Accelerated academy · Daytona Beach, FL · Checked July 1, 2026
What Phoenix East Aviation's program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is Phoenix East Aviation's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
Website pea.com
Published program price
$89K
Professional Program III (Instrument through MEI)
Other tracks from $72.9K.
Published as an average. Your real cost rises if you fly more than the average hours.
PEA's program page states "Price is based on averages." It does not publish a separate overage rate, so a student who flies above the average should expect to pay more. Confirm with the school.
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 Phoenix East Aviation.
The programs, with sources
IR · CPL · Multi · CFI · CFII · MEI
Requires a Private Pilot certificate first (not included, available separately at PEA). Total price with the PA-34 twin. Excludes FAA written and checkride fees.
Begins after the Private certificate. Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.
IR · CPL · Multi · CFI · CFII
Requires a Private Pilot certificate first. Total price with the PA-34. Excludes FAA written and checkride fees.
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- How much does Phoenix East Aviation cost?
- Phoenix East Aviation publishes $89,018 for its Professional Program III (Instrument through MEI), as listed on the academy's own pricing page (July 2026). It publishes 2 tracks in total, priced by how much flight experience you start with. 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 Phoenix East Aviation's program price?
- Phoenix East Aviation's published programs cover Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Multi-Engine (AMEL), Flight Instructor, Instrument Instructor and Multi-Engine Instructor. On what it excludes, the academy states: Requires a Private Pilot certificate first (not included, available separately at PEA). Total price with the PA-34 twin. Excludes FAA written and checkride fees.
- What happens if you need more hours than Phoenix East Aviation's program includes?
- Published as an average. Your real cost rises if you fly more than the average hours. PEA's program page states "Price is based on averages." It does not publish a separate overage rate, so a student who flies above the average should expect to pay more. Confirm with the school. 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 Phoenix East Aviation 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 Phoenix East Aviation'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 Phoenix East Aviation. Disclaimer & removal policy.