Professional Flight Training
Professional, Safe, and Cost-Effective Helicopter Training Designed to Help You Earn Your Rating or Complete Refresher Training with Confidence
Train With Certified Professionals
Begin your journey with confidence through structured, professional helicopter flight training designed for aspiring pilots and aviation enthusiasts.
Private Pilot Training
Comprehensive ground school and in-flight instruction covering flight fundamentals, navigation, airspace regulations, safety procedures, and real-time flight operations to prepare you for your private pilot license.
Advanced Certifications
Expand your qualifications with advanced ratings and specialized certifications designed to enhance your skills, increase flight proficiency, and open doors to professional aviation opportunities.
One-on-One Instruction
Personalized training sessions tailored to your learning pace, ensuring focused guidance, detailed feedback, and hands-on experience with dedicated instructor support.
Real-World Flight Experience
Gain practical experience in diverse flying conditions, real navigation scenarios, controlled airspace environments, and operational procedures that prepare you for confident, independent flight.
Flight Instruction and Refresher Training
Florida Coast to Coast Helicopters, Inc. is a Part 61 training center, which permits us flexibility in designing your helicopter training program. We operate with a simple philosophy, to get you your helicopter rating or refresher training as professionally, safely and cost effective as possible.
Being professional means our reputation is our most important asset and we intend to break the mold when it comes to flight schools. Our instructors and your training program will be strictly monitored to make sure you are receiving professional flight instruction. As pilots ourselves, we've been where you are, we've been through the scams that happen at flight schools and we promise not to fall into that trap. Before every business decision is made we first ask ourselves, "Is that how I would want to be treated"?
Commitment to Safety
Our commitment to safety starts with our instructors. Before our instructors get to you, they must first pass our Flight Instructor Safety Training Program. If they pass the program and become instructors they continue to receive quarterly training to ensure they are maintaining our high safety standards.
Our commitment to safety continues with our high maintenance standards. We do not believe in gray areas when it comes to maintenance. If there is a maintenance concern we will not put you in an aircraft unless our mechanics first inspect and/or repair the aircraft to ensure it's safe for flight.
Cost Effective Training
To provide you cost effective training we first find out what your goals are, examine your flight experience and map out a plan on how to accomplish your goals. We also keep your costs down by keeping our highest cost down, maintenance. We accomplish this by operating quality helicopters and conducting preventive maintenance.
All of our helicopters have been purchased new from Robinson Helicopters and are maintained by our Robinson Helicopters Factory Trained mechanics. In addition, we are an Authorized Robinson Helicopters Service Center. What does that mean for you? That means every year Robinson Helicopters recertifies our operation and mechanics to assure that we are providing quality maintainance to our customers and the industry.
With our simple philosophy in place, you will be able to enjoy and concentrate on your flight training having full confidence in your instructor, the aircraft and your flight school.
FAA Minimum Requirements & Estimated Costs
Please Note:
The following are FAA minimum requirements. Actual time and cost may vary based on student aptitude, study habits, and prior experience.
Ground school hours, books, and materials are not included.

All training is conducted in the Robinson R22, except Instrument Rating (R44 option available).
Private Pilot – Helicopter (FAR 61.109(c))
Requirements:
- 40 Hours Total Flight Time
- 20 Hours Dual Instruction
- 10 Hours Solo Flight
- Minimum Age: 17 (Training may begin at 16)
Estimated Initial Cost:

$9,850.00 (Based on 30 hours of dual instruction)
Instrument Pilot – Helicopter (FAR 61.65(d))
Requirements:
- Private Pilot Rotorcraft–Helicopter certificate
- 50 Hours Cross-Country PIC
- 40 Hours Instrument Time (actual/simulated)
- 15 Hours Dual Instruction in rotorcraft
- 100 NM IFR cross-country flight
Estimated Initial Cost:
- R22: $8,200.00 (20 aircraft + 20 simulator hours)
- R44: $12,200.00 (20 aircraft + 20 simulator hours)
Commercial Pilot – Helicopter (FAR 61.129(c))
Requirements:
- Must hold Private Pilot Certificate
- 150 Hours Total Flight Time
- 100 Hours in Powered Aircraft (50 in helicopters)
- 100 Hours Pilot-In-Command (35 in helicopters, 10 cross-country)
- 20 Hours Dual Instruction including
- 5 hours instrument training
- 2 hours day VFR cross-country
- 2 hours night VFR cross-country
- 10 Hours Solo (including night and cross-country)
- Minimum Age: 18
Estimated Initial Cost:
$26,150.00
Certified Flight Instructor – Helicopter (FAR 61.183(j))
Requirements:
- Commercial Pilot Rotorcraft–Helicopter certificate
- 15 Hours PIC in helicopter
- Minimum Age: 18
Estimated Initial Cost:
$3,750.00
Add-On Ratings –
Helicopter
Requirements:
- Private Pilot (30 hrs) – $7,500.00
- Commercial Pilot (50 hrs) – $12,500.00
- Instrument Pilot (15 hrs R22) – $4,275.00
- Instrument Pilot (15 hrs R44) – $7,275.00
- Certified Flight Instructor (15 hrs) – $3,750.00