Run Your Instruction Business on HangarOS
A clean booking calendar your students can use, endorsement and progress records that survive a checkride ride-along, and invoices that write themselves — without a school's overhead.
A calendar your students can actually use
As an independent instructor, you are the dispatcher. HangarOS gives your students self-booking against your real availability, with conflict detection and pre-flight check-in that surfaces the weather — so you stop trading texts to find a time.
- Student self-booking against your real availability
- Real-time conflict detection across your aircraft and students
- Pre-flight check-in with METAR, TAF, and flight category
- Hobbs and tach capture at checkout
Endorsements and progress that hold up
Your reputation rides on clean records. HangarOS Credentials gives you FAA endorsement templates from AC 61-65 with per-event signature capture, and Training keeps each student's lesson history and aeronautical experience — exportable when a DPE or the FSDO wants to see it.
- FAA endorsement templates (AC 61-65) with fresh signature capture
- Per-student lesson history and aeronautical experience
- Checkride-readiness view before you recommend a student
- CSV/JSON exports of any student's file
Invoices that write themselves
You'd rather fly than chase payments. HangarOS generates invoices from the Hobbs time you captured at checkout, sends reminders automatically, and syncs to QuickBooks Online — it's software for billing, not a payment processor.
- Invoices generated automatically from captured Hobbs time
- Automatic payment reminders
- QuickBooks Online sync for your books
- Split aircraft and instruction charges on one invoice
What schools ask before switching.
Is HangarOS worth it for a single independent CFI?
If you're juggling a booking calendar, endorsement records, and invoicing across separate tools, yes. Scheduling starts at $49/mo, and adding Credentials ($15/mo) and Invoicing ($15/mo) puts booking, records, and billing in one place for $79/mo.
Can my students book their own lessons?
Yes. Students self-book against your real availability with conflict detection, and pre-flight check-in surfaces METAR, TAF, and flight category so weather is part of the go/no-go before you both drive to the airport.
Does HangarOS keep endorsement records I can show a DPE?
Yes. Credentials stores FAA endorsements from AC 61-65 with per-event instructor signatures and timestamps, and any student's file exports to CSV or JSON for a DPE or the FSDO.
How much does HangarOS cost for an independent instructor?
Scheduling is $49/mo on its own. Most independent CFIs add Credentials ($15/mo) and Invoicing ($15/mo) for $79/mo. No per-student charges, no contracts.