Accelerated academy · Rexburg, ID · Checked August 27, 2026
What Bravo 6 Flight Academy's program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is Bravo 6 Flight Academy's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
Website bravo6flightacademy.com
Bravo 6 campuses in Idaho
Rexburg (RXE) · Pocatello (PIH) · Idaho Falls (IDA)
Published program price
$78K
Zero to Hero (zero time through CFII)
Other tracks from $10K.
The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling.
Bravo 6 prices each course as a floor rather than a cap: the Zero to Hero figure is published as what the path "runs about", and the individual courses "start at" their price. On two of them the school publishes its own higher real-world average in the same sentence, which is more candour than most academies offer and should be read as the likelier number. It publishes no hourly aircraft or instructor rate anywhere, so there is no way to work out what training beyond the quoted figure would cost. Ask what the average graduate actually paid and what happens if weather stretches the schedule.
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 Bravo 6 Flight Academy.
The programs, with sources
PPL · IR · CPL · CFI · CFII
The site does not say what the figure includes or excludes: no statement on the medical, supplies, knowledge tests or the examiner fee. Ground school is priced separately at $495.
Bravo 6 names Stratus Financial as its financing partner, citing payment deferment for up to 12 months while you train and job-hunt, and no prepayment penalties.
Published as what the path "runs about", not as a fixed price. One continuous course of training rather than separate purchases, and the only figure here that includes both instructor certificates. Quoted at "as little as one year".
PPL
Ground school is $495 and is priced separately. The site does not state whether the medical, supplies, knowledge test or examiner fee are inside the figure.
A floor, and the school publishes the real spread beside it: "starts at $10,000, with students averaging closer to $12,000 - $18,000". Quoted at two to four months flying three to five times a week.
IR
Ground school is $495 and is priced separately. Simulator time is used for part of the training, which the school says holds the cost down.
Another published floor with the school's own average printed beside it: "starts at $12,000, with program averages approaching $15,000". Assumes you already hold the Private.
CPL
Ground school is $495 and is priced separately. The 250-hour aeronautical experience requirement behind the certificate is the larger cost and the site does not say how much of it this figure covers.
Published on the FAQ as a "starts at" figure. Assumes you already hold the Private and the Instrument, so it is not a route to a career from nothing; the Zero to Hero package is.
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- How much does Bravo 6 Flight Academy cost?
- Bravo 6 Flight Academy publishes $78,000 for its Zero to Hero (zero time through CFII), as listed on the academy's own pricing page (August 27, 2026). It publishes 4 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 Bravo 6 Flight Academy's program price?
- Bravo 6 Flight Academy's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Flight Instructor and Instrument Instructor. The academy states about 12 months to finish. On what it excludes, the academy states: The site does not say what the figure includes or excludes: no statement on the medical, supplies, knowledge tests or the examiner fee. Ground school is priced separately at $495.
- What happens if you need more hours than Bravo 6 Flight Academy's program includes?
- The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling. Bravo 6 prices each course as a floor rather than a cap: the Zero to Hero figure is published as what the path "runs about", and the individual courses "start at" their price. On two of them the school publishes its own higher real-world average in the same sentence, which is more candour than most academies offer and should be read as the likelier number. It publishes no hourly aircraft or instructor rate anywhere, so there is no way to work out what training beyond the quoted figure would cost. Ask what the average graduate actually paid and what happens if weather stretches the schedule. 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 Bravo 6 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.
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Figures are Bravo 6 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 (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 Bravo 6 Flight Academy. Disclaimer & removal policy.
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