What Twin Cities Flight Training's program costs

Common questions about Twin Cities Flight Training

How much does Twin Cities Flight Training cost?

Twin Cities Flight Training publishes $75,000 for its Professional Pilot pathway (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 Twin Cities Flight Training's program price?

Twin Cities Flight Training's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor. On what it excludes, the academy states: Published as a $75,000 total built from average stage costs: Private $19,000, Instrument $16,500, Commercial $30,000, CFI $7,000. Program length in months is not published.

What happens if you need more hours than Twin Cities Flight Training's program includes?

Published as an average. Your real cost rises if you fly more than the average hours. Twin Cities Flight Training describes its figures as the average costs associated with each program stage, so your real total varies with hours flown. No separate overage rate is published. 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 Twin Cities Flight Training 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.