Demo school. A sample flight school with four aircraft and two years of invented flights and bills (September 2024–August 2026). Sign in to see your own school's numbers.
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September 2026
Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026
September 2026
No flights or transactions in this range.
Revenue
$0
−100%vs. previous period
Operating cost
$3,845est
−87%vs. previous period
Operating margin
−$3,845est
−118%vs. previous period
Utilization
0.0%
−19 ptsvs. previous period
Hours flown
0.0
−100%vs. previous period
Revenue
$260,7106-month total+42%vs. the 6 months before
Apr–Sep, by calendar month.
Utilization
16.5%6-month average+5 ptsvs. the 6 months before
Apr–Sep, by calendar month. Based on your weekly schedule.
With 100.0 tach hours left at the pace it usually flies through the seasons, it's projected for April 2027, at about $84,000 (your setting).
Ideas schools in this spot often explore
Overhaul quotes and shop slots, since lead times can be long.
How the overhaul will be paid for (reserve, financing or cash) and when the money is needed.
Overhaul, exchange or a factory engine: what each costs, and how long the aircraft would be down.
Ideas, not recommendations. Your situation may differ.
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N744PS's engine is projected to reach its 2,000-hour TBO about April 2027 (100.0 tach hours remaining at about 18.5 a month, through the seasons).
Hours remaining to TBO: 100.0 h
Tach hours per month: 18.5 h/month
Projected overhaul: April 2027
Overhaul cost: $84,000
Hours remaining to TBO: 100.0 h
Tach hours per month: 18.5 h/month
Projected overhaul: April 2027
Overhaul cost: $84,000
Facts from your data, not a diagnosis.
N744PS: 100.0 tach hours remaining to TBO (2,000 less 1,900.0 since overhaul), at about 18.5 tach hours a month, month by month as it flew from 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30, × 0.72 for its recent trend: about April 2027. main factor
Hours remaining to TBO: 100.0 h
Tach hours per month: 18.5 h/month
—Students who stop flying tend to stop at 10–20 hours.$31,961
Students who stop flying tend to stop at 10–20 hours.
$31,961 est revenue after that point
4 of the students who stopped flying stopped there; students who get past it bring in about $7,990 each over their next 30 hours of flying.
Ideas schools in this spot often explore
What students meet at that point in training: the first solo, a stage check, the written test, or the cost so far.
A check-in with students as they near that point, before they've stopped booking.
Whether students who stopped there had gaps between lessons beforehand, and how long.
Ideas, not recommendations. Your situation may differ.
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4 of the 8 students who stopped flying (60 days or more without a booking, after 3 or more lessons) stopped between 10–20 hours flown (50%). Students who flew past 20 hours brought in a median of $7,990 over their next 30 hours.
—Students who were flying regularly have stopped booking.$24,392
Students who were flying regularly have stopped booking.
$24,392 est Their average monthly revenue
8 students with regular lessons haven't booked for 14 days or more, about $24,392 a month of revenue between them.
Ideas schools in this spot often explore
Whether the aircraft type most of them last flew was often unavailable, or a step up from what they trained in.
A personal check-in with each student: schedule, money, motivation, or instructor fit.
Booking the next lesson before the student leaves the current one.
Ideas, not recommendations. Your situation may differ.
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8 students with at least 3 lessons in the 60 days to 2026-09-30 have had no booking for 14 days or more: Student 1 (30 days), Student 3 (32 days), Student 5 (32 days), Student 7 (30 days), Student 8 (31 days), Student 9 (30 days), Student 10 (31 days), Student 11 (30 days).
Students: 8
Student 1: days since last booking: 30
Student 3: days since last booking: 32
Student 5: days since last booking: 32
Student 7: days since last booking: 30
Student 8: days since last booking: 31
4 more
Student 9: days since last booking: 30
Student 10: days since last booking: 31
Student 11: days since last booking: 30
Average monthly revenue, together: $24,392
Students: 8
Student 1: days since last booking: 30
Student 3: days since last booking: 32
Student 5: days since last booking: 32
Student 7: days since last booking: 30
Student 8: days since last booking: 31
Student 9: days since last booking: 30
Student 10: days since last booking: 31
Student 11: days since last booking: 30
Average monthly revenue, together: $24,392
Facts from your data, not a diagnosis.
