At The Flight School at Colorado Springs, we can help you accomplish your flight training and aviation goals; the sky is not the limit. Our career-focused training program offers the training you need to progress from Discovery Flight to Flight Instructor and beyond, all without the high costs other programs charge for flight training. Colorado Springs is a great place to learn to fly, but we also offer accelerated destination flight training for those interested in going somewhere new. Our intensive training plan guides you through the process quickly and effectively, making you a better pilot in less time and for less expense.
Our accelerated Private Pilot program prepares you to fly safely on your own, day or night, anywhere you want to go—but not for hire.
Our program blends instrument training and commercial time-building to ensure you have the hours and the expertise to safely fly by reference to instruments.
Perfect your maneuvers and learn the law in our high-speed, high-intensity commercial track.
Learn to teach on the ground first while on the way to teaching in the sky. Flight training is better when you teach.
Carry forward an aviation tradition. Our accelerated CFI plan means you start teaching nearly as soon as you become a commercial pilot.
The journey to 1500 hours is a slow one—but it doesn't have to be with our affordable time-building packages.
A unique flight training outline emphasizes a variety of curricula and strategies to help you soar through your ratings with The Flight School at Colorado Springs. Though you’re welcome to join us at any stage of your training and we’re happy to build custom-tailored training plans, our approach to training will always be comprehensive and oriented toward your ultimate aviation goals—whatever those may be.
*All prices listed assume students utilize pre-pay deals and include testing fees and third-party study software costs.
A Discovery Flight with The Flight School at Colorado Springs offers an opportunity to experience the thrill of aviation—and decide if it’s right for you! Our Discovery flight includes up to an hour of flight time with a Certificated Flight Instructor.
We’ve built our curriculum around several important principles. The first of those is that ground knowledge should come first. Acquiring the requisite ground knowledge before you begin the bulk of your flight training will better prepare you to learn in the cockpit, save you money and make you a more diligent, better-prepared pilot.
*Includes two ground schools, materials, testing fees and more
As you proceed through pre-solo, solo, dual cross-country, solo-cross country and checkride prep, you’ll add to your ground knowledge with the necessary skills to take command of the airplane.
Includes: 60/60 Private Pilot Deal, Check Ride Fees
And just like that, you’re ready to start teaching. On the ground! The best way to learn is to teach, so we strongly encourage students to take the necessary FAA exams to become ground instructors immediately upon becoming a Private Pilot. This way, they can make the most of the remainder of their ground training.
Includes: Written Exam Fees, Materials
Learn to fly all over again—without looking outside! The long trek to an instrument rating is best started on the ground. Our ground schools feature in-person or online classes plus a video course and student-teacher study sessions.
Includes: Two Ground Schools, Study Software, Exam Fees, Materials (including an iPad + ForeFlight)
After you complete our instrument ground school, you’ll be so well-prepared, we’ll have you qualify to teach it yourself. As you proceed through your instrument simulator and flight training, you’ll be leading your classmates’ study sessions as an FAA-certificated instrument ground instructor.
Includes: Exam Fees, Materials
Our program combines the requirements of both an instrument rating and a commercial certificate, so our instrument students complete 50 hours in an Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD) before beginning instrument flight training. This saves them money and better prepares them to exceed the standards required for an instrument rating.
Includes: Simulator Training Package
It won’t take long to translate the skills you learned in the simulator to an aircraft. Since you’ll already know all there is to know about instrument flying, now all you have to do is apply it.
Includes: Instrument Flight Training Package, Check Ride Fee
You’ll spend the next 80 hours of flight time flying to new places with another student. The entire time, you’ll shoot instrument approaches and simulate flying by instruments. Why stay in Colorado Springs for your flight training? Take the plane and go somewhere! Alternatively, try Flight Training Adventures!
Wrap up instrument training with several more hours of instruction and flying before taking your instrument checkride.
Includes: Instrument Time-Building Package
Time to hit the books again! But this time, instead of just learning, you’ll actually be teaching! You’ll teach lessons on law, aerodynamics, systems and more during this exciting phase of training.
