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This page covers flight schools in Mexico that post their own flight-hour prices. Most Mexican schools sell a private pilot course and price the flying by the hour inside that course, rather than renting aircraft to licensed pilots, so the hourly figures here are course flight hours. Rates are shown in Mexican pesos first, the way the school lists them, with an estimated US dollar figure beside each one. We list a school's rates when its own current public page or price sheet shows them. Where the school prints a date we show it, and where it does not, the card says "Not listed by the school" beside the date we checked the page. We leave out prices the school marks as old or expired, prices that contradict themselves, and prices dated more than 24 months ago. Pilot licences in Mexico are issued by the Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil (AFAC). Check with the school before you plan training.
Cómo leer esta página / How to read this page
The Spanish headings on this page are approximate translations of the English beside them. The rest of the page is in English, and quotes from schools stay in Spanish as the school wrote them.
Prices are in Mexican pesos (MX$) first. Mexican schools write the peso sign as $ on their pages. We show it as MX$ so it is not mixed up with US dollars, and we read it as Mexican pesos (MXN), the currency of Mexico. Figures with a public source link to it and show the date we checked. Where a school does not say something, the page says "Not listed by the school". Where we could not find a reliable source, it says "Unverified. We couldn't confirm a reliable source for this yet."
5 schools and clubs across 4 states (Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Morelos, Nuevo León). Prices change often, and schools may charge enrolment, monthly theory, exam, permit, licence or airport costs on top, so check with the school first.
Ir a / Jump to: Alas Doradas · Voláre Escuela de Aviación · Leap Sky Aviation Training · CAAP (Centro de Adiestramiento Aeronáutico Profesional) · CEAM Monterrey
Alas Doradas
Location: Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
Airport: Not listed by the school · Airport code: Not listed by the school Location source ↗ · checked Oct 29, 2026
Rates effective: Not listed by the school
Tax: Not listed by the school
Wet (fuel included) or dry: Not listed by the school
The school lists campuses in Aguascalientes, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí; we have filed it under Aguascalientes, the first campus it lists. The page does not name the airport or the aircraft used for flight hours. It also lists enrolment at MX$9,500 and monthly theory fees of MX$7,500 (six payments, weekday course) or MX$3,750 (12 months, Saturday course), and gives the licence as "$25,000 aprox".
Voláre Escuela de Aviación
Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco
Airport: Not listed by the school · Airport code: Not listed by the school Location source ↗ · checked Oct 29, 2026
Rates effective: Not listed by the school
Tax: Not listed by the school
Wet (fuel included) or dry: Not listed by the school
The page says the course uses single-engine aircraft such as the Cessna 172 and 182 and needs 41 flight hours and 5 simulator hours; it does not name the airport. It also lists enrolment at MX$3,000 and a monthly fee of MX$6,300, and gives the whole course as "un aproximado" of MX$212,350 (weekday morning or afternoon) or MX$226,750 (Saturday). The page says students must be Mexican by birth.
Leap Sky Aviation Training
Location: Zapopan, Jalisco
Airport: Aeropuerto Internacional de Guadalajara and Aeropuerto Internacional de Manzanillo · Airport code: MMGL and MMZO Location source ↗ · checked Oct 29, 2026
Rates effective: Not listed by the school
Tax: The school says: "Los precios no incluyen impuestos sobre el valor añadido y, en caso de requerir factura, se cargará el 16 % de IVA."
Wet (fuel included) or dry: Not listed by the school
Prices are from the private pilot brochure linked from the school's private pilot page. The school has campuses in Zapopan, Jalisco and Manzanillo, Colima, and flies from both airports; the brochure does not name the aircraft. It also lists enrolment at MX$5,000 and a monthly fee of MX$6,500 (six-month weekday course) or MX$5,550 (ten-month Saturday course). The school says: "Los precios por hora de vuelo no incluyen el costo del plan de vuelo y operación del aeropuerto." and "*Pagos de mensualidades solo en efectivo y transferencias mas el 16 % de IVA."
CAAP (Centro de Adiestramiento Aeronáutico Profesional)
Location: Cuernavaca, Morelos
Airport: Aeropuerto Internacional Gral. Mariano Matamoros · Airport code: Not listed by the school Location source ↗ · checked Oct 29, 2026
Rates effective: The school heads its price list "Costos 2026"
Tax: Not listed by the school
Wet (fuel included) or dry: Not listed by the school
Theory classes are in Mexico City and the flying is from the Cuernavaca airport in the school's Cessna 150, per the school. The course price list also shows enrolment (MX$6,500), the theory course (MX$47,000), 10 simulator hours plus one exam hour (MX$7,150) and the practical flight exam (MX$4,000), for a course total of MX$224,650. The school says: "Precios en moneda nacional, sujetos a cambio con base en la cotización del dólar."
