Published prices, sourced · Updated September 24, 2026
Flight academy costs in Oregon
Each academy's published program cost, from its own pages. An academy is full-time and integrated, the fastest route to the certificates, but it does not lower your 1,500-hour airline minimum. These are published prices, not quotes.
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Silverhawk Aviation Academy
Part 61 & 141Oregon locations· Two bases: its Caldwell FBO in Idaho and its Ontario FBO across the state line in Oregon.
Ontario (ONO)
Published prices
- Private (Part 141, Cessna 172)
- $11,000
- Commercial with Instrument (Part 141, Cessna 172)
- $26,500
- Certified Flight Instructor (Part 141, Cessna 172)
- $5,000
- Certified Flight Instructor With Instrument (Part 61 or 141, Cessna 172)
- $3,000
- Multi-Engine (Part 61, Piper Seminole)
- $5,800
From Silverhawk Aviation Academy's own pages·Source
Published program price
From$11K
Assumes the program's planned hours. Most students fly over the minimums, and the extra flight time is billed separately.
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Part 141Hillsboro, OR
Hillsboro (HIO) · Redmond (RDM)
Published prices
- Professional Pilot Program, accelerated (all ratings)
- $80,195
- Professional Pilot Program, accelerated (Private through CFI)
- $66,915
From Hillsboro Aero Academy's own pages·Source
Published program price
From$66.9K
Published as an average. Your real cost rises if you fly more than the average hours.
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Compare the pathsFigures are each academy's own published program prices, dated. They are not quotes, and an academy does not lower the 1,500-hour airline minimum. PilotBound is not affiliated with the academies. Disclaimer & removal policy.
Flight academy costs in Oregon, in numbers
Each figure is the academy's own published starting price for its zero-experience program; PilotBound does not estimate an academy package.
- $39K
- Median published starting price across the 2 that publish one
- $11K to $66.9K
- Published starting prices, the academy's own figure
- 2 of 2
- Academies publishing a program price
- 1
- With campuses in other states too
Lowest published academy prices in Oregon
- Silverhawk Aviation Academy · from $11K, 2 states
- Hillsboro Aero Academy · from $66.9K, Hillsboro
Oregon campuses of multi-state academies
- Silverhawk Aviation Academy · 2 states
Academies based in Oregon
- Hillsboro Aero Academy · Hillsboro
Common questions about Oregon flight academies
- How much does an accelerated flight academy cost in Oregon?
- The 2 Oregon academies here that publish a flat program price run from $11,000 to $66,915, each figure from the academy's own pricing page, checked September 24, 2026. The packages differ in ratings covered, included hours, and overage policy, so the sticker is where the comparison starts, not where it ends.
- Does an accelerated academy in Oregon get you to the airlines faster?
- It compresses the training itself, but it does not lower the 1,500-hour ATP minimum. Only a qualifying aviation degree does that, under 14 CFR 61.160, which lowers the restricted-ATP minimum to 1,000 hours for a bachelor's or 1,250 for an associate's. Most academy graduates instruct to build the remaining hours, often at the academy that trained them.
- Are these Oregon academy prices current?
- Each figure is the academy's own published program price with a link to the source and the date we read it, most recently September 24, 2026 for Oregon. Prices are re-checked on a monthly cycle, and an academy can correct or remove its listing anytime. A published sticker is not a personalized quote; confirm the current price with the academy before you budget.