Accelerated academy · Hurricane, UT · Checked August 19, 2026
What America West Flight Training Academy's program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is America West Flight Training Academy's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
Published program price
$11K
Private Pilot Certificate
Assumes the program's planned hours. Most students fly over the minimums, and the extra flight time is billed separately.
Every figure is headed as the estimated cost to meet the FAA MINIMUM requirements, and most students do not finish in minimum time. The school bills pay as you go and publishes no hourly rate, so there is no way to price the hours past the minimum. Ask for the hourly rate first.
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 America West Flight Training Academy.
The programs, with sources
PPL · 40 hrs
The school states this price includes necessary books, course materials and exam fees. It is an FAA-minimum-hours estimate, so hours beyond 40 are extra and unpriced.
Pay as you go, with no advance payment required. The school names Pilot Finance and AOPA Finance and warns their interest rates can be high.
40 hours of flight time including 20 dual, 10 solo, 3 cross-country, 3 night and 3 instrument. A 14-day accelerated version of this course is advertised.
IR
Stated to include books, course materials and exam fees.
Published as a range, $8,550 to $17,690, which the school attributes to how much experience you arrive with. A 10-day accelerated version is advertised.
CPL
Stated to include books, course materials and exam fees.
Published as a range, $9,310 to $33,750, against the 250 hours of pilot-in-command time the certificate requires. A 5-day accelerated version is advertised.
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- How much does America West Flight Training Academy cost?
- America West Flight Training Academy publishes $10,950 for its Private Pilot Certificate, as listed on the academy's own pricing page (August 19, 2026). It publishes 3 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 America West Flight Training Academy's program price?
- America West Flight Training Academy's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating and Commercial Pilot. The headline track plans for about 40 flight hours. On what it excludes, the academy states: The school states this price includes necessary books, course materials and exam fees. It is an FAA-minimum-hours estimate, so hours beyond 40 are extra and unpriced.
- What happens if you need more hours than America West Flight Training Academy's program includes?
- Assumes the program's planned hours. Most students fly over the minimums, and the extra flight time is billed separately. Every figure is headed as the estimated cost to meet the FAA MINIMUM requirements, and most students do not finish in minimum time. The school bills pay as you go and publishes no hourly rate, so there is no way to price the hours past the minimum. Ask for the hourly rate first. 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 America West Flight Training 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.
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Figures are America West Flight Training 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 (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 America West Flight Training Academy. Disclaimer & removal policy.
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