CEAM Monterrey
Location: Apodaca, Nuevo León
Airport: Not listed by the school · Airport code: Not listed by the school Location source ↗ · checked Oct 29, 2026
Rates effective: Not listed by the school
Tax: Not listed by the school
Piper PA-23-250 Aztec
Wet (fuel included) or dry: Not listed by the school
The page shows private pilot and commercial pilot prices; it does not name the aircraft for the private pilot hours. We left out two lines whose totals do not match their own price times hours: the private pilot "EN BLOQUES DE 5" line (MX$3,900 times 41 shown as MX$159,000) and the commercial "CESSNA C-175" line (MX$4,100 times 115 shown as MX$471,000). About the medical, permit, licence and exam fees, the school says: "LOS COSTOS EXTRAS NO SON ESTABLECIDOS POR CEAM, SON EXTERNOS, POR LO QUE PUEDEN ESTAR SUJETOS A CAMBIOS."
Rental and training rates from each school's own public page, in Mexican pesos with an estimated US dollar figure. Last checked Oct 29, 2026.
Lo básico de la AFAC / Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil (AFAC) basics
These points are in our own words from Mexican government public pages (the Diario Oficial de la Federación and the Orden Jurídico Nacional legal register), which are the official word. Requirements vary, so confirm the details with Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil (AFAC) and with the school before you plan training or a rental.
- Who issues licences. Mexico's aviation authority is the Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil (AFAC), created by a federal decree published on October 16, 2019, which moved the staff and work of the old Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) to AFAC. The decree makes AFAC responsible for issuing, renewing and validating licences for aviation staff and for permitting and overseeing flight training schools, and says older rules that name the DGAC are now read as naming AFAC.Source: Diario Oficial de la Federación: decree creating AFAC (published Oct 16, 2019) ↗ · checked Oct 29, 2026
- Student training permit. Before training starts, a student pilot needs a training permit (permiso para formación) from the aviation authority. You apply with proof that you are enrolled at an approved school, a current aviation medical certificate (constancia de aptitud psicofísica) and the government fee. For a private pilot permit you must also have finished lower secondary school (secundaria) and be an adult by the time the permit ends. A student permit does not allow international flights.Source: Orden Jurídico Nacional: pilot licensing regulation (Reglamento para la Expedición de Permisos, Licencias y Certificados de Capacidad del Personal Técnico Aeronáutico; published June 24, 2004, last amended Nov 15, 2006) ↗ · checked Oct 29, 2026
- Private pilot licence (aeroplane). The regulation asks for at least 40 logged hours certified by the authority, including at least 20 hours of dual VFR instruction, 5 hours solo, 5 hours of cross-country flying with a route of at least 270 km (150 NM) and landings at two different points, and 5 hours in the two months before you apply. You also need the restricted aeronautical radiotelephone course, passed theory and practical exams (ground exams need at least 80%), a course certificate issued within two months of applying, a current medical and the fee. The licence lets you fly private, non-commercial flights as pilot in command or co-pilot of aeroplanes up to 5,700 kg.Source: Orden Jurídico Nacional: pilot licensing regulation (Reglamento para la Expedición de Permisos, Licencias y Certificados de Capacidad del Personal Técnico Aeronáutico; published June 24, 2004, last amended Nov 15, 2006) ↗ · checked Oct 29, 2026
- Medical and licence validity. A private pilot medical certificate lasts 24 months. Pilot licences last 24 months up to age 40 and 12 months after that, and must be renewed before they run out. To renew, a private pilot needs, among other things, at least 3 certified flight hours in the last two months of the licence period.Source: Orden Jurídico Nacional: pilot licensing regulation (Reglamento para la Expedición de Permisos, Licencias y Certificados de Capacidad del Personal Técnico Aeronáutico; published June 24, 2004, last amended Nov 15, 2006) ↗ · checked Oct 29, 2026
- Foreign pilots. Pilot licences other than private licences are only for Mexicans by birth. Foreign nationals and naturalised Mexicans can hold only a private pilot licence, or have a foreign licence validated as a private pilot licence, after showing they know Mexican rules and radio phraseology. Foreign applicants for a training permit or a private licence must first show legal stay in Mexico and authorisation under Mexican immigration law.Source: Orden Jurídico Nacional: pilot licensing regulation (Reglamento para la Expedición de Permisos, Licencias y Certificados de Capacidad del Personal Técnico Aeronáutico; published June 24, 2004, last amended Nov 15, 2006) ↗ · checked Oct 29, 2026