Accelerated academy · El Cajon, CA
What California Flight Academy's program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is California Flight Academy's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
CFA campuses in California
El Cajon (SEE)
Published program price
$75.6K
FAA Commercial Program (Private through Commercial, from zero)
Assumes the program's planned hours. Most students fly over the minimums, and the extra flight time is billed separately.
The $75,550 total assumes the program's planned 250 hours across the four phases. CFA notes prices are subject to change and that actual cost and flight hours vary by student, so hours beyond the plan are billed on top.
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 California Flight Academy.
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The $75,550 total covers four phases: Phase I Private ($20,070, 60 hrs), Phase II Instrument ($18,540, 55 hrs), Phase III Pre-Commercial ($23,585, 108 hrs), Phase IV Commercial ($13,355, 27 hrs). CFI/CFII and the multi-engine rating are not part of this total. Prices are subject to change.
FAA-approved Part 141 (also Part 61) at Gillespie Field. The published total takes a zero-time student through the Commercial certificate over 250 planned hours.
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Compare the pathsFigures are California Flight 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 California Flight Academy. Disclaimer & removal policy.
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