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Accelerated academy · 4 states · Checked August 24, 2026

What American Flyers costs

A full-time, integrated career program sold as a package, not an hourly rate. American Flyers publishes the program and not what it costs, so there is no figure on this page and no estimate standing in for one. What is here is the program as the academy describes it, the source, every state it trains in, and the questions that get you the number.

Website americanflyers.com

Six campuses across four states

Section 1Program price

Published program price

Not published

American Flyers Airline Academy (from zero time)

No published price

American Flyers publishes this program and not a price for its program. We have not estimated one, because an academy price is a package rather than an hours times rate sum and there is nothing here to calculate it from.

American Flyers describes an all-inclusive tuition (books, FAA knowledge exam fees, DPE checkride fees, a 30-day CFI academy, and a lifetime instructor refresher) but publishes no dollar figure anywhere on its site, so request the full quote and the overage policy in writing.

An academy program does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum (only a qualifying degree does). Get the price in writing, with the date it was set.

The programs, with sources

American Flyers Airline Academy (from zero time)
Not published
PPL · IR · CPL · Multi · CFI · CFII
August 24, 2026Source
No published price; tuition is quoted per student. The academy describes the tuition as all-inclusive (books and manuals, FAA knowledge exam fees, DPE checkride fees, the 30-day CFI academy, and a lifetime flight instructor refresher course). The structured phase runs about 10 months to CFI/CFII, followed by 6 to 18 months instructing toward airline minimums.
Operating since 1939 across six campuses. Cohort start dates are published; the price is not. Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.

Section 2Where it trains

American Flyers trains in 4 states, at 6 campuses it lists on its own site. The published price is the same at each; living costs are not. Each state has its own page with the campuses in it.

Section 3Paying for it

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Section 4Add to my plan

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Section 5What to ask

What to ask when you call

The marked ones are what American Flyers's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.

  1. What does the American Flyers Airline Academy (from zero time) cost, all in, starting from where I am today?Missing from their site

    This is the figure the academy does not publish. Ask for it in writing, and ask for the date it was set: program prices move.

  2. Is that a fixed price or an estimate, and what is it based on, FAA minimums or what students actually fly?Missing from their site

    A fixed price and an estimate against FAA minimums are different products. The second one is a floor and most students land above it.

  3. What is billed on top of it: examiner fees, written tests, the medical, headset and supplies, and any location premium?Missing from their site

    Every academy that does publish a price excludes some of these, and the exclusions are where a sticker and a bill part company.

  4. If I need more hours than the program allows, what do the extra hours cost per hour?Missing from their site

    Without an hourly rate there is no way to price an overrun, and flight training running long is the normal case, not the exception.

  5. What is the payment schedule, and what is refunded if I stop partway?

    Academies take money up front. The refund terms decide what a change of plan costs you.

  6. How many aircraft and full-time instructors do you have right now, and how many students are enrolled?

    An accelerated program is a promise about pace, and pace is decided by that ratio rather than by the brochure.

  7. What proportion of your last intake finished in the advertised time, and at the advertised price?

    The single most useful question here. An academy that tracks this will tell you; one that does not has told you something too.

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Section 6Questions

How much does American Flyers cost?
American Flyers does not publish a single fixed figure for its American Flyers Airline Academy (from zero time), so we do not list one rather than guess. You will need to request pricing from the academy directly. When you do, ask what the number excludes and how hours beyond the program's plan are billed, which is where academy costs usually move.
What does American Flyers's program include?
American Flyers's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Multi-Engine (AMEL), Flight Instructor and Instrument Instructor. The academy states about 10 months to finish. On what it excludes, the academy states: No published price; tuition is quoted per student. The academy describes the tuition as all-inclusive (books and manuals, FAA knowledge exam fees, DPE checkride fees, the 30-day CFI academy, and a lifetime flight instructor refresher course). The structured phase runs about 10 months to CFI/CFII, followed by 6 to 18 months instructing toward airline minimums.
What happens if you need more hours than American Flyers's program includes?
The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling. American Flyers describes an all-inclusive tuition (books, FAA knowledge exam fees, DPE checkride fees, a 30-day CFI academy, and a lifetime instructor refresher) but publishes no dollar figure anywhere on its site, so request the full quote and the overage policy in writing. This is the question worth asking hardest at any accelerated academy, because the published price and the price a student who flies over the plan actually pays are two different numbers.
Does going to American Flyers lower the 1,500-hour airline requirement?
No. An accelerated academy does not reduce the 1,500-hour ATP minimum. Only a qualifying aviation degree does, under 14 CFR 61.160, which lowers it to 1,000 hours for a bachelor's or 1,250 for an associate's. What an academy sells is speed and a fixed price to the commercial certificate and instructor ratings, not a shortcut to the airlines. Most graduates then instruct to build the remaining hours.
Where does American Flyers train?
American Flyers trains in 4 states: Arizona, Florida, New Jersey and Texas. Its own location list names 6 campuses, and each state has its own page here with the campuses in it. The published program price is national and does not change by campus, though living costs do.

Section 7Sources

Figures are American Flyers's own published program prices, shown with the date we read them. They are not a personalized quote, and a student's actual cost will differ with location premiums, the fees the sticker excludes, and pace. Published prices generally assume the program's planned hours; flight training often runs over the FAA minimums, and how extra hours are billed varies by academy. Confirm the overage policy with the academy. An accelerated academy does not lower the 1,500-hour airline minimum; only a qualifying degree does, under 14 CFR 61.160. PilotBound is not affiliated with American Flyers. Disclaimer & removal policy.

Primary sources: americanflyers.com·americanflyers.com

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