Accelerated academy · Goodyear, AZ
What United Aviate Academy's program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is United Aviate Academy's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
Published program price
$89K
Professional Pilot Program (from zero time)
Assumes the program's planned hours. Most students fly over the minimums, and the extra flight time is billed separately.
United Aviate's per-course fees assume the planned (near-minimum) hours; its catalog says pricing is "for planning purposes only" and may be adjusted. Students who exceed the allowable flight time are placed in an Enhanced Pilot Proficiency (EPP) course, paid from a $13,000 supplemental training fund (refunded at graduation if unused); after up to six EPPs a student can be dismissed.
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 United Aviate Academy.
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The programs, with sources
Six-course tuition. United requires $111,700 in proof of funds: it adds DPE checkride fees (about $9,700), a $13,000 supplemental training fund (refunded at graduation if unused), and FAA knowledge exams ($875). Optional MEI is $9,250. Tuition is locked while you stay consecutively enrolled; the 12-month schedule is not guaranteed.
Student loans and scholarships, including United/JPMorgan Chase/Boeing-funded awards.
Owned by United Airlines. About 216 flight hours within a 694-hour program; zero to flight instructor (CFI/CFII, MEI optional). Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.
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Compare the pathsFigures are United Aviate Academy'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 United Aviate Academy. Disclaimer & removal policy.
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