Rent a Cessna 172in Port Angeles.

Our 172s are available by the hour to certificated pilots, wet or dry. Maintained on the field by our own technicians, and flown by our students and instructors every week.

$175/hr wet
$130/hr dry
By the hour or by the day
Private pilot and up

Rates

By the hour, wet or dry.

The rates are the same ones our students pay. There is no membership fee and no joining fee. You fly, we bill the hours, and the daily minimum only matters when you keep the airplane overnight.

Cessna 172
Wet, fuel included	$175
Dry, you buy the fuel	$130
Overnight and multi-day
Daily minimum	4 hours
Checkout and recurrent flights
Instructor, with the aircraft at the rate above; checkout is half an hour minimum	$70

Plus sales tax where applicable. Effective September 2026. Prepaid block hours are discounted; ask our team for the current options and terms.

Wet

$175 an hour

Fuel is in the rate. You bring the airplane back and we fill it from our own fuel farm. The simple choice for local flying, pattern work and day trips that start and end at Fairchild.

Dry

$130 an hour

You pay for the fuel you use, wherever you buy it. Worth considering on a longer trip where you will refuel away from home. We sell fuel here too, at the posted price.

Keeping it overnight

Overnight and multi-day rentals carry a four-hour daily minimum. Fly four hours or more each day and you pay only for the hours you fly. Fly less, and the day is billed at four hours. It keeps the aircraft available for the students and pilots who share it.

Plan a rental

How many hours, how many days?

Hours you plan to fly: 3.0

1 hour12 hours

Days you keep the airplane

Rate

Aircraft cost

$525

Hours billed

3.0

Fuel

Included

Same-day rentals have no minimum. You pay for the hours you fly.

Aircraft only, at the published rates, before any block-time discount and before sales tax. An estimate, not a quote.

The aircraft

The Cessna 172.

Stable, forgiving and honest about what you ask of it. Our 172s carry traditional round-dial instruments with a Garmin 430 GPS, and their high wing keeps the ground in view from every seat, which is the whole point of flying the Peninsula.

Citizen Air owns its 172s, and our own A&P and IA technicians maintain them in our own hangars. They are the same aircraft our students learn in, so they fly most days and get looked at every time they come back.

More about the Cessna 172 in our fleet →

Seats: Four
Cruise: About 120 knots
Practical range: About 350 miles, or 2 to 3 hours
Instruments: Round-dial six-pack, Garmin 430 GPS
Maintained by: Citizen Air, on the field

Before you rent

What we ask of every renter.

You do not need to have trained with us. Pilots who earned their certificate elsewhere, or who have just moved to the Peninsula, rent from us after the same checkout our own graduates fly.

Certificate

Private pilot or higher

A private pilot certificate is the minimum. Bring the certificate itself, a government photo ID, and the medical certificate or other FAA medical qualification you fly under.

Checkout

A written test, then a checkout flight

If you are current, you take a short written test on the aircraft and our local procedures, then fly the 172 with a Citizen Air instructor. Plan on half an hour in the air at minimum, longer depending on your experience and what you show us. The flight covers what is particular to our aircraft, the local procedures, and the terrain, water and weather that make flying here different. Billed at the published rates.

Currency

Current under FAA rules, and with us

A flight review within the last 24 months, and the recent takeoffs and landings the FAA requires before you carry passengers. If it has been a while since you last flew our aircraft, plan on a short flight with an instructor before you take one out alone.

Insurance and paperwork

The rental agreement and your coverage

You sign our rental agreement at the checkout. Tell us about any non-owned aircraft insurance you carry, and we will go through what we require before you fly. Bring your logbook, or a digital one you can show us, so we can confirm your flight review and recent flights.

How it works

From first call to first flight.

Get in touch
Tell us about your certificate, your hours and how you plan to fly. We answer within two hours during the day and set a time for your checkout.
Test, then fly the checkout
A short written test on the aircraft and local procedures, then a flight with one of our instructors in the 172 you will rent, half an hour or more.
Book the airplane
Reserve by phone, email or at our desk in the Fairchild terminal, for an hour, a day or a weekend.
Preflight and go
The aircraft is fueled and ready on the ramp. Our line crew is on the field if you need anything.
Return and settle up
Note the times, tell us about anything you noticed, and pay for the hours you flew.

Where a 172 takes you

The Peninsula, the islands and the Sound.

