Accelerated academy · West Jordan, UT · Checked August 1, 2026
What Randon Aviation's program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is Randon Aviation's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
Website randonaviation.com
Randon campuses in Utah
West Jordan (SVR) · St. George (SGU)
Published program price
$18.8K
Private Pilot License program
Guaranteed regardless of the hours you fly.
Randon describes both programs as fixed-price and says flight hours, ground school, instructor fees and materials are all included upfront, with no charge for extra hours. It does not publish what happens if a student needs substantially more than the program's hours, so confirm that before enrolling.
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 Randon Aviation.
The programs, with sources
PPL
Randon lists flight training, ground training, written test fees, checkride fees, a textbook and an online ground school inside this price. It does not publish the flight hours the figure assumes, and it requires every student to carry renters insurance with at least $50,000 of aircraft physical damage cover, which is a separate cost.
PPL · IR · CPL · Multi · CFI · CFII · MEI
Randon publishes this as covering the Private, the Instrument, the Commercial single-engine, the multi-engine add-on, the CFI, the CFII and the MEI. Hours and program length are not published, renters insurance is required on top, and Randon does not accept the GI Bill or Pell Grants.
Covers every rating through MEI in one price. Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum; Randon says it typically hires its own graduates as instructors.
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- How much does Randon Aviation cost?
- Randon Aviation publishes $18,755 for its Private Pilot License program, as listed on the academy's own pricing page (August 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 Randon Aviation's program price?
- Randon Aviation'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: Randon lists flight training, ground training, written test fees, checkride fees, a textbook and an online ground school inside this price. It does not publish the flight hours the figure assumes, and it requires every student to carry renters insurance with at least $50,000 of aircraft physical damage cover, which is a separate cost.
- What happens if you need more hours than Randon Aviation's program includes?
- Guaranteed regardless of the hours you fly. Randon describes both programs as fixed-price and says flight hours, ground school, instructor fees and materials are all included upfront, with no charge for extra hours. It does not publish what happens if a student needs substantially more than the program's hours, so confirm that before enrolling. 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 Randon Aviation 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 Randon Aviation'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 Randon Aviation. Disclaimer & removal policy.
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