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The University uses a cash basis payment method pay-as-you-go (PAYG). Under the PAYG system, the actual cost of services used will be calculated and paid for immediately following each flight, simulator or oral training session at Flight Operations. Methods of payment available to you include:

• Credit Cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover)
• Flight Dollars
  •  (student login required)

If you have approved financial aid, you may use all aid in excess of tuition, fee, and room and board costs to pay for training until the aid is credited to your account. 

Embry-Riddle recommends that students and parents budget approximately $23,000-$33,000 per year for flight fees for the first two years and approximately $10,000-$15,000 for the third year of flight. Please take into consideration that prices will vary per student since no two students learn at the same rate. See the Flight Course Costs tabs below for more details.

The required flight training hours for each flight course are as indicated on the Training Course Outlines (TCO). The associated costs per hour, per resource, for the TCO hours are the maximum amounts VA will consider for payment. If flight training hours exceed the number of TCO hours approved by the State Approving Agency (SAA), any additional training expenses must be paid by the student and not VA. VA will cover flight courses only as part of SAA approved degree program requirements which require a component of flight. Students who receive VA educational assistance for programs other than approved degree programs with a component of flight may not take flight courses as electives or to fulfill other academic requirements. Flight courses taken outside of the SAA approved degree programs will not be covered with VA educational assistance.

More money spent upfront means less money spent in the long run. Make sure your flight account is prepared to support your success!

July 1, 2025

To whom it may concern,

ERAU adjusts cost annually based on a fiscal schedule that begins July 1. This letter provides an update to the hourly rates previously reported.

Pursuant to the clarification of requirement to identify specific required training time and mandatory fees, the FAWs state an IHL is free to choose any amount of training within limits of what is "generally accepted as necessary to fulfill requirements for the attainment of a predetermined and identified education, professional, or vocational objective."

Within the ERAU FAA-approved Training Course Outlines, the minimum hours for the flight train course are as follows:

Course	Resources	Dual	Solo	FTD	Oral	P&P Oral
FA 121	Cessna 172 Nav 3/ G1000, AdvATD,AdvATD 172	54	5	14	29	17
FA 221	Cessna 172 Nav 3/ G1000, AdvATD,AdvATD 172	21	0	14	10	7
FA 321	Cessna 172 Nav 3/ G1000, AdvATD,AdvATD 172	43	10.5	2	12	8
FA 323	Diamond DA-42 VI/ Frasca DA42-VI	17	0	3	8	5
FA 417A	Cessna 172 Nav 3/ G1000, AdvATD, AdvATD 172	24	0	3.5	17	6
FA 417I	Cessna 172 Nav 3/ G1000, AdvATD, AdvATD 172	12	0	6	10	4
FA 460	Cessna 172 Nav 3/ G1000, AdvATD, AdvATD 172	23.9	0	6	10	4

Also required is the cost per hour for each resource. Resource rates are available to all flight students via a report generated on demand through ETA, the flight management system. The resource rates are also subject to change every fiscal year. The resource rates apply to all students regardless of their VA status. Resource rates labeled as "dual" include the instructor hourly rates. Resource Rates below include cost of resource, instruction, and fuel as applicable.

Resource	Cost
Cessna 172 Nav 3 (dual)	$287.90
Cessna 172 Nav 3 (solo)	$204.90
Diamond DA-42 VI	$470.28

Instructor	Cost
Oral Rate	$83

Simulator Resources (Dual)	Cost
Frasca G1000	$193
Frasca DA42-VI	$241
Frasca AdvATD	$127
Frasca AdvATD 172	$169
Frasca CRJ	$435
Frasca CRJ200	$645

Students receiving U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Educational Assistance

The required flight training hours for each flight course, are as indicated on the Training Course Outlines (TCO). The associated cost per hour, per resource, for the TCO hours are the maximum amounts VA will consider for payment. If flight training hours exceed the number of TCO hours approved the State Approving Agency (SAA), any additional training expenses must be paid by the student and not VA.VA will cover flight course only as part of SAA approved degree program requirements which require a component of flight. Students who receive VA educational assistance for programs other than approved degree programs with a component of flight, may not take flight courses as electives or to fulfill other academic requirements. Flight courses taken outside of the SAA approved degree programs, will not be covered with VA education assistance.