Instrument Rating

• Expand your skills and learn to fly in various weather conditions.
• FAA Part 141 Approved.
• Authorized for in-house examining authority.
• All flight lessons are conducted with personal, one-on-one instruction.
• Start anytime.
• We work around your schedule so that you are still able to meet your present responsibilities.
• Open 7 days a week.
• Variety of air traffic and airspace surrounding KNEW.
• Helping people become pilots for nearly two decades!

Do you want to be able to fly more often? With an Instrument Rating, you're not limited to VFR conditions, giving you more freedom to soar.

Build your skills with an Instrument Rating (IR) and you'll become a safer pilot. Holders of an IR are allowed to operate under Instrument Flight Rules during the day and at night. In as little as 2-4 months with our FAA approved Part 141 course, you'll learn how to fly using systems such as GPS, localizers, ILS, VORs, and more (plus you'll learn what all those initials mean). Develop the skills and tools necessary to effectively command an aircraft by reference to flight instruments alone. Let us help you navigate your way through sunshine and clouds to a brighter future in aviation!

• Read, write, speak and understand English.
• Provide passport or birth certificate for proof of US citizenship.
• International students must complete TSA registration and authorization.
• Obtain at least an FAA third-class medical certificate.
• Hold at least an FAA Private Pilot Certificate with an airplane category and single-engine class rating.
• Secure non-owned aircraft insurance with $50,000 minimum coverage for aircraft physical damage.
• Complete enrollment application and pay application & technology fees.
• Purchase books and supplies.

Details for all NOAT&FT Policies are included in the application packet, but here is a brief overview of the ones we get asked about most.

CANCELLATION POLICY: Lessons cancelled or rescheduled with notice 72 hours or more are not charged. If the cancellation/rescheduling is between 72 to 48 hours before the reservation, a $75 fee is assessed. Any cancellation/rescheduling with less than 48 hours’ notice will be assessed the full cancellation fee per the full policy. Extenuating circumstances will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

WEATHER POLICY: If a flight lesson is scheduled, the student is expected to attend regardless of weather. Weather days provide a valuable opportunity to focus on core knowledge.

SCHEDULING: Currently all lessons/rentals are scheduled through the front desk or your instructor if front desk staff is not available. You can check current availability through Flight Schedule Pro.

Payment-in-Full and Block Discount Rates Available!

*All Pricing Subject to Change. Package excludes application and technology fees, books & supplies, written exam, practical exam, insurance, and fuel surcharge. Estimates are based on our FAA approved Part 141 syllabus and do not include lesson repeats.

Minimum flight time listed for Instrument Ratings is instrument time, not total flight time. Most flight lessons will also include at least 0.3 VFR flight time.

We require all our students/renters to carry non-owned aircraft insurance, minimum coverage of $50,000 for physical damage. All policies should have coverage for damage to aircraft/persons/and property. You wouldn’t drive your own car, rent a car, or ride a motorcycle without coverage, so why fly a plane without it either?

To start your medical, you will complete FAA Form 8500-8 online. Information entered into MedXPress will be available for your FAA-designated AME to review. Click here to search the FAA database for an AME near you. Choose AME in the Designee Types dropdown, and then we’ve found it’s easiest to search by location by entering your county (or parish in Louisiana) and the state.