5 of the 8 students last flew a Piper PA-28-181 Archer III. smaller factor
Last flight in a Piper PA-28-181 Archer III: 5
Students: 8
N744PSN744PS's costs have risen faster than its rate.$19,688
Since its rate last changed, its cost per hour has gone from about $255 to $304, about $19,688 over the hours flown since.
Ideas schools in this spot often explore
Whether fuel prices or fuel burn per hour account for the rise.
When the lease terms changed, and whether the rate was reviewed then.
When the hourly rate was last reviewed against its cost per hour.
Ideas, not recommendations. Your situation may differ.
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N744PS's hourly rate last changed in September 2025 (from $375.00 to $395.00 on its invoices). Its operating cost per hour has gone from $254.62 (the 12 months before September 2025) to $303.79 (the 12 months to Sep 30, 2026), up 19%; over the 400.4 hours flown since, that's about $19,688.
Hourly rate: $395.00/hr
Rate last changed: September 2025
Cost per hour before: $254.62/hr
Cost per hour, 12 months to now: $303.79/hr
Hours flown since: 400.4 h
Hourly rate: $395.00/hr
Rate last changed: September 2025
Cost per hour before: $254.62/hr
Cost per hour, 12 months to now: $303.79/hr
Hours flown since: 400.4 h
Facts from your data, not a diagnosis.
Fuel went from $87.90 to $111.82 per hour flown. main factor
Fuel per hour, before: $87.90/hr
Fuel per hour, now: $111.82/hr
Lease payments went from $83.12 to $97.26 per hour flown. smaller factor
Lease payments per hour, before: $83.12/hr
Lease payments per hour, now: $97.26/hr
Insurance went from $25.24 to $31.50 per hour flown. smaller factor
Insurance per hour, before: $25.24/hr
Insurance per hour, now: $31.50/hr
N8123VN8123V loses money once its owner is paid.$790
After its operating costs and the owner's payout under the agreement, the school was about $790 behind on N8123V in this period.
Ideas schools in this spot often explore
How the costs the school carries on the leaseback (insurance, hangar, maintenance) are split with the owner in the agreement.
Whether the leaseback agreement's payout terms still fit what the aircraft earns and costs to run.
Which months' owner payouts differ from the agreement, and whether a payment was missed, doubled, or paid on old terms.
Ideas, not recommendations. Your situation may differ.
Show the numbers
At $22 per Hobbs hour, N8123V's owner was owed $0 for 0.0 hours; the books show $0 paid. After that payout and its operating cost of $790, the school's net on N8123V was -$790.
Where fuel is purchased and at what price: contract pricing, self-serve against full-serve, and fuel-card fees.
Leaning and run-up procedures in the syllabus, and whether they're followed consistently.
Whether the hourly rate or a fuel surcharge moves with fuel prices.
Ideas, not recommendations. Your situation may differ.
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N8123V's fuel cost per Hobbs hour was $74.41 in Jul–Sep 2026, up 18% from $63.31 in Apr–Jun 2026, against a fleet-wide rise of 0%, with under 3 months of flying in a window, so it isn't priced.
Fuel per hour, Jul–Sep 2026: $74.41/hr
Fuel per hour, Apr–Jun 2026: $63.31/hr
Rise: 18%
Fleet-wide change: 0%
Hours flown this period: 0.0 h
Fuel per hour, Jul–Sep 2026: $74.41/hr
Fuel per hour, Apr–Jun 2026: $63.31/hr
Rise: 18%
Fleet-wide change: 0%
Hours flown this period: 0.0 h
N8123V, N744PS +13 aircraft are due for inspection in the same two weeks.
3 aircraft are due for inspection in the same two weeks.
Together they flew 99% of the fleet's hours, so having them down at once would leave the schedule short.
Ideas schools in this spot often explore
Bringing one inspection forward a few days so the aircraft aren't down at the same time.
Whether the shop can take two aircraft in the same week, and how long each would take.
