Alpha Kilo Aviation LLC

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Instruction & Rental

AIRCRAFT RENTAL

Online Schedule Access: We offer online self scheduling for Students and Renters on FlightCircle.com

Aircraft available at A39 (AK-Chin Regional Airport)

Cherokee 140/160/w Powerflow – N8837N
IFR Equipped with Garmin 175 GPS and 2 AV-30s
Rate $140/hr wet + AZ tax*

Cherokee 140 w/Powerflow – N4258J 
Equipped with 2 AV30s and Garmin 660 touchscreen GPS (VFR Only)
Rate $140/hr wet + AZ tax*

Cherokee 140 – N1933H
Equipped with Garmin 696 GPS (VFR only GPS)
PA-28-140 POH
Weight & Balance
Rate $140/hr wet + AZ tax*
 

Cessna 150G – N4639X
Equipped with 2 Garmin G5s, Garmin Aera 660 touchscreen GPS (VFR only GPS, but can use to perform practice instrument approaches under VFR rules)
C150 POH
Weight & Balance
Rate $120/hr wet + AZ tax* (ask about our bulk hour discount for time builders)

 

2007 Cruiser Light Sport N601CF (CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE)
Available for Private Pilot, Sport Pilot Rating and Rental
Rate: Rental $130hr wet + AZ Tax* (ask about our bulk hour discount for time builders)

   

Piper Cherokee PA-28-180 – TAA Trainer
Available for TAA, Instrument Rating, Instrument Currency, IPC & XC Dual with Chief Flight Instructor

Includes Full Glass panel: Garmin 10” G3X, Garmin G5, Garmin Waas GNC355 GPS, Garmin 215Nav/Com, Garmin 345 ADS-B In/Out transponder & Garmin 500 Autopilot

Rate: Rental $175hr wet/dual only

 

Cessna 172I – N13YP (CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE)
IFR Equipped with Garmin 430W
172I POH
Weight & Balance
Rate $140/hr wet + AZ tax*

       
*Tax only applies to Rental only, dual instruction does not have tax.

INSTRUCTION
Instruction rate is $60-$75 in our aircraft, $75/hr in your aircraft.

  • Sport Pilot, Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial, Certified Flight Instructor (CFI & CFII)
  • Flight Review (aka BFR)
  • IPC
  • Rusty Pilot
  • High Performance Endorsement
  • Complex Endorsement

Flight Instruction

At a minimum, private pilot students will have logged 40 hours of flight time that includes 20 hours of flight training from an authorized instructor as well as 10 hours of solo flight.

You can earn your private pilot license in as little as 2 weeks with the average (working a job or going to school) 3-months.

The training includes the following elements:

