Accelerated academy · Arizona

What Thrust Flight costs in Arizona

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

Thrust Flight campuses in Arizona

Mesa (Phoenix) (FFZ)

Dallas, TX and Phoenix, AZ

Published program price

$120K

Zero Time to Airline (from zero experience)

Other tracks from $73.2K.

Assumes planned hours

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

Each rating includes a maximum number of hours. The $5,000 contingency allowance absorbs some overage (unused portion refunded); exceed a rating's maximum and you are invoiced for the extra, and overages can't be offset against unused hours from another rating.

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 Thrust Flight.

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The programs, with sources

Zero Time to Airline (from zero experience)

$120,000

PPLIRCPLMultiCFICFII

June 30, 2026Source

Includes a $5,000 refundable contingency allowance. Excludes a $200 application fee and optional housing (about $900/month).

Part 141, zero to CFI/CFII (six certificates and ratings). Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.

Zero Time to Airline (with instrument rating)

$96,000

CPLMultiCFICFII

June 30, 2026Source

Includes a $5,000 refundable contingency allowance. Excludes the $200 application fee and optional housing. Starts after you already hold Private and Instrument.

Zero Time to Airline (with commercial certificate)

$73,200

CFICFII

June 30, 2026Source

Includes a $5,000 refundable contingency allowance. Excludes the $200 application fee and optional housing. Starts after you already hold a Commercial certificate.

See how an academy stacks up against Part 61, Part 141, and a 2-year or 4-year degree.

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Figures are Thrust Flight'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 Thrust Flight. Disclaimer & removal policy.

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