Which bookings fall in those weeks and could move to other aircraft.
Ideas, not recommendations. Your situation may differ.
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N8123V's 100-hour inspection (about Oct 27, 2026), N744PS's 100-hour inspection (about Oct 28, 2026) and N4521K's 100-hour inspection (about Nov 5, 2026) are projected within 14 days of each other; together these aircraft flew 98% of the fleet's hours from 2026-07-03 to 2026-09-30.
N8123V 100-hour: about Oct 27, 2026
N744PS 100-hour: about Oct 28, 2026
N4521K 100-hour: about Nov 5, 2026
N8123V share of fleet hours: 33%
N744PS share of fleet hours: 18%
N4521K share of fleet hours: 48%
N8123V 100-hour: about Oct 27, 2026
N744PS 100-hour: about Oct 28, 2026
N4521K 100-hour: about Nov 5, 2026
N8123V share of fleet hours: 33%
N744PS share of fleet hours: 18%
N4521K share of fleet hours: 48%
Facts from your data, not a diagnosis.
Together N8123V, N744PS and N4521K flew 98% of the fleet's hours from 2026-07-03 to 2026-09-30. main factor
Share of fleet hours: 98%
N8123V: 100-hour about Oct 27, 2026; 35.7 tach hours a month, 33% of the fleet's hours. smaller factor
N8123V hours per month: 35.7 h/month
N8123V share of fleet hours: 33%
N744PS: 100-hour about Oct 28, 2026; 18.5 tach hours a month, 18% of the fleet's hours. smaller factor
N744PS hours per month: 18.5 h/month
N744PS share of fleet hours: 18%
N4521K: 100-hour about Nov 5, 2026; 46.4 tach hours a month, 48% of the fleet's hours. main factor
With 100.0 tach hours left at the pace it usually flies through the seasons, it's projected for April 2027, at about $84,000 (your setting).
Ideas schools in this spot often explore
Overhaul quotes and shop slots, since lead times can be long.
How the overhaul will be paid for (reserve, financing or cash) and when the money is needed.
Overhaul, exchange or a factory engine: what each costs, and how long the aircraft would be down.
Ideas, not recommendations. Your situation may differ.
Show the numbers
N744PS's engine is projected to reach its 2,000-hour TBO about April 2027 (100.0 tach hours remaining at about 18.5 a month, through the seasons).
Hours remaining to TBO: 100.0 h
Tach hours per month: 18.5 h/month
Projected overhaul: April 2027
Overhaul cost: $84,000
Hours remaining to TBO: 100.0 h
Tach hours per month: 18.5 h/month
Projected overhaul: April 2027
Overhaul cost: $84,000
Facts from your data, not a diagnosis.
N744PS: 100.0 tach hours remaining to TBO (2,000 less 1,900.0 since overhaul), at about 18.5 tach hours a month, month by month as it flew from 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30, × 0.72 for its recent trend: about April 2027. main factor
Hours remaining to TBO: 100.0 h
Tach hours per month: 18.5 h/month
Students who stop flying tend to stop at 10–20 hours.
$31,961 est revenue after that point
4 of the students who stopped flying stopped there; students who get past it bring in about $7,990 each over their next 30 hours of flying.
Ideas schools in this spot often explore
What students meet at that point in training: the first solo, a stage check, the written test, or the cost so far.
A check-in with students as they near that point, before they've stopped booking.
Whether students who stopped there had gaps between lessons beforehand, and how long.
Ideas, not recommendations. Your situation may differ.
Show the numbers
4 of the 8 students who stopped flying (60 days or more without a booking, after 3 or more lessons) stopped between 10–20 hours flown (50%). Students who flew past 20 hours brought in a median of $7,990 over their next 30 hours.
Students who were flying regularly have stopped booking.
$24,392 est Their average monthly revenue
8 students with regular lessons haven't booked for 14 days or more, about $24,392 a month of revenue between them.
Ideas schools in this spot often explore
Whether the aircraft type most of them last flew was often unavailable, or a step up from what they trained in.
A personal check-in with each student: schedule, money, motivation, or instructor fit.
