Placer County

Flight Training For Roseville Pilots

Plenty of our students drive down from Placer County. DIVA Flight School Sacramento flies from Sacramento McClellan Airport (KMCC) in McClellan Park — every lesson, briefing and solo starts there — and this page covers what training with us looks like when home is Roseville, Rocklin, Granite Bay or Loomis.

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What This Page Answers

The Drive

What training at McClellan actually looks like when home is Roseville, Rocklin, Granite Bay or Loomis — and whether the trip is worth making.

We are at 3028 Peacekeeper Way, McClellan Park, CA 95652, inside McClellan Park on the north side of the Sacramento metro. You enter the park from Watt Avenue and follow Peacekeeper Way to the main FBO entrance; guest parking is directly in front of it.

It is a cross-county trip from Placer County into Sacramento County, and traffic on it follows the usual commuting pattern — which is exactly why the scheduling advice below is worth two minutes of your time.

Directions, parking and what happens when you arrive

Booking Around A Cross-County Trip

Making The Schedule Survive The Drive

A lesson is roughly two hours at the airfield: a preflight briefing, the flight itself, and a debrief afterwards. Add the drive both ways and you are committing a chunk of a day, so when you book matters.

Early mornings

We fly seven days a week, 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Early-morning slots are the ones Placer County students tend to take — the air is calmer, the drive is quieter, and you are done before the day starts properly.

Weekends fill first

Weekends are available and fill first. Regular students book them well ahead. If Saturdays are the only day that works for you, say so at the start and we will hold a repeating slot.

Weekday evenings exist

We take weekday-evening students, so a lesson after work is a normal booking here. Evening slots are limited, so it is worth setting up a repeating one at the start.

Meet the instructors

Fly often, not occasionally

Frequency is what makes a longer trip pay off. A student flying twice a week finishes on far fewer total hours than one flying twice a month, because less of each lesson goes on recovering the last one — so two trips a week are cheaper overall than four spread across two months.

What actually drives the timeline

We schedule through Flight Schedule Pro, so you can see and book your own slots once you are a student. Cancellations need 24 hours' notice.

Four Aircraft, One Rate

What You Can Train For Here

Everything below is flown from McClellan at $110 an hour, all in, paid lesson by lesson.

Discovery flight

$200 for one passenger, $300 for two or three. About 45 minutes in the air. This is where everyone starts.

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Private pilot certificate

The full certificate, under Part 61. We plan around 55 flight hours rather than the 40-hour FAA legal minimum, because that is what people actually take.

Private pilot training

Instrument rating

Flown entirely in the aircraft, in the weather you will actually fly in. Every hour is $110, the aircraft and the instructor together.

Instrument rating

Commercial certificate and CFI/CFII

Flown in the same Cessnas you trained in, with the multi-engine rating in the Seminole.

Commercial pilot training

Every rate on this page is published in full, including the fees paid to the FAA, the examiner and the testing centre rather than to us.

The full cost breakdown, including every third-party fee

F.A.Q.

Questions We Get From Placer County

Still have questions? Call (916) 907-5812

Is McClellan the nearest airport to Roseville?

There are several general aviation fields around the Sacramento metro and Placer County, and a map will tell you which sits closest to your particular address. What we can tell you is that McClellan is on the same side of the American River as Placer County, so the drive stays clear of downtown, and that all our training happens there.

Do you have a Roseville pickup, a shuttle, or a satellite location?

All training runs from our base at Sacramento McClellan Airport, so you come to us at McClellan Park. Guest parking sits directly in front of the FBO entrance, a short walk from the office.

Can I do the ground work from home?

Mostly, yes. The knowledge material is self-study plus one-to-one sessions with an instructor, and many students use an online ground course — budget about $300 for one — alongside those sessions. The flying cannot be done from home.

How often would I need to come in?

There is no minimum we impose. Practically, students who fly at least once a week make steady progress; students who fly less repeat more.

What if the weather cancels my lesson after I have driven out?

We reschedule it and it does not count against the two reschedules a booking allows. Call ahead on a doubtful day — the office answers Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and we would rather stop you before you set off.

Can I bring someone with me?

On a discovery flight, yes: $300 covers two or three passengers flying together, and anyone waiting can use the FBO customer lounge. On a training lesson, a guest can wait in the lounge but does not fly.

Drive Out Once

Start With A Discovery Flight

Book one, drive out once, and find out whether flying is something you want to keep doing before you commit to anything.

You will be at the controls with an instructor beside you for about 45 minutes, and you should plan on about 90 minutes at the airfield in total. Nothing is signed on the day.

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