  • 3 hours of cross-country flight training
  • 3 hours of night flight training consisting of:
    • One cross country flight over 100 nautical miles total distance
    • 10 takeoffs and 10 landings to a full stop with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern at an airport
  • 3 hours of flight training on control and maneuvering solely by reference to instruments
  • 3 hours of flight training with an authorized instructor in preparation for the practical test within the preceding 2 calendar months from the month of the test
  • 10 hours of solo flight time consisting of:
    • 5 hours of solo cross-country time
    • One solo cross country flight of 150 nautical miles total distance with full stop landings at three points and one segment of the flight consisting of a straight line distance of more than 50 nautical miles between takeoff and landing locations
    • Three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport with an operating control tower
Why get your Instrument Rating? It will make you a better pilot! Additionally, it is a great skill and rating to have in the event you do have a need to fly on those non-sunny clear days. You must have logged the following:
  • At least 50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command. At least 10 of these hours must be in airplanes for an instrument-airplane rating.
  • A total of 40 hours of actual or simulated instrument time on the areas of operation listed in 61.65(c).
  • At least 15 hours of instrument flight training from an authorized instructor in the aircraft category for the instrument rating sought.
For instrument-airplane rating, instrument training on cross-country flight procedures that includes at least one cross-country flight in an airplane that is performed under instrument flight rules. This flight must consist of:
  • A distance of at least 250 nm along airways or ATC-directed routing.
  • An instrument approach at each airport.
  • Three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems (Example: ILS, VOR, GPS, etc).
  • At least 3 hours of instrument training that is appropriate to the instrument rating sought from an authorized instructor in preparation for the checkride within two calendar months before the examination date.
Commercial Pilot License is the natural progression after your Instrument Rating. If helps you refine your flying skills and also give you opportunity to fly for compensation. To obtain a commercial certificate in an airplane under FAR Part 61 rules a pilot must have:
  • 250 hours of flight time, 100 hours of which must be in powered aircraft, and 50 must be in airplanes.
  • 100 hours of pilot-in-command time, 50 of which must be in airplanes.
  • 50 hours of cross-country time, 10 of which must be in an airplane.
  • 20 hours of training, including 10 of instrument, 10 of complex or TAA, and a smattering of cross-country and practical test preparation.
  • 10 hours of solo training, including a smattering of cross-country and night.
Similar to your Private Pilot Rating you will do a set of maneuvers and landings on your practical checkride, but the ACS requirements are half of what they were for your private pilot rating. What you can do with a Commercial Pilot License
Sport Pilot is a unique rating that does not require a FAA Medical, but does come with restrictions on what aircraft you can fly, where you can fly and when you can fly. We offer Sport Pilot training in our Light Sport, Sports Cruiser N601CF. Training requirements for a sport pilot certificate with airplane category —
  • A minimum of 20 hours flight time including:
    • 15 hours of flight training from an authorized instructor.
    • 5 hours solo flight.
  • Flight training must include at least:
    • 2 hours cross-country flight training.
    • 10 takeoffs and landings to a full stop.
    • One solo cross-country flight of at least 75 nautical miles total distance with a full-stop landing at a minimum of two points and one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 25 nautical miles between takeoff and landing locations.
    • 2 hours flight training in preparation for the practical test.
    • Ground training from an instructor or home-study course.
AOPA has a great article on Sport Pilot Licenses.
Become a Certified Flight Instructor after you have achieved your Commercial Pilot License. Being a CFI is both challenging and rewarding.  It will help you dig in and get a better understanding and knowledge of flying because you know how to teach it and students always ask questions you don't know the answer to, so you learn where to find the answer and then teach it. There are no minimum hour requirements to achieve these ratings (outside of your Commercial Rating).  You will be rested based on the FAA PTS The challenges are:
  • Learning to fly right seat
  • Learning to instruct while you are flying
  • Creating lesson plans and then teaching them
There are three FAA knowledge exams required for CFI through CFII.  

Not sure if flying is for you?  Let’s do a discovery flight! You will help with pre-flight and we will go up for a 30-minute flight where you will get to be at the controls with a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) helping you.

*$75/hr Chief instructor flight or ground.

GROUND SCHOOL

We partner with three different online ground schools.

Additional in-person ground school instruction at the standard instruction rate of $60-$75/hr.

Non-Owned Renter’s Insurance
Flying solo or with friends/family? Non-Owned renters insurance protects you and can be used for any rental with Alpha Kilo Aviation, another flight school or flight club.

Why have Renter’s Insurance? Read Here

Renter’s Insurance Minimums

Get instant coverage online 24/7 :  Online Renters Insurance Application

Renter Checkout Requirements

All rentals require an initial check-out in the planes with one of our CFIs.

If you plan to rent our aircraft and wish to fly up north (mountainous areas), including Sedona, Payson, etc:

  • You must be checked out to do any mountain flying with one of our Certified Flight Instructors (CFIs) prior to taking the aircraft up north or any mountainous region.* Mountainous flying is prohibited otherwise.
  • You are required to perform a weight and balance and aircraft performance check prior to flying. Be aware of the time of day you are landing and departing. If you overshoot a safe departure time, just let us know that you need to extend the rental time. Have an overnight fun adventure if need be and fly when it is cooler out.
  • Flight plans are required for flights over 50nm and we encourage you to have flight following when traveling any XC flight. Flight following will allow you to have ATC on the radio should you need to declare an emergency and they know where you are with your squawk code. (If any of you haven’t talked to ATC in a long time, I can send you a help sheet talking to ATC and we can also schedule a zoom session for ground school help.)
  • Complete the AOPA‘s Mountain Flying Course and upload it to your Flight Circle profile for mountain flying.

*Commercial rated pilots with mountain flying experience may be exempt with documented mountain flying experience.