By Vincent on Feb 6, 2009
Readers Poll – the price of one hour of pleasure ?
Flying is not the less expensive of all hobbies but I’m convinced that it’s not as expensive as many non-flying persons imagine. One decisive factor is the type of aircraft flown, and the local fuel price.
For this month’s poll, I’d like to know how much you have to pay for one hour of flying with your favorite aircraft. To make an easy comparison, it is interesting to know the type of aircraft, the location where you fly from (region is sufficient, no need to be super-accurate), and the hourly cost in US$. The cost shall include rental and fuel, but no fees, instruction, club memberships, or such annex costs.
As an example, my favorite plane is a Saratoga in Switzerland and costs 450 USD per hour.
11 Comments, Comment or Ping
Jason Miller
Cessna 172S G1000 – $165/hr – S.C., USA
Feb 6th, 2009
Scott
Cessna 172 – $95 UDS/hr – Winnipeg, MB Canada
Feb 6th, 2009
Sarah
Rolladen-Schneider LS-6 – $30 (averaged yearly ownership cost + one tow), midwest USA
Feb 6th, 2009
Ross
PA28-161 Warrior – $170
PA28-201 Arrow – $197
Cambridgeshire, UK. (By the way, you didn’t ask to distinguish between tacho time, engine running time or airborne time. These are engine-running hours.)
Feb 6th, 2009
PlasticPilot
@Ross: you’re right, so next commenters are also kindly requested to mention if the price is airborne or engine time. This distinction obviously do not apply to gliders…
Feb 7th, 2009
Pat
CP315 Emeraude – France – $90/hour
Feb 7th, 2009
Julien
Sydney, Australia:
C172N – $128 per hour, tacho time
Piper Archer III – $135 per hour, engine running (VDO) time
Piper Arrow IV – $155 per hour, engine running time
Australia in general is cheaper than Europe and more expensive than North America.
Julien.
Feb 7th, 2009
Chris
Central NSW, Australia
C172N – $117 tacho time
Feb 7th, 2009
David
Commander 114: $20/hr engine fund, $70/hr fuel, $90/hr total
Seattle, WA
Feb 8th, 2009
Gary
Cessna 182Q – and i’m lucky…it’s a friends plane and i only have to pay for fuel …
Feb 11th, 2009
frd
Northeast Florida, Cessna 152, $65.00/hr, Instruction $37.00/hr, Hobbs time
Feb 17th, 2009
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