Accelerated academy · Pikeville, NC
What M2A Aviation Academy's program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is M2A Aviation Academy's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
M2A campuses in North Carolina
Pikeville (Goldsboro) (GWW)
Published program price
$77K
Professional Pilot Track (zero to CFII)
The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling.
M2A publishes the track as a fixed program price but does not state how hours beyond the planned 190 are billed. Note that an M2A blog post cites a $90,000 housing-inclusive figure while the program page says $77,000, so confirm the current total in writing.
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 M2A Aviation Academy.
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Fixed program price covering 190 hours of single-engine flight time, 300+ hours of structured ground, six FAA written tests, online ground school, and daily briefings over about 8 months. Excludes on-site housing (additional fee) and DPE checkride fees. No multi-engine rating in the track.
Part 61 and 141 academy at Wayne Executive Jetport (GWW), Pikeville, NC, near Goldsboro. Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.
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- How much does M2A Aviation Academy cost?
- M2A Aviation Academy publishes $77,000 for its Professional Pilot Track (zero to CFII), 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 M2A Aviation Academy's program price?
- M2A Aviation Academy's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Flight Instructor and Instrument Instructor. The headline track plans for about 190 flight hours. The academy states about 8 months to finish. On what it excludes, the academy states: Fixed program price covering 190 hours of single-engine flight time, 300+ hours of structured ground, six FAA written tests, online ground school, and daily briefings over about 8 months. Excludes on-site housing (additional fee) and DPE checkride fees. No multi-engine rating in the track.
- What happens if you need more hours than M2A Aviation Academy's program includes?
- The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling. M2A publishes the track as a fixed program price but does not state how hours beyond the planned 190 are billed. Note that an M2A blog post cites a $90,000 housing-inclusive figure while the program page says $77,000, so confirm the current total in writing. 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 M2A Aviation 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 M2A Aviation 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 M2A Aviation Academy. Disclaimer & removal policy.
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