Earning your Instrument Rating with us in an accelerated timeframe offers numerous advantages. Our daily practice regimen cultivates seamless navigation under IFR conditions, developing essential motor skills and muscle memory. At Fly Around Arkansas, we go beyond proficiency, aiming for mastery in IMC.

Our Accelerated Instrument Rating Program maintains the highest standards, providing structured training with two daily flights, ensuring completion in under two weeks. This approach is ideal for aspiring professional pilots or private pilots aiming to expand beyond VFR conditions. Commercial pilots without an instrument rating face significant career limitation.

Our cost-effective and time-efficient training meets regulatory requirements while enhancing stamina and retention. Elevate your piloting skills with our comprehensive Instrument Rating Program using dual Garmin G5 glass PFDs and a Garmin 175 GPS.

Our program mirrors military and airline training methodologies, promoting efficient retention and substantial cost savings. Achieve certification in fewer hours and enhance your skills with our rigorous yet rewarding approach.

Our syllabus-based program includes stage checks tovalidate your progress and to keep you progressing on to completion. Daily homework, punctuality, preparation, and dedication are crucial for success. 

In just 12 days (weather permitting), you can acquire the skills needed to become an Instrument Rated Pilot! With two flights daily integrated with ground instruction, and your dedicated effort, you will be well-prepared to attain proficiency as an Instrument Rated Pilot within this timeframe. Our impressive check ride pass rate exceeds 98%!

We have implemented the ASA Complete Instrument Pilot syllabus-based training program in our curriculum. This comprehensive program encompasses all the essential information required to attain an Instrument Rating, thoroughly preparing you for your check ride. As part of our program, we supply all the necessary materials you will need throughout the course.

Upon receipt of your deposit, you will gain access to our online Ground School course, allowing your instructor to monitor your progress and customize your one-on-one ground school upon your arrival. This comprehensive course includes an e-book, over 10 hours of video presentations, and practice quizzes, better preparing you for your written knowledge exam compared to traditional ground schools. Before commencing the accelerated program, it is essential to pass the Instrument Rating FAA Written Knowledge Exam with an 85% or better score. Successfully completing our practice tests earns you a certificate to present testing center when taking the instrument knowledge.

· Current US Passport or Birth Certificate & Government Issued ID

· US third class medical or higher

· Current Flight Review logged.

· VFR currency to the Private Pilot Practical Test standards

· 35 hours PIC cross-country time logged.

X I will have the above requirements completed prior to the start date.

Flight training will be conducted at our Midway, Arkansas campus and will be taught by one of our mature, friendly, and knowledgeable instructors. Our instructors have been in aviation for many years and are Commercial, Instrument, and Multi-Engine rated, including CFI and CFII for fixed wing single and multi-engine aircraft.

· Dedicated aircraft and flight instructor matched the student.

· Training with a CFII in an instrument rated airplane, not in a simulator

· Training Materials for FAA Knowledge Test

· Course Materials needed throughout the program.

· 30 hours of instrument ground instruction and 40 hours of instrument flight instruction

· FAA Instrument Written Knowledge Exam fee *(Please save a copy of the receipt for the

  reimbursement of one Written Knowledge Test)

· FAA Practical Test Endorsement

· Check Ride (Approximately $900 - $1,500.00) 

· Headset

· Risk Management

· Precision ILS approaches

· Aeronautical Decision Making

· Circle-to-land

· Task Management

· IFR cross country

· Single Pilot Resource Management

· Enroute  procedures 

· Scenario Based Training

· Localizer back course 

· Personal Minimums

· DME arc maneuvers 

· Basic Instrument Flying

· ASR and PAR approach 

· Flight Planning

· Visual and contact approaches 

· ATC System & Communications

· Advanced instrument approaches 

· Advanced aircraft & avionics systems training

· Partial panel flying 

· Fuel Planning / and alternate airports

· Proper power settings & airspeed

· control

· Weather planning for the general aviation

· pilot

· Holding procedures

· Proper power settings and airspeed 

  control

· Proper ATC radio communications

· VOR and   NDB tracking.

· Non-Precision approaches

· Flight Planning – Airway and Off Airway

The instrument rating requirements, as specified in 14 CFR 61.65, are summarized below. By the time you complete our accelerated program, you will have met all these requirements and be prepared to test for your Instrument Rating.

· Hold at least a current private pilot certificate or be concurrently applying for a private pilot 

  certificate with an airplane, helicopter, or powered-lift rating appropriate to the instrument

  rating sought.

· Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language.

· Hold a current flight medical, at least third class.

· At least 50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command. At least ten of these hours

  must be in airplanes for an instrument-airplane rating. (cont.)

· A total of 40 hours of actual or simulated instrument time on the areas of operation listed

  in 61.65(c).

· At least 15 hours of instrument flight training from an authorized instructor in the aircraft 

  category for the instrument rating sought.

· A distance of at least 250 nm along airways or ATC-directed routing.

· An instrument approaches at each airport.

· Three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems (Example: ILS, VOR, 

  GPS, etc.).

At least 3 hours of instrument training that is appropriate to the instrument rating sought from an authorized instructor in preparation for the check ride within two calendar months before the examination date.