Published prices, sourced · Updated August 13, 2026
Flight academies in Tennessee
Each academy's published fixed-price 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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CTI Professional Flight Training
Part 141Tennessee locations
Millington (Memphis) (NQA)
Published prices
- Professional Pilot Program through CFI (from zero time)
- $59,310
- Professional Pilot Program (zero time, to Commercial only)
- $43,679
From CTI Professional Flight Training's own pages·Source
Published program price
From$43.7K
Published as an average. Your real cost rises if you fly more than the average hours.
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Part not statedTennessee locations
Shelbyville (SYI)
Published prices
- Professional Pilot Program, Package 2 (zero to MEI)
- $89,995
- Professional Pilot Program, Package 1 (zero to Commercial Multi)
- $74,995
From Hawkins Flight Academy's own pages·Source
Published program price
From$75K
The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling.
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Part 141Tennessee locations· 87 training centers nationwide
Memphis (OLV) · Nashville (MQY)
Published prices
- Airline Career Pilot Program (from zero time)
- $123,995
- Airline Career Pilot Program (credit for solo)
- $100,995
- Airline Career Pilot Program (with private certificate)
- $90,995
From ATP Flight School's own pages·Source
Published program price
From$91K
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 61 & 141Tennessee locations· Six airports across four states. The published pricing sheet names Indianapolis Regional (MQJ), Columbus Municipal (BAK) and Indianapolis Executive at Zionsville (TYQ) in Indiana, Bolton Field near Columbus, Ohio (TZR), Music City Executive at Gallatin, Tennessee (XNX) and Quincy Regional, Illinois (UIN). AOPA additionally lists Indiana locations at Frankfort and Shelbyville that the pricing sheet does not name.
Gallatin (XNX)
Published prices
- Accelerated Professional Flight 1 + Instructor Add-On 1 (zero time)
- $100,528
- Accelerated Professional Flight 1 + Instructor Add-On 2 (zero time, adds MEI)
- $109,703
- Accelerated Professional Flight 2 + Instructor Add-On 1 (Private already held)
- $74,415
From Jet Access Flight Training's own pages·Source
Published program price
From$101K
Assumes the program's planned hours. Most students fly over the minimums, and the extra flight time is billed separately.
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Weighing an academy against Part 61, Part 141, or a degree?
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.
Common questions about Tennessee flight academies
- How much does an accelerated flight academy cost in Tennessee?
- The 4 Tennessee academies here that publish a flat program price run from $43,679 to $100,528, each figure from the academy's own pricing page, checked August 13, 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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee 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 August 13, 2026 for Tennessee. 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.