What Hawkins Flight Academy costs
Accelerated academy · 2 states · Checked October 24, 2026
A full-time, integrated career program sold as a package, not an hourly rate. Hawkins Flight Academy publishes the program and not what it costs, so there is no figure on this page and no estimate standing in for one. What is here is the program as the academy describes it, the source, every state it trains in, and the questions that get you the number.
Website hawkinsflight.com
Program price
Published program price
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Professional Pilot Program, Package 2 (zero to MEI)
Hawkins Flight Academy publishes these programs and not a price for any of its programs. We have not estimated one, because an academy price is a package rather than an hours times rate sum and there is nothing here to calculate it from.
Hawkins no longer publishes a figure for either package: its own FAQ answers the cost question by asking you to contact the school. It publishes hourly aircraft rates of $180 and $185 on its fleet page and no instruction rate. The sub-10-month timeline is explicitly not guaranteed.
An academy program does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum (only a qualifying degree does). Get the price in writing, with the date it was set.
The programs, with sources
- Professional Pilot Program, Package 2 (zero to MEI)
- Not published
- PPL · IR · CPL · Multi · CFI · CFII · MEI
- October 24, 2026Source
- Hawkins published $89,995 for this package on August 24, 2026 and no longer publishes a figure for it: its own FAQ now says to ask the team for current tuition. The school cites 400+ hours of combined flight, simulator, and ground training and completion of all ratings in under 10 months (not guaranteed). Primary training is on the RV-12iST light sport with Cessna aircraft in the fleet.
- Campuses at Shelbyville, TN (SYI) and Tupelo, MS (TUP). Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.
- Professional Pilot Program, Package 1 (zero to Commercial Multi)
- Not published
- PPL · IR · CPL · Multi
- October 24, 2026Source
- Through the Commercial certificate with multi-engine, before the instructor ratings. Hawkins published $74,995 for it on August 24, 2026 and no longer publishes a figure.
Where it trains
Hawkins trains in 2 states, at 2 campuses it lists on its own site. The published price is the same at each; living costs are not. Each state has its own page with the campuses in it.
- Hawkins in MississippiTupelo (TUP)
- Hawkins in TennesseeShelbyville (SYI)
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The marked ones are what Hawkins Flight Academy's site never answers. The rest are what turns an hourly rate into a real bill.
What does the Professional Pilot Program, Package 2 (zero to MEI) cost, all in, starting from where I am today?Missing from their site
This is the figure the academy does not publish. Ask for it in writing, and ask for the date it was set: program prices move.
Is that a fixed price or an estimate, and what is it based on, FAA minimums or what students actually fly?Missing from their site
A fixed price and an estimate against FAA minimums are different products. The second one is a floor and most students land above it.
What is billed on top of it: examiner fees, written tests, the medical, headset and supplies, and any location premium?Missing from their site
Every academy that does publish a price excludes some of these, and the exclusions are where a sticker and a bill part company.
If I need more hours than the program allows, what do the extra hours cost per hour?Missing from their site
Without an hourly rate there is no way to price an overrun, and flight training running long is the normal case, not the exception.
What is the payment schedule, and what is refunded if I stop partway?
Academies take money up front. The refund terms decide what a change of plan costs you.
How many aircraft and full-time instructors do you have right now, and how many students are enrolled?
An accelerated program is a promise about pace, and pace is decided by that ratio rather than by the brochure.
What proportion of your last intake finished in the advertised time, and at the advertised price?
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How much does Hawkins Flight Academy cost?
Hawkins Flight Academy does not publish a single fixed figure for its Professional Pilot Program, Package 2 (zero to MEI), so we do not list one rather than guess. You will need to request pricing from the academy directly. When you do, ask what the number excludes and how hours beyond the program's plan are billed, which is where academy costs usually move.
What does Hawkins Flight Academy's program include?
Hawkins Flight Academy's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Multi-Engine (AMEL), Flight Instructor, Instrument Instructor and Multi-Engine Instructor. The academy states about 10 months to finish. On what it excludes, the academy states: Hawkins published $89,995 for this package on August 24, 2026 and no longer publishes a figure for it: its own FAQ now says to ask the team for current tuition. The school cites 400+ hours of combined flight, simulator, and ground training and completion of all ratings in under 10 months (not guaranteed). Primary training is on the RV-12iST light sport with Cessna aircraft in the fleet.
What happens if you need more hours than Hawkins Flight Academy's program includes?
The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling. Hawkins no longer publishes a figure for either package: its own FAQ answers the cost question by asking you to contact the school. It publishes hourly aircraft rates of $180 and $185 on its fleet page and no instruction rate. The sub-10-month timeline is explicitly not guaranteed. 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 Hawkins Flight Academy 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.
Where does Hawkins Flight Academy train?
Hawkins Flight Academy trains in 2 states: Mississippi and Tennessee. Its own location list names 2 campuses, and each state has its own page here with the campuses in it. The published program price is national and does not change by campus, though living costs do.
Sources
Figures are Hawkins 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. 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 Hawkins Flight Academy. Disclaimer & removal policy.
Primary sources: hawkinsflight.com· hawkinsflight.com
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