Observed arrival · 2026-10-13
HobbsHour: the cost of flying your own airplane
A free reference and set of calculators for estimating light-aircraft ownership costs per Hobbs hour.
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- The page separates hourly fuel and engine reserves from annual insurance, hangar, and inspection costs, with low, typical, and high cases.
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The examples use a typical 100-hours-per-year case; the homepage says the listed ownership totals exclude loan payments. Its stated inputs include published fuel prices, engine time between overhauls, insurance quotes, and airport rates. A data-changelog link is present, and the page dates its 100LL fuel-price update to September 2026 averages checked October 11.
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