What Hawkins Flight Academy costs in Mississippi

Common questions about Hawkins Flight Academy

How much does Hawkins Flight Academy cost?

Hawkins Flight Academy publishes $89,995 for its Professional Pilot Program, Package 2 (zero to MEI), 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 Hawkins Flight Academy's program price?

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: Fixed package adding CFI, CFII, and MEI to Package 1. 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. Exclusions are not itemized.

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 markets fixed program-based pricing but does not itemize what the packages exclude (checkride and exam fee treatment is not stated), and the sub-10-month timeline is explicitly not guaranteed. Confirm exclusions and the overage policy before enrolling. 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 in Mississippi?

Hawkins Flight Academy lists one campus in Mississippi: Tupelo (TUP). The published program price is national and does not change by campus, though living costs do.