From Fairchild, the Olympics start just south of the runway and the San Juan Islands are half an hour away. Most of the places pilots fly to for lunch are within an hour, so a day trip fits comfortably inside a same-day rental.

Port Townsendabout 28 min
Friday Harborabout 30 min
Bellinghamabout 45 min
Seattle (Boeing Field)about 45 min
A loop over the Olympics or the Strait45 to 90 min

Typical flight times at about 120 knots, one way, in good weather. Your own planning governs. Ask us before a trip outside the United States; it takes advance arrangement.

Who you are renting from

An operation that flies every day.

Citizen Air is an FAA Part 135 air carrier and the full-service FBO on the field, with its own aircraft, hangars, fuel farm and maintenance team. Rental is one part of that, not a side business.

Maintained on the field

Our A&P and IA technicians inspect and maintain the 172s in our own hangars. When something needs attention, the person fixing it works down the hall, and the aircraft does not leave the field for it.

Fuel on the ramp

We run the fuel farm on the field. Wet rentals come back to a full tank without a detour; dry renters buy fuel from us at the posted price or wherever they land.

People who fly the same airplanes

The instructors who check you out fly Citizen Air's charter and SoundPass trips across the region, and they teach in these 172s. The local procedures you learn are the ones they use.

Policies

The practical part.

Booking

Reserve by phone, email or at the desk. The 172s are shared with our students, so book ahead for weekends and for overnight trips, and tell us if you need the airplane back at a set time.

Canceling

Give us 24 hours' notice if you need to cancel, so the airplane can go to someone else. Late cancellations and no-shows may be billed.

Weather and maintenance

If the weather is below your minimums or ours, or the aircraft is unavailable, there is no charge. You are pilot in command; the decision not to go is always yours to make.

Away from base

Tie the aircraft down properly and keep an eye on it overnight. If anything looks wrong before a leg, call us before you fly it; we would rather send a technician than have you guess.

Renting often?

When the hours add up, own a share.

Fractional ownership

The Cirrus SR22, on your schedule

Pilots who rent most weekends usually want the same three things: a faster airplane, a predictable schedule and no surprises. A share of our Cirrus SR22 gives you all three: a newer, faster airplane, managed, crewed and maintained by us, with shares starting at one sixteenth.

Shares are sold or leased, and our team can walk through what your flying would cost as a share compared with renting by the hour.

Cirrus SR22 fractional ownership How fractional works →

Add a rating or an endorsement

Instrument, high-performance in our Cessna 206, mountain flying, grass strips and towered airports, with the same instructors who checked you out.

Training programs →

Flight review or a refresher

Your flight review every 24 months, an instrument proficiency check, or a few flights to get comfortable again after time away.

Flight review and IPC →

Questions

What renters ask us.

Do I have to have trained with you?

No. Any current pilot with a private certificate or higher can rent after a short written test and a checkout flight with one of our instructors. If you trained elsewhere or have just moved to the area, get in touch and we will set one up.

Wet or dry: which should I choose?

Wet at $175 includes fuel, so it is the simpler choice for local flying and day trips that end back here. Dry at $130 means you buy the fuel you use, which can make sense on a longer trip where you refuel away from home. You choose when you book.

Can I take the airplane overnight or for a weekend?

Yes. Overnight and multi-day rentals carry a four-hour daily minimum. Fly four hours or more each day and you pay only for the hours you fly. Book ahead; the 172s are shared with our students.

Can I carry passengers?

Yes, within the FAA's rules for private pilots, including the recent takeoffs and landings required before carrying passengers. The 172 seats you and up to three others, with light bags, subject to weight and balance.

Do I need my own insurance?

Tell us what non-owned aircraft coverage you carry when you book your checkout, and we will go through what we require before you fly. Many pilots who rent regularly carry it.

Can I rent the Cessna 206 or the SR22?

The 172s are our rental aircraft. The 206 flies charter and high-performance training with an instructor aboard, and the SR22 is flown through the fractional program. If you want a faster airplane on a regular basis, a share of the SR22 is the path.

Is there a discount if I pay ahead?

Yes. Prepaid block hours are discounted, the same as for our students. Ask our team for the current block options and terms.

What if I have not flown in a while?

Get in touch and tell us where you are. A flight review, a few refresher flights, the written test and the checkout can all be the same series of flights with the same instructor, and you rent as soon as you are both comfortable.

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+1 (360) 452-6226

+1 (800) 430-7483

info@flycitizenair.com
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1402 Fairchild Airport Rd, Port Angeles, WA 98363