Accelerated academy · Colorado Springs, CO · Checked August 19, 2026
What Arapahoe Flight Club's program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is Arapahoe Flight Club's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
Website arapahoefc.com
Arapahoe campuses in Colorado
Colorado Springs (COS)
Published program price
$98.6K
Fixed-Wing Career Track
The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling.
The page gives a total and a 340-hour plan and does not say what happens if you fly past it. There is no hourly rate published anywhere on the site to work an extra hour out from, so ask what hour 341 costs before enrolling.
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 Arapahoe Flight Club.
The programs, with sources
PPL · IR · CPL · Multi · CFI · CFII · MEI · 340 hrs
The school states that checkride fees, FAA written exams and training materials are included, and values that at up to $10,000. It does not say what a retake costs, and does not mention the medical or a headset.
Priced stage by stage on the same page: Private $21,429.44, Instrument $20,451.54, Commercial $21,429.44, CFI $8,057.94, CFII $5,301.50, Multi Commercial $9,619.95, Multi Instructor $12,319.50. The plan is 295 single-engine hours in a Warrior or Cherokee, 10 in a DA-40, 35 in a DA42, and 69 hours of ground.
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- How much does Arapahoe Flight Club cost?
- Arapahoe Flight Club publishes $98,601 for its Fixed-Wing Career Track, as listed on the academy's own pricing page (August 19, 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 Arapahoe Flight Club's program price?
- Arapahoe Flight Club's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Multi-Engine (AMEL), Flight Instructor, Instrument Instructor and Multi-Engine Instructor. The headline track plans for about 340 flight hours. The academy states about 9 months to finish. On what it excludes, the academy states: The school states that checkride fees, FAA written exams and training materials are included, and values that at up to $10,000. It does not say what a retake costs, and does not mention the medical or a headset.
- What happens if you need more hours than Arapahoe Flight Club's program includes?
- The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling. The page gives a total and a 340-hour plan and does not say what happens if you fly past it. There is no hourly rate published anywhere on the site to work an extra hour out from, so ask what hour 341 costs before enrolling. 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 Arapahoe Flight Club 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.
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Figures are Arapahoe Flight Club'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 Arapahoe Flight Club. Disclaimer & removal policy.
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