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Certified Flight
Instructor (CFI)
In Just 3 Weeks
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Certified Flight Instructor (CFI)
We prepare you to pass your CFI Checkride within 2 weeks and schedule your Checkride for the 3rd week with an on-site DPE (examiner). Just about 100% of our students have passed their Checkride within 3 weeks in the last 12 months. That’s because we teach you the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of flight so that you grasp and can teach the concepts to your students instead of just memorizing for an exam.
From $7499
Certified Flight Instrument (CFII)
This is an add on course to an existing Flight Instructor certificate. The total duration is 4 days and includes the checkride completion.
Checkride is scheduled and completed on the 4th day. Most airline pilots and other professional pilots have “cut their teeth” as flight instructors. There is really no other better option than being a flight instructor to gain all that experience and flight time necessary to advance on to the other professional pilot careers, like airline pilot jobs.
From $4499
Multi Engine Instructor (MEI)
This MEI course is a day training course to help you add Multi Engine Rating on your existing FAA Flight Instructor certificate. You must have 10 hours PIC in a multi-engine airplane at the time of starting this course. If not, please add extra day for each 5 hours missing.
Our MEI course is 3 days of ground and flight training and immediately followed by a checkride with a DPE on the 4th day.
From $5999
Commercial + CFI
You don’t need to wait for your commercial pilot checkride to enroll in our CFI course. If you have met most of your commercial pilot aeronautical experience requirements, we can help finish off the rest. Yes, both checkrides. And you save time and money.
Checkrides are scheduled and completed in the 3rd/4th week.
From $7999
Instrument Rating
Get your Instrument Rating after PPL to fly safely in IMC weather. This 2-week course is intensive, so prepare to study and fly hard:
- 100% in-flight (no simulator time)
- 30 hours of ground school (pre/post flight briefings included)
- Airplane equipped with Garmin stack
- 40 hours of flight instruction
- 42 hours of airplane rental (wet) – including 2hrs for checkrides**
- Study Guide Materials
From $13,999
Private Pilot
Our private pilot training course offers a comprehensive education in the skies, led by experienced Certified Flight Instructors (CFI). You will receive both ground and in-flight instruction, mastering the fundamentals of flying and learning how to safely control an aircraft.
From $15,000
THE CFI ACADEMY DIFFERENCE
Personalized Lesson Plans and Coaching
Just as a fitness coach customizes your workout, monitors your daily progress and makes adjustments on the fly - we do the same for your CFI training.
- Learn the 'Why' Behind Everything
Other schools teach you to memorize just enough to pass your test. We teach the ‘why’ behind flight, safety, and regulations so that you retain that knowledge for life.
- Explain the 'Why'
Your training at CFI Academy is not done until you can explain the ‘why’ of flight, safety, and regulations to a 9 year old in plain simple language.
- Training at Your Own Pace
You can take the accelerated route in finish your CFI training in little as two weeks or you can take up to six weeks to go through the course at no additional cost aside from room and boarding.
- Turn Weaknesses into Strengths
Your instructor works with to you identify weaknesses from your previous pilot training and works with you to fix the knowledge gap so that you leave CFI Academy as an elite pilot and instructor.
Why Choose us?
Discover the CFI Advantage
1947+
Happy Graduates
Located in Lodi
(Sunny Northern California)
Save upto 40%
Compared to other CFI Schools
Campus Life
Stay in on-campus dorms, camp in on-campus camp site, or bring your RV/motor-home. There are also many options for off-site hotels and housing nearby.
On-campus Housing
Comfortable single or shared dorms with individual loft bed, desk, chair and storage areas. Also includes a common kitchen, showers, and bathrooms. The cost is just $300/week.
On- Campus Camp Site & RV Access
Bring your RV/motorhome or camp outside and use our bathrooms and showers.
Hotels within a Few Miles
Hotels starting from $80/night are located within a few miles.
What our Students Say
Student Testimonials
The Art of Communication: Radio Procedures for Pilots
Weather Wisdom: How to Interpret Weather Data for Safer Flights
Swaraj Sandhu
Byeomseok Jeon
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