Accelerated academy · Colorado Springs, CO · Checked August 24, 2026
What The Flight School at Colorado Springs's program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is The Flight School at Colorado Springs'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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Section 1Program price
Published program price
$45.4K
Zero to CFI pre-pay packages (Private through CFI/CFII)
The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling.
Prices are pre-pay package estimates in light-sport aircraft at a nonrefundable pre-pay discount, and the school states they are subject to change and not a guaranteed quote. Confirm what happens if you need more than the packaged hours, and how LSA time maps to your goals, before paying ahead.
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 The Flight School at Colorado Springs.
The programs, with sources
- Zero to CFI pre-pay packages (Private through CFI/CFII)
- $45,424
- PPL · IR · CPL · CFI · CFII
- August 24, 2026Source
- The school's published total for all ratings (5 to 7 months): Private $11,684, Instrument $21,976.75, Commercial $6,140, CFI and CFII $4,578, plus an optional Ground Instructor package $1,045. Training is in light-sport aircraft; no multi-engine rating is included. Packages are nonrefundable pre-pay discounts in LSA, subject to change and not a guaranteed quote.
- Part 61 school at Colorado Springs (COS) marketing professional training for under $50,000, 5 to 7 months to CFI. LSA-based pricing keeps the figure low. Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.
Section 2Paying for it
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Section 3Add to my plan
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- How much does The Flight School at Colorado Springs cost?
- The Flight School at Colorado Springs publishes $45,424 for its Zero to CFI pre-pay packages (Private through CFI/CFII), as listed on the academy's own pricing page (August 24, 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 The Flight School at Colorado Springs's program price?
- The Flight School at Colorado Springs's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Flight Instructor and Instrument Instructor. The academy states about 7 months to finish. On what it excludes, the academy states: The school's published total for all ratings (5 to 7 months): Private $11,684, Instrument $21,976.75, Commercial $6,140, CFI and CFII $4,578, plus an optional Ground Instructor package $1,045. Training is in light-sport aircraft; no multi-engine rating is included. Packages are nonrefundable pre-pay discounts in LSA, subject to change and not a guaranteed quote.
- What happens if you need more hours than The Flight School at Colorado Springs's program includes?
- The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling. Prices are pre-pay package estimates in light-sport aircraft at a nonrefundable pre-pay discount, and the school states they are subject to change and not a guaranteed quote. Confirm what happens if you need more than the packaged hours, and how LSA time maps to your goals, before paying ahead. 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 The Flight School at Colorado Springs 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 The Flight School at Colorado Springs'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 The Flight School at Colorado Springs. Disclaimer & removal policy.
Primary sources: coloradospringsflightschool.com
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