MN flight & ground school bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
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. At 3% the premium lands at our $275 minimum. The application is five minutes.
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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’s the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
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.
The whole pricing page.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, which is under our $275 minimum — so the premium is $275 per term, fixed.
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
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn’t have one.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.