Booking the next lesson before the student leaves the current one.
Ideas, not recommendations. Your situation may differ.
Show the numbers
8 students with at least 3 lessons in the 60 days to 2026-09-30 have had no booking for 14 days or more: Student 1 (30 days), Student 3 (32 days), Student 5 (32 days), Student 7 (30 days), Student 8 (31 days), Student 9 (30 days), Student 10 (31 days), Student 11 (30 days).
Students: 8
Student 1: days since last booking: 30
Student 3: days since last booking: 32
Student 5: days since last booking: 32
Student 7: days since last booking: 30
Student 8: days since last booking: 31
4 more
Student 9: days since last booking: 30
Student 10: days since last booking: 31
Student 11: days since last booking: 30
Average monthly revenue, together: $24,392
Students: 8
Student 1: days since last booking: 30
Student 3: days since last booking: 32
Student 5: days since last booking: 32
Student 7: days since last booking: 30
Student 8: days since last booking: 31
Student 9: days since last booking: 30
Student 10: days since last booking: 31
Student 11: days since last booking: 30
Average monthly revenue, together: $24,392
Facts from your data, not a diagnosis.
5 of the 8 students last flew a Piper PA-28-181 Archer III. smaller factor
Since its rate last changed, its cost per hour has gone from about $255 to $304, about $19,688 over the hours flown since.
Ideas schools in this spot often explore
Whether fuel prices or fuel burn per hour account for the rise.
When the lease terms changed, and whether the rate was reviewed then.
When the hourly rate was last reviewed against its cost per hour.
Ideas, not recommendations. Your situation may differ.
Show the numbers
N744PS's hourly rate last changed in September 2025 (from $375.00 to $395.00 on its invoices). Its operating cost per hour has gone from $254.62 (the 12 months before September 2025) to $303.79 (the 12 months to Sep 30, 2026), up 19%; over the 400.4 hours flown since, that's about $19,688.
Hourly rate: $395.00/hr
Rate last changed: September 2025
Cost per hour before: $254.62/hr
Cost per hour, 12 months to now: $303.79/hr
Hours flown since: 400.4 h
Hourly rate: $395.00/hr
Rate last changed: September 2025
Cost per hour before: $254.62/hr
Cost per hour, 12 months to now: $303.79/hr
Hours flown since: 400.4 h
Facts from your data, not a diagnosis.
Fuel went from $87.90 to $111.82 per hour flown. main factor
Fuel per hour, before: $87.90/hr
Fuel per hour, now: $111.82/hr
Lease payments went from $83.12 to $97.26 per hour flown. smaller factor
Lease payments per hour, before: $83.12/hr
Lease payments per hour, now: $97.26/hr
Insurance went from $25.24 to $31.50 per hour flown. smaller factor
After its operating costs and the owner's payout under the agreement, the school was about $790 behind on N8123V in this period.
Ideas schools in this spot often explore
How the costs the school carries on the leaseback (insurance, hangar, maintenance) are split with the owner in the agreement.
Whether the leaseback agreement's payout terms still fit what the aircraft earns and costs to run.
Which months' owner payouts differ from the agreement, and whether a payment was missed, doubled, or paid on old terms.
Ideas, not recommendations. Your situation may differ.
Show the numbers
At $22 per Hobbs hour, N8123V's owner was owed $0 for 0.0 hours; the books show $0 paid. After that payout and its operating cost of $790, the school's net on N8123V was -$790.
Where fuel is purchased and at what price: contract pricing, self-serve against full-serve, and fuel-card fees.
Leaning and run-up procedures in the syllabus, and whether they're followed consistently.
Whether the hourly rate or a fuel surcharge moves with fuel prices.
Ideas, not recommendations. Your situation may differ.
Show the numbers
N8123V's fuel cost per Hobbs hour was $74.41 in Jul–Sep 2026, up 18% from $63.31 in Apr–Jun 2026, against a fleet-wide rise of 0%, with under 3 months of flying in a window, so it isn't priced.
