Aircraft utilization , how many hrs per year?

[uttanutta]

Hi ,in my experience (as a LAME) aircraft on fixed wing flight training seem to fly about 700-800hrs per year. My current management are expecting a figure of 2000 hrs per aircraft per year on training, I have said they are dreaming .
Am I being conservative or are they being unrealistic?
What are the most hours per year aircraft have flown when carrying out fixed wing flight training?
We operate in a climate of exteme heat (ISA +30 - 35 typical in summer) and not much better in winter with lots of sand all the time
Not what I believe are ideal conditions for flight training.

Any other experiences of typical hours flown in a year on flight training would be appreciated.

[mierda]

Hi

At the school where I work the aircraft do an average of around 800 - 1000 hour a year( I think ) however it is in the lovely climate that we get in England, and they are Diamonds ( DA40 and 42 ).
I hope this helps

[BigGrecian]

2000 hours is reasonable.

Only about 5 and a half hours a day of instruction, weekdays will be more, weekends less.

Our aircraft do considerably more as they are used for hour building at night.

[Oktas8]

Is your employer running a conventional flying school with the usual mix of pre-PPL, hour building, CPL & IR students? I assume so.

2000 would be a reasonable starting point for single engine aircraft, assuming you almost never get grounded by weather.

To achieve this in practise you'd have to have a large spare parts inventory and enough LAMEs to return an aircraft to service very quickly when technical problems occur.

You would also need enough instructors to ensure that an aircraft was never sitting idle due no available instructors. Most flying schools are not willing to employ enough staff to ensure this - it's usually cheaper to have an aircraft sitting idle than a member of staff!

Multi-engine reliability would (in my experience) make 1600 hrs / year more realistic, again assuming nil weather delays.

Cheers,
O8