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Accelerated academy · 2 states · Checked August 24, 2026

What Ocean Aviation Flight Academy costs

A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is Ocean Aviation Flight Academy's own published price, with the source and the date we read it, and it is the same at every campus. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.

Website flyoceanaviation.com

Section 1Program price

Published program price

$93K

Airline Pilot Professional Pilot Program (from zero time)

Not stated

The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling.

Ocean Aviation frames the published figure as an example of what an accelerated student might experience, not a guarantee, and does not itemize inclusions or state how hours beyond the plan are billed. Confirm both before enrolling.

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 Ocean Aviation Flight Academy.

The programs, with sources

Airline Pilot Professional Pilot Program (from zero time)
$92,995
PPL · IR · CPL · CFI
August 24, 2026Source
Published starting price described as an example accelerated outcome: about 12 months to the Commercial certificate and CFI, then a paid instructor internship (the school cites averaging about 700 hours per year) toward the 1,500-hour airline minimum. Inclusions are not itemized.
Part 141 academy at Ocean City Municipal Airport, Berlin, MD with a second campus at Delaware Coastal Airport, Georgetown, DE, the directory's first Delaware coverage. Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.

Section 2Where it trains

Ocean Aviation trains in 2 states, at 2 campuses it lists on its own site. The published price is the same at each; living costs are not. Each state has its own page with the campuses in it.

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Section 5Questions

How much does Ocean Aviation Flight Academy cost?
Ocean Aviation Flight Academy publishes $92,995 for its Airline Pilot Professional Pilot Program (from zero time), as listed on the academy's own pricing page (August 24, 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 Ocean Aviation Flight Academy's program price?
Ocean Aviation Flight Academy's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor. The academy states about 12 months to finish. On what it excludes, the academy states: Published starting price described as an example accelerated outcome: about 12 months to the Commercial certificate and CFI, then a paid instructor internship (the school cites averaging about 700 hours per year) toward the 1,500-hour airline minimum. Inclusions are not itemized.
What happens if you need more hours than Ocean Aviation Flight Academy's program includes?
The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling. Ocean Aviation frames the published figure as an example of what an accelerated student might experience, not a guarantee, and does not itemize inclusions or state how hours beyond the plan are billed. Confirm both 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 Ocean Aviation 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 Ocean Aviation Flight Academy train?
Ocean Aviation Flight Academy trains in 2 states: Delaware and Maryland. Its own location list names 2 campuses, and each state has its own page here with the campuses in it. The published program price is national and does not change by campus, though living costs do.

Section 6Sources

Figures are Ocean Aviation 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. 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 Ocean Aviation Flight Academy. Disclaimer & removal policy.

Primary sources: flyoceanaviation.com

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