Fuel per hour, Jul–Sep 2026: $74.41/hr
Fuel per hour, Apr–Jun 2026: $63.31/hr
Rise: 18%
Fleet-wide change: 0%
Hours flown this period: 0.0 h
Fuel per hour, Jul–Sep 2026: $74.41/hr
Fuel per hour, Apr–Jun 2026: $63.31/hr
Rise: 18%
Fleet-wide change: 0%
Hours flown this period: 0.0 h
3 aircraft are due for inspection in the same two weeks.
Together they flew 99% of the fleet's hours, so having them down at once would leave the schedule short.
Ideas schools in this spot often explore
Bringing one inspection forward a few days so the aircraft aren't down at the same time.
Whether the shop can take two aircraft in the same week, and how long each would take.
Which bookings fall in those weeks and could move to other aircraft.
Ideas, not recommendations. Your situation may differ.
Show the numbers
N8123V's 100-hour inspection (about Oct 27, 2026), N744PS's 100-hour inspection (about Oct 28, 2026) and N4521K's 100-hour inspection (about Nov 5, 2026) are projected within 14 days of each other; together these aircraft flew 98% of the fleet's hours from 2026-07-03 to 2026-09-30.
N8123V 100-hour: about Oct 27, 2026
N744PS 100-hour: about Oct 28, 2026
N4521K 100-hour: about Nov 5, 2026
N8123V share of fleet hours: 33%
N744PS share of fleet hours: 18%
N4521K share of fleet hours: 48%
N8123V 100-hour: about Oct 27, 2026
N744PS 100-hour: about Oct 28, 2026
N4521K 100-hour: about Nov 5, 2026
N8123V share of fleet hours: 33%
N744PS share of fleet hours: 18%
N4521K share of fleet hours: 48%
Facts from your data, not a diagnosis.
Together N8123V, N744PS and N4521K flew 98% of the fleet's hours from 2026-07-03 to 2026-09-30. main factor
Share of fleet hours: 98%
N8123V: 100-hour about Oct 27, 2026; 35.7 tach hours a month, 33% of the fleet's hours. smaller factor
N8123V hours per month: 35.7 h/month
N8123V share of fleet hours: 33%
N744PS: 100-hour about Oct 28, 2026; 18.5 tach hours a month, 18% of the fleet's hours. smaller factor
N744PS hours per month: 18.5 h/month
N744PS share of fleet hours: 18%
N4521K: 100-hour about Nov 5, 2026; 46.4 tach hours a month, 48% of the fleet's hours. main factor
N4521K hours per month: 46.4 h/month
N4521K share of fleet hours: 48%
Not in your data: gallons on fuel bills. The cards leave out what depends on them.
est Includes estimated values: inferred bills, placeholder fixed costs or allocated fuel. Figures for cancellations, downtime and unbilled ground sessions are estimates by design.
Informational only, based on your data. Not financial, legal, or aviation-maintenance advice.
School
Aircraft operating margin
−$3,845est
School-level revenue
Instruction
$0
Ground instruction
$0
Other revenue
$0
Shared overhead
$0
Operating result
−$3,845est
Aircraft loans
−$1,150est
Net after loan payments
Cash view: includes loan principal
−$4,995est
Summary
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September 2026: no aircraft flew.
Operating margin was down $25,229 on the previous period, $12,319 of it on N4521K.
A customer kept flying with about $1,097 more than 30 days overdue.
N744PS's engine is projected to reach overhaul about April 2027; overhaul cost $84,000 (your setting).
Data gaps: not recorded in your data: gallons on fuel bills.
Students & instructors
No booking in this range names an instructor or a student.
Lessons and flights by type
Dual hrs
Solo hrs
Rental hrs
Ground hrs
School
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Instruction revenue: flight instruction $0, ground instruction $0. Flight hours are Hobbs time; ground hours are booked time.
Where students stop flying
8 students stopped flying in the 12 months to 2026-09-30: no booking for 60 days or more, after 3 or more lessons. Hours flown when they stopped (Hobbs).
10–10
410–20
120–30
130–40
140–50
Hours flown when they stopped
When the schedule is full
No aircraft had enough bookings in this range to show.
Informational only, based on your data. Not financial, legal, or aviation-maintenance advice.