Accelerated academy · Tulsa, OK · Checked August 19, 2026
What Riverside Flight Center's program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is Riverside Flight Center's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
Website riversideflightcenter.com
Riverside campuses in Oklahoma
Tulsa (RVS)
Published program price
$72.5K
The RFC Professional Pilot Training Program
Other tracks from $1.1K.
Guaranteed regardless of the hours you fly.
Guaranteed, but up to a cap rather than without limit. The school includes up to 72 hours for the Private and up to 72 for the Instrument at no extra charge, and states the guarantee covers at least 200 aircraft hours and 50 AATD hours. Anything beyond the listed items is billed per hour at a rate the page does not publish, and the whole price applies to United States students only. Ask what the overage rate is and what international pricing looks like.
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 Riverside Flight Center.
The programs, with sources
PPL · IR · CPL · Multi
United States students only; international pricing is not published. Anything beyond the included items is an additional per-hour charge. The CFI and CFII are NOT included and are sold separately at $10,000 and $5,000.
Published per course rather than as one hour count: up to 72 hours in a Cessna 152 for the Private, up to 72 hours of AATD and Cessna 172 for the Instrument, and for the Commercial up to 20 hours of multi-engine AATD, 15 hours in the 152, 60 hours of pilot-in-command cross country, 22 hours in a Beech Duchess and 10 hours of G1000 AATD, with up to 40 hours of briefings per course. Ground school, up to three stage-check attempts per course, one written attempt per course, and books and basic supplies are stated to be inside the fee.
CFI · 24 hrs
The examiner fee is stated to be the student's responsibility. Flying the 172 instead of the 152 costs more. Requires the FOI and CFI writtens already passed, an instructor evaluation, and prepayment before the course begins.
Committed to a six-week period. Up to 60 hours of ground school, 7.5 hours of single-engine AATD, 20 hours in the Cessna 152, 10 hours of briefings and 4 hours of checkride rental.
CFII · 10 hrs
The examiner fee is the student's responsibility. Requires the CFII written already passed and prepayment before commencing.
Committed to a four-week period. Up to 15 hours of ground school, 10 hours of single-engine AATD, 6 hours in the Cessna 172, 3 hours of briefings and 4 hours of checkride rental.
PPL · 0 hrs
THIS IS NOT FLIGHT TRAINING. It is an accelerated ground school and one attempt at the FAA Private Pilot written exam, with no flight time whatsoever. It cannot be compared with a Private Pilot course price.
Three weeks of in-person classroom, Tuesday to Friday, 9am to 1:30pm, plus one attempt at the written. United States students only.
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- How much does Riverside Flight Center cost?
- Riverside Flight Center publishes $72,500 for its The RFC Professional Pilot Training Program, as listed on the academy's own pricing page (August 19, 2026). It publishes 4 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 Riverside Flight Center's program price?
- Riverside Flight Center's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Multi-Engine (AMEL), Flight Instructor and Instrument Instructor. The academy states about 9 months to finish. On what it excludes, the academy states: United States students only; international pricing is not published. Anything beyond the included items is an additional per-hour charge. The CFI and CFII are NOT included and are sold separately at $10,000 and $5,000.
- What happens if you need more hours than Riverside Flight Center's program includes?
- Guaranteed regardless of the hours you fly. Guaranteed, but up to a cap rather than without limit. The school includes up to 72 hours for the Private and up to 72 for the Instrument at no extra charge, and states the guarantee covers at least 200 aircraft hours and 50 AATD hours. Anything beyond the listed items is billed per hour at a rate the page does not publish, and the whole price applies to United States students only. Ask what the overage rate is and what international pricing looks like. 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 Riverside Flight Center 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 Riverside Flight Center'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 Riverside Flight Center. Disclaimer & removal policy.
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