Accelerated academy · Tennessee · Checked September 24, 2026
What CTI Professional Flight Training costs in Tennessee
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is CTI Professional Flight Training's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
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CTI campuses in Tennessee
Millington (Memphis) (NQA)
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Section 1Program price
Published program price
$54.6K
Professional Pilot Program through CFI (from zero time)
Other tracks from $43.7K.
Published as an average. Your real cost rises if you fly more than the average hours.
CTI prices on "historical averages" rather than FAA minimums and says "actual costs may be higher or lower depending on each student's unique abilities," with possible fuel surcharges. Additional multi-engine time bills at published rates (BE-76 about $435/hr).
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 CTI Professional Flight Training.
The programs, with sources
- Professional Pilot Program through CFI (from zero time)
- $54,565
- PPL · IR · CPL · Multi · CFI · CFII · MEI
- September 24, 2026Source
- Sum of CTI's published course prices: the zero-time Professional Pilot Program (to Commercial single and multi, with a 737 sim transition and time building) at $43,679, plus the CFI ($5,495), CFII ($2,278), and MEI ($3,112.50) courses taken after. CTI calls each instructor figure an "approximate base price". Adds a $500 enrollment fee. Pricing is based on historical averages.
- Part 141, zero to CFI/CFII/MEI across campuses in Millington, TN and Fort Lauderdale, FL. Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.
- Professional Pilot Program (zero time, to Commercial only)
- $43,679
- PPL · IR · CPL · Multi
- September 24, 2026Source
- Commercial single and multi with a 737 sim transition and time building, before the separately priced CFI/CFII/MEI courses. Adds a $500 enrollment fee.
Section 2Paying for it
Two ways to cover $43,679.
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- Money you keepScholarships you could apply for51 open to anyone. Top awards reach $22,200.No Tennessee-only awards in the directory yet.
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- Money you pay backLenders that cover $43,679Four of the six lenders in our comparison lend this much. That is whether a loan this size is on offer, not whether you would be approved.
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Compare the pathsSection 5Questions
- How much does CTI Professional Flight Training cost?
- CTI Professional Flight Training publishes $54,565 for its Professional Pilot Program through CFI (from zero time), as listed on the academy's own pricing page (September 24, 2026). It publishes 2 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 CTI Professional Flight Training's program price?
- CTI Professional Flight Training's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Multi-Engine (AMEL), Flight Instructor, Instrument Instructor and Multi-Engine Instructor. On what it excludes, the academy states: Sum of CTI's published course prices: the zero-time Professional Pilot Program (to Commercial single and multi, with a 737 sim transition and time building) at $43,679, plus the CFI ($5,495), CFII ($2,278), and MEI ($3,112.50) courses taken after. CTI calls each instructor figure an "approximate base price". Adds a $500 enrollment fee. Pricing is based on historical averages.
- What happens if you need more hours than CTI Professional Flight Training's program includes?
- Published as an average. Your real cost rises if you fly more than the average hours. CTI prices on "historical averages" rather than FAA minimums and says "actual costs may be higher or lower depending on each student's unique abilities," with possible fuel surcharges. Additional multi-engine time bills at published rates (BE-76 about $435/hr). 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 CTI Professional Flight Training 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 CTI Professional Flight Training train in Tennessee?
- CTI Professional Flight Training lists one campus in Tennessee: Millington (Memphis) (NQA). The published program price is national and does not change by campus, though living costs do.
Section 6Sources
Figures are CTI Professional Flight Training'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 CTI Professional Flight Training. Disclaimer & removal policy.
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