  • Pay $500 to $999, earn 3% bonus

    • Pay $1000 or more, earn 5% bonus

Prepayment bonuses are credited to your account for future flights and may be used for any EFA instruction, aircraft rental or pilot supply purchases.

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3. Advanced Ratings

There is so much more up there for you to discover and EFA is there to help. We have a host of courses to take your skills and privileges to the next level. And if you are interested in making aviation your career, Executive Flyers will foster the safety-conscious professionalism our industry demands.

Discover more.

For many, a Private Pilot license is just the beginning.

Also, please inquire about:

  • High Performance and Tailwheel Endorsement Courses
  • Pinch-Hitter Courses
  • Certified Flight Instructor Courses (CFI, CFII, MEI)

Financial Aid with Pilot Finance
Veterans’ Benefits

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Get Started

If you are ready to enroll, please fill out our Online Student Application form.

Non-US citizens, please enroll here.

PDF enrollment forms are also available for those who prefer to submit them in person or via email, post or fax.
US Student Application.pdf
Non-US Student Application.pdf

If you still have questions, we’d love to help! Please fill out this form and we will contact you soon.

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