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Aviation Consumer Light Sport Cost Survey.

Thanks for clicking into our LSA costs survey. Our goal here is to gain some understanding of the actual operating costs of a light sport aircraft, with an eye toward reducing the cost through partnerships. The results of this survey will be published in the August 2012 issue of Aviation Consumer.

The questions here relate to what you spend on maintaining and flying your LSA and how you manage the airplane over all.


The answers you give here are confidential and will be shared with no one but the Aviation Consumer staff.
 
 
 
What type of LSA do you own or operate?
 
A recent model or new LSA.
 
A legacy LSA such as a Champ or a Cub.
 
Other
 
 
 
What specific make and model of LSA aircraft do you own or operate?
   
 
 
 
What is the ownership structure of the airplane?
 
I own it myself.
 
I own it in a partnership.
 
I own it in a club arrangement.
 
Other
 
 
 
What's your best estimate of the overall value of the airplane?
 
$150,000-plus
 
$130,000 to $149,000
 
$110,000 to $129,000
 
$90,000 to $109,000
 
$60,000 to $89,000
 
$30,000 to $59,000
 
Under $30,000
 
 
 
If you bought the airplane yourself, did you...
 
...finance it?
 
...pay cash outright?
 
Other
 
 
 
If the airplane is owned in a partnership, how are the costs handled?
 
We split all the costs and pay a monthly fee and pay our own fuel.
 
We split all the costs and pay everything on a yearly basis and pay for our own fuel.
 
We split the costs and pay on a quarterly or periodic basis, plus fuel.
 
Other
 
 
 
If the airplane is in a partnership, how many partners are there?
 
Two
 
Three
 
Four
 
Five
 
More than five
 
Other
 
 
 
About how much do you pay for insurance?
   
 
 
 
If the airplane is hangared, about how much do you pay for hangarage? (If it's tied down outside, please indicate that.)
   
 
 
 
What do you figure the per-hour fuel cost is?
   
 
 
 
If you've figured out an all-in per-hour operating cost, what is that number?
   
 
 
 
If the airplane was financed, what's the monthly payment?
   
 
 
 
About how many hours a year does the airplane fly? (If in a partnership, we want the airplane hours, not your hours.)
 
Under 25 hours
 
25 to 50 hours
 
50 to 75 hours
 
75 to 100 hours
 
More than 100 hours
 
 
 
And how about you? About how many hours a year do you fly the LSA?
 
Under 25 hours
 
25 to 50 hours
 
50 to 75 hours
 
75 to 100 hours
 
More than 100 hours
 
Other
 
 
 
Which best describes your level of cost/value satisfaction?
 
Overall, for what I pay, it's a great value.
 
It's OK, but I'm not blown away by the value.
 
Frankly, it's kind of expensive for what I get out of it.
 
It's really not a good value at all.
 
Other
 
 
 
Knowing what you know now, how likely would you be to get into the same or another LSA again?
 
Very likely
 
Somewhat likely
 
Somewhat unlikely
 
Very unlikely
 
I'm not sure
 
Other
 
 
 
Finally, use this space or any general comments you'd like to make:
   
 
 
 
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