FAQs

The club is open to Active and Retired Military Personnel, Active Reserves, National Guard, Base Contractors, Civil Air Patrol and their descendants.

The Aero Club is open 7 days a week.  We are only scheduled closed on Christmas Day, New Years Day and Thanksgiving Day.  We may also be closed due to inclement weather or due to activity on Eglin.  We schedule to staff the front desk for customer service Monday thru Friday 8-5, Saturday 8-4 and Sunday 10-4

The Aero Club Schedules aircraft via the website www.flightschedulepro.com.  You cannot access this site unless you are an apporved member of the aero club.

The lesson costs vary according to how long each lesson is and what is accomplished on the lesson.  Most individuals train on the C-172 which is $80 per hour with an instructor cost of $30 per hour.  The average flight lesson is about 1.5 hours of flight with and hour of ground instruction ($150)  Any given lesson may be more or less than this amount.

 

Average Cost

(55 hrs flight over 6 months)

 

Aircraft	$  4,400.00
Instruction –   Flight	$  1,350.00
Ground	$     600.00
Ground School	$     250.00
Books and Supplies	$     325.00
FAA Flight Check	$     300.00
FAA Written Exam	$     100.00
FAA Class III Medical	$     100.00
Initiation and dues	$     175.00
total	$  7,375.00

 

The Eglin Aero Club is your complete flight school.  We have a variety of aircraft for you to train in or for your recreational or travel needs.  We have a strong instructor staff with a designated examiner on staff to answer questions or capable of flight checks on the spot. We have an onsite testing facility so you can test right here.  We include liability and hull insurance on all of your flights.  You are learning to fly in a professional airspace so you will not have the fear that many new pilots have of "talking on the radio". We can handle all of your flight needs with supplies and instruction from "not knowing what an airplane is" to ready to fly for the airlines.

Absolutely, we have members from Duke, Hurlburt, Pensacola, Rucker, Tyndall.  We have members that only join the club and fly while they are here TDY.  We have had individuals in this area from another base and get their Multi Engine Rating while on vacation