Accelerated academy · Valparaiso, IN
What Eagle Aircraft Flight Academy's program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is Eagle Aircraft Flight Academy's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
Eagle campuses in Indiana
Valparaiso (VPZ)
Published program price
$61.5K
Career track (sum of published course ranges, zero to CFI)
The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling.
Eagle publishes each course as an estimated price range rather than a package, and does not state how hours beyond each course's plan are billed. The total shown sums the low ends of the published ranges; the high ends sum to about $80,500.
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 Eagle Aircraft Flight Academy.
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Sum of the low ends of Eagle's published ranges: Private $20,000 to $25,000 (5 to 12 months), Instrument $10,500 to $14,500 (3 to 5 months), Commercial $23,000 to $30,000 (6 to 8 months), CFI $8,000 to $11,000 (4 to 8 weeks). Multi-engine not included in these ranges.
Part 141 and Part 61 school at Porter County Regional Airport (VPZ), operating since 1979. Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.
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- How much does Eagle Aircraft Flight Academy cost?
- Eagle Aircraft Flight Academy publishes $61,500 for its Career track (sum of published course ranges, 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 Eagle Aircraft Flight Academy's program price?
- Eagle Aircraft Flight Academy's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor. On what it excludes, the academy states: Sum of the low ends of Eagle's published ranges: Private $20,000 to $25,000 (5 to 12 months), Instrument $10,500 to $14,500 (3 to 5 months), Commercial $23,000 to $30,000 (6 to 8 months), CFI $8,000 to $11,000 (4 to 8 weeks). Multi-engine not included in these ranges.
- What happens if you need more hours than Eagle Aircraft Flight Academy's program includes?
- The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling. Eagle publishes each course as an estimated price range rather than a package, and does not state how hours beyond each course's plan are billed. The total shown sums the low ends of the published ranges; the high ends sum to about $80,500. 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 Eagle Aircraft 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 Eagle Aircraft 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 Eagle Aircraft Flight Academy. Disclaimer & removal policy.
Primary sources: eagleflightacademy.com