Our membership is currently full, with a short wait list. Turnover is infrequent. We recommend applying now, as our wait list is the shortest it has been in over fifteen years.
Why join VARS?
- A small club with a family feel
- Our plane is kept in a hangar
- While we only have one plane, the airplane’s utilization is very, very low, making it easy to schedule a trip
- Our hourly fee is by far the lowest for a high-performance airplane in Arizona, and it is a tach rate, not Hobbs
- The airplane is one of the most capable club airplanes in the state in many ways — a very high useful load, excellent high-density-altitude performance, and 135 knots cruise at 11 to 12 gallons per hour
- Our monthly dues are about half the cost of other clubs
- Online scheduling and 24-hour access
We take pride in our aircraft, and we love to fly. If you are looking for a place to fly at reasonable cost and to be part of a good group of pilots, fill out the questionnaire above and we will get back to you. For anything else, the Contact page will reach us.
Membership
- $100 join fee — non-refundable (it goes towards updating our Arizona Corporation Commission documentation and paying for a new Falcon Field gate key)
- $2,000 to join — fully refundable during your first year, which is a probationary period; $500 of it is refundable after that
- $100 per month dues — paid quarterly, $300 every three months
- $60 per hour, dry — on tach time
- Payment — by Zelle only
Members are responsible for fueling the aircraft after use. It burns roughly 10.5 to 13 gallons per hour of tach time at a cruise power setting.
Our fixed expenses are covered by the low monthly dues, and the expenses related to actually flying the aircraft are factored into the low hourly rate.
Before you apply, it is worth reading how we run — we are not a rental operation, and every member is expected to contribute something to the club.