Seaplane Rating Course Info - Earn Your Seaplane Rating In 2 Days!

Conveniently Located At KLNA - Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana Florida, U.S.A.

Single Engine Sea (SES)
Private, Commercial or ATP*

Receive Complex Training & Your Complex Endorsement!
The SES add on counts as a Biennial Flight Review!

Price Breakdown: This course consists of approximately five hours of flight instruction and three hours of ground instruction in preparation for the FAA FLIGHT TEST and use of N4GS for the FLIGHT TEST. This course can be completed in two days.

OTHER FLIGHT TRAINING

ABBREVIATED COURSE - For those going from floats to flying boats, or seeking recurrency, we offer an abbreviated course.

BAHAMAS CHECKOUT - (Passport required) - You and a guest, along with your instructor, will fly to Freeport, Bahamas. After learning about EAPIS, Customs & Immigrations, Cruising Permits, etc., you’ll be off to explore, play in the Caribbean, have lunch, snorkel, test your luck at the casino, or just relax. Depart and fly back to U.S. to clear Customs. Price includes landing fees & departure taxes. OTHER ISLAND OPTIONS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

SES COURSE OUTLINE

The SES rating takes two days to complete. It involves about five hours of flight training and a couple hours of ground instruction, along with preflight and prefloat. After ground instruction, the first day will start with some basic air work, including slow flight and stalls.

Next, you’ll be off to the water. You’ll start with normal takeoffs and landings and some step taxiing, and progress to more advanced maneuvers including rough water, crosswind, and glassy water techniques. You will also learn about confined area takeoffs and landings, ramping, sailing, beaching and docking.

All training as prescribed under the FAA practical test standards for seaplanes will be covered. With your training complete and your SES endorsement, you’ll be ready for your FAA flight test.

Although most land pilots have no problem with the SES rating,
if it appears you need more training (or just desire more) before
your FAA Flight Test, additional flight instruction is based on an
hourly cost of $250.00 and ground instruction of $45.00.†

*Initial ATP will require additional flight and ground training. Initial ATP will also require a longer check ride.
†If Seaplane-Safaris, Fish & Fly or any of it's training partners feel that you require more air or water work before taking the FAA check ride, you will be notified and an estimate will be given to you based on an hourly cost of $250.00. If more ground instruction is needed to meet the knowledge requirements the hourly rate is $50.00. FAA Flight Test is an extra $500.00.
**Additional flight time is available at $250.00 per hour.