Minnesota flight & ground school bonds.
$100 flat.
Minnesota conditions a commercial flight or ground training school license on a fixed $5,000 continuous surety bond filed with the MnDOT Office of Aeronautics — ours is $100 flat, set by our carrier’s rate book for this bond. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Minnesota flight & ground school bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here’s the entire process:
Apply online
School details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Office of Aeronautics
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your commercial operations / training school license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the school bond guarantees
Minnesota licenses commercial flight and ground training schools through the MnDOT Office of Aeronautics under Minn. Stat. Chapter 360 and Minnesota Rules part 8800.3300. A school operator must file a continuous corporate surety bond running to the State of Minnesota in the amount of $5,000.
The bond is conditioned for the faithful performance of all contracts and agreements with students made by the school or its agents. It is a student-protection guarantee: if the school takes a student’s money and fails to deliver the training it agreed to, the student can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for the school — if the surety pays a claim, the school repays the surety. The bond is separate from the liability insurance the rules require ($100,000 per person / $500,000 per occurrence per aircraft) and from the school’s curriculum and records obligations.
You need this bond if you are
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $5,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Office of Aeronautics. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your commercial operations / training school license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.