Accelerated academy · Augusta, ME
What Maine Instrument Flight's program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is Maine Instrument Flight's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
MIF campuses in Maine
Augusta (AUG) · Brunswick · Bangor
Published program price
$61.7K
Instrument through CFII (sum of published course packages)
Other tracks from $42.9K.
The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling.
MIF publishes per-course Part 141 package prices rather than one career bundle, and does not label them guaranteed or state how hours beyond each course's plan are billed. Private Pilot pricing is not listed on the same page, so a true from-zero total requires a quote.
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 Maine Instrument Flight.
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Sum of MIF's published Part 141 course packages in the Piper Pilot 100i: combined Instrument plus Commercial $42,890, CFI $12,290, CFII $6,500. Cirrus SR20 upcharges apply ($2,750 to $8,250 by course). Starts after a Private certificate; Private Pilot pricing is not published on the same page. Multi-engine not included in these packages.
Widely cited as the only Part 141 school in Maine, VA-approved for advanced courses. Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.
Published combined package in the Piper Pilot 100i ($8,250 upcharge in the Cirrus SR20). Starts after a Private certificate.
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- How much does Maine Instrument Flight cost?
- Maine Instrument Flight publishes $61,680 for its Instrument through CFII (sum of published course packages), 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 Maine Instrument Flight's program price?
- Maine Instrument Flight's published programs cover Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Flight Instructor and Instrument Instructor. On what it excludes, the academy states: Sum of MIF's published Part 141 course packages in the Piper Pilot 100i: combined Instrument plus Commercial $42,890, CFI $12,290, CFII $6,500. Cirrus SR20 upcharges apply ($2,750 to $8,250 by course). Starts after a Private certificate; Private Pilot pricing is not published on the same page. Multi-engine not included in these packages.
- What happens if you need more hours than Maine Instrument Flight's program includes?
- The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling. MIF publishes per-course Part 141 package prices rather than one career bundle, and does not label them guaranteed or state how hours beyond each course's plan are billed. Private Pilot pricing is not listed on the same page, so a true from-zero total requires a quote. 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 Maine Instrument Flight 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 Maine Instrument Flight'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 Maine Instrument Flight. Disclaimer & removal policy.
Primary sources: mif.aero