Includes: Two Ground Schools, Exam Fees, Materials
Back in the air again and out from under the hood, you’ll learn a number of new flight maneuvers and perfect your landings in preparation for your checkride. You’ll also gain the skills and endorsements required to pilot complex or retractable gear aircraft.
Includes: Commercial Flight Training Package
Now that you’ve spent your entire aviation training journey teaching on the ground, you’ll be much better prepared to teach in the sky. In this stage, you’ll spend much of your time on the ground preparing your own teaching materials while learning to transition to the right seat and teach inside an airplane.
Includes: Flight Instructor Training Package, Check Ride Fee
This optional-but-recommended add-on allows you to teach instrument students and perform instrument proficiency checks. Though it isn’t required to start teaching, it better qualifies instructors and we recommend nearly all candidates complete the checkride as soon as possible after becoming a CFI—while everything is still fresh.
Includes: Flight Instructor Training Package, Check Ride Fee
Teaching from 250 hours to 1500 is a common path, but if you have the means to fly yourself there, we have the airplanes and time-building packages for you. Many students become instructors with the flight school they train with, while some pilots seek other types of work flying pipeline patrols, survey flights, drop zones, banner towing and more!
Budgeting for flight training can be difficult. At The Flight School at Colorado Springs, we offer full pricing transparency, so you know what to expect. Students following the above plan can pay as they fly or pre-pay by stage. Any overflown stage must be paid off before a new stage can begin.
| Stage | Pay-As-You-Go Cost SAWC | Pre-Pay Discount Cost SAWC | Pay-As-You-Go Cost SLSA | Pre-Pay Discount Cost SLSA |
| Discovery Flight | $170 | $170 | $170 | $170 |
| Private Ground (Excl. Disco) | $924 | $924 | $924 | $924.00 |
| Private Flight (60/60) | $13,500 | $12,825 | $11,040 | $10,488.00 |
| Private Checkride | $900 | $900 | 900 | $900.00 |
| Private Total | $15,494 | $14,819 | $13,034.00 | $12,482.00 |
| Ground Instructor I | $665 | $665 | $665 | $665.00 |
| Ground Instructor II | $400 | $400 | $400 | $400.00 |
| Ground Instructor Total | $1,065 | $1,065 | $1,065.00 | $1,065.00 |
| Instrument Ground | $2,004 | $2,004 | $2,004 | $2,004.00 |
| Instrument Simulator | $5,295 | $5,295 | $5,295 | $5,295.00 |
| Instrument Flight | $2,600 | $2,470 | $2,190 | $2,080.50 |
| Instrument Time-Building | $8,500 | $7,650 | $6,450 | $5,805.00 |
| Instrument Checkride Prep | $1,790 | $1,790 | $1,503 | $1,352.70 |
| Instrument Total | $21,089 | $19,930 | $18,342.00 | $17,437.20 |
| Commercial Ground | $754 | $754 | $754 | $754.00 |
| Commercial Flight | $3,650 | $3,285 | $3,035 | $2,731.50 |
| Commercial Complex | $2,760 | $2,484 | $2,678 | $2,410.20 |
| Commercial Checkride | $900 | $900 | 900 | $900.00 |
| Commercial Total | $8,064 | $7,423 | $7,367.00 | $6,795.70 |
| Flight Instructor I | $1,660 | $1,494 | $1,332 | $1,198.80 |
| CFI Checkride | $1,500 | $1,500 | $1,500.00 | $1,500.00 |
| Flight Instructor II | $1,490 | $1,341 | $1,203 | $1,082.70 |
| CFII Checkride | $900 | $900 | $900.00 | $900.00 |
| Flight Instructor Total | $5,550 | $5,235 | $4,935.00 | $4,681.50 |
| Discovery Flight to CFII | $51,432 | $48,642 | $44,743.00 | $42,461.40 |
| Time-Building 250 to 1450 | $106,250 | $95,625 | $80,625 | $72,562.50 |
| Discovery to 1450 | $157,682 | $144,267 | $125,368 | $115,024 |
The Flight School at Colorado Springs offers accelerated flight training for those with an adventurous spirit.
Our flight training programs literally take you places while you develop the skills necessary for even the most demanding of aviation careers.
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