Flight school near Naples, FL
Naples students fly with Core Aviator Training at Page Field (KFMY) in Fort Myers, about 35 miles north up I-75. It is a boutique Part 61 school — one instructor, one student, one meticulously kept Piper Cherokee 140 — with a 99% first-time checkride pass rate, $175 per hour wet for the airplane and $60 per hour for instruction.
Why Naples students make the drive
Lessons run as three-hour blocks with a real pre-flight brief and post-flight debrief, so one trip up I-75 is a full training session rather than a rushed hour.
You keep the same Certified Flight Instructor from your first flight to your checkride — nobody re-teaches you and nothing is recycled.
Seasonal residents are welcome: plenty of pilots working on an instrument rating fly with us while they are in town for the winter.
about 35 miles north up I-75
to Fort Myers, Florida (Southwest Florida)
Directions from NaplesFlight training for Naples students
CORE is pay-per-session: the Cherokee 140 rents at $175/hr wet (fuel and maintenance included) and instruction is $60/hr. How often you fly is the biggest driver of your total.
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Private Pilot License
Where most students begin — the certificate that lets you fly friends and family, and the foundation every rating after it is built on.
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Instrument Rating (IFR)
The rating that turns a fair-weather pilot into an all-weather one — flying by reference to instruments, in the system, on a clearance.
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Commercial Pilot License (CPL)
The certificate that lets you be paid to fly, and the step where precision stops being a goal and becomes a standard.
The training area Naples students learn over — the Gulf coast, the Caloosahatchee and the barrier islands.
Naples to the field.
about 35 miles north up I-75 from Naples — the only part of the trip that happens on the ground.
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Flight training near Naples: common questions
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Ready to fly, Naples?
Book a Discovery Flight — about 35 miles north up I-75 from Naples to the field, and you're in the left seat.
Serving Cape Coral · Naples · Estero · Punta Gorda · Bonita Springs · Fort Myers Beach · Lehigh Acres · Immokalee