+Free tool
Every pilot runs this math on a napkin eventually. Rental rate and your real flying hours on one side, an airplane's true carrying costs on the other - and the break-even line where ownership starts paying you back.
If you owned (or bought a share)
Excludes financing, taxes, and the value of walking up to an airplane that is always yours. Sharing the airplane divides the fixed line - that is where the math usually flips.
+The napkin, annotated
Because unlike rent, it is not consumed. A sensibly bought airframe holds much of its value, so the buy-in is capital parked, not money spent. The honest comparison is annual cost against annual cost, with the capital shown separately so you can judge what tying it up is worth to you.
Divide the buy-in and monthly fixed costs by your number of partners and run it again - the hourly cost stays the same. Shares are how most pilots beat the break-even line years earlier, which is rather the point of Resyrv.
Hangar or tie-down, insurance, database subscriptions, the annual inspection amortized monthly, and the quiet stuff: registration, cowl plugs, the GPS card nobody remembers agreeing to. Owners consistently underestimate this line; renters never see it.
Add your aircraft and your rates, then see the schedule, the squawks, and the ledger all work off one record. No card required.
