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Accelerated academy · Mesa, AZ · Checked July 1, 2026

What SimpliFly Flight School's program costs

A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is SimpliFly Flight School's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.

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SimpliFly campuses in Arizona

Mesa (FFZ)

Section 1Program price

Published program price

$89K

Zero to Hero career track (Private through CFII with multi)

Minimum hours

Assumes the program's planned hours. Most students fly over the minimums, and the extra flight time is billed separately.

SimpliFly states its pricing is based on 250 hours and flying full-time, so hours beyond that plan add cost. Checkride fees (about $900 standard, about $1,500 for the initial CFI), written tests (about $175 each), materials, and medicals are itemized separately.

The academy's own published price. It does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum (only a qualifying degree does). Prices change. Confirm current figures with SimpliFly Flight School.

The programs, with sources

Zero to Hero career track (Private through CFII with multi)
$89,000
PPL · IR · CPL · Multi · CFI · CFII · 250 hrs
July 2026Source
Sum of SimpliFly's own published course estimates (Private about $20,000, Instrument about $18,000, Commercial about $27,000, CFI about $9,000, CFII about $4,500, multi-engine about $10,500), based on 250 hours full-time. Excludes about $7,000 in checkrides, about $1,050 in written tests, and a starter bundle, which its own 2026 cost guide itemizes on top. 12 to 15 months at 3 to 4 days per week.
Part 61 school at Falcon Field (FFZ), Mesa, AZ. The figure is a sum of the school's own approximate course estimates, not a single package sticker. Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.

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Section 4Questions

How much does SimpliFly Flight School cost?
SimpliFly Flight School publishes $89,000 for its Zero to Hero career track (Private through CFII with multi), as listed on the academy's own pricing page (July 2026). That is the published sticker for the program, not a personalized quote, and it is what the academy asks before the fees the sticker excludes.
What is included in SimpliFly Flight School's program price?
SimpliFly Flight School's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Multi-Engine (AMEL), Flight Instructor and Instrument Instructor. The headline track plans for about 250 flight hours. The academy states about 15 months to finish. On what it excludes, the academy states: Sum of SimpliFly's own published course estimates (Private about $20,000, Instrument about $18,000, Commercial about $27,000, CFI about $9,000, CFII about $4,500, multi-engine about $10,500), based on 250 hours full-time. Excludes about $7,000 in checkrides, about $1,050 in written tests, and a starter bundle, which its own 2026 cost guide itemizes on top. 12 to 15 months at 3 to 4 days per week.
What happens if you need more hours than SimpliFly Flight School's program includes?
Assumes the program's planned hours. Most students fly over the minimums, and the extra flight time is billed separately. SimpliFly states its pricing is based on 250 hours and flying full-time, so hours beyond that plan add cost. Checkride fees (about $900 standard, about $1,500 for the initial CFI), written tests (about $175 each), materials, and medicals are itemized separately. 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 SimpliFly Flight School 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.

Section 5Sources

Figures are SimpliFly Flight School'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 (some hold a truly fixed cost, others charge an hourly rate for additional time). 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 SimpliFly Flight School. Disclaimer & removal policy.

Primary sources: simpliflyco.com·simpliflyco.com

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