Accelerated academy · Pembroke Pines, FL · Checked July 1, 2026
What Pelican Flight School's program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is Pelican Flight School's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
Website pelicanflightschool.com
Published program price
$68.3K
Professional Pilot Program A (zero to CFI)
The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling.
Pelican publishes the program as a fixed package for 250 hours but does not state how hours beyond that are billed. Confirm the overage policy 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 Pelican Flight School.
The programs, with sources
PPL · IR · CPL · Multi · CFI · CFII · MEI · 250 hrs
Part 141 package covering Private through MEI over 250 hours, about 15 months. International students pay after visa approval/arrival (F-1 eligible). Confirm exam and examiner fees with the school.
No upfront payment for international students until visa approval/arrival.
ACCSC-accredited Part 141 academy at North Perry Airport (HWO), Pembroke Pines, FL. Zero to CFI/CFII/MEI. Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.
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- How much does Pelican Flight School cost?
- Pelican Flight School publishes $68,310 for its Professional Pilot Program A (zero to CFI), as listed on the academy's own pricing page (July 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 Pelican Flight School's program price?
- Pelican Flight School'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 250 flight hours. The academy states about 15 months to finish. On what it excludes, the academy states: Part 141 package covering Private through MEI over 250 hours, about 15 months. International students pay after visa approval/arrival (F-1 eligible). Confirm exam and examiner fees with the school.
- What happens if you need more hours than Pelican Flight School's program includes?
- The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling. Pelican publishes the program as a fixed package for 250 hours but does not state how hours beyond that are billed. Confirm the overage policy 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 Pelican Flight School 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 Pelican Flight School'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 Pelican Flight School. Disclaimer & removal policy.
Primary sources: pelicanflightschool.com