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I've run my Aviat Husky for over 2000 hours. The biggest variable is
maintenance. It now breaks down like this: FIXED COSTS Hangar 2700 per year Annual 1000 per year Insurance 270 per year (liablility only) TOTAL FIXED per year 3970 HOURLY COSTS Fuel 9 gph @ 2.55 per gallon 23 per hour Maintenance 12 per hour TOTAL per hour 35 So for 100 hours per year it is $75 per hour for 200 hours per year it is $55 for 500 hours per year it would be $43 I also run floats about 100 hours per year, which I have to pay $1000 to rotate (500 each way) and the floats need mainentance of about $500 per year, so the floats run about an additional $15 per hour. You say to leave off engine rebuilds, prop rebuilds, avionics and airframe long term rebuild and depreciation, which are all considerable expenses, so I did. However if you sell the plane after so many years, those items will be captured at sale time unless you spend the money to rebuild the aircraft and then sell it. An exhaustive analysis would include cost of capital and tax issues as well. All of these items probably add $20 or more to the hourly costs, and they are real costs, but most pilots are deferring them or ignoring them. |
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