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Certified flight instructor CFI training in Miami
Turn your commercial certificate into a paid flying job. As a CFI you teach the next generation of pilots while logging the flight time you need for the airlines.
Minimum age
Commercial certificate with Instrument Rating
FOI and Flight Instructor knowledge tests
Build hours while you teach
Teach, earn and build your hours
The flight instructor certificate allows you to give flight and ground training and endorse students for solo flights, knowledge tests and checkrides. It is the most common way professional pilots build experience on the path to the airlines.
- Teach student pilots for Private and Commercial
- Endorse students for solo, tests and checkrides
- Log paid pilot-in-command time
- Deepen your own knowledge and airmanship
- Add CFII and MEI to expand your teaching
Need your Commercial certificate first? See the Commercial Pilot program.
How CFI training is structured
You will learn to teach, not just to fly, with plenty of practice in front of a real instructor.
Fundamentals of instructing
Learn how people learn, how to plan lessons and how to evaluate student performance.
Lesson plans and ground teaching
Build your lesson plans and practice teaching ground topics to your instructor.
Right-seat flying
Fly and teach every maneuver from the right seat, including spin awareness training.
Checkride preparation
Mock checkrides on the ground and in the air before your FAA practical test.
What you need to become a CFI
Under 14 CFR 61.183, you must meet the requirements below before your flight instructor practical test.
The FOI test is not required if you already hold certain teaching credentials. Ask an advisor if this applies to you.
The smartest way to build time
Get paid to fly
Earn while you log the hours you need for your career.
Master the fundamentals
Teaching makes you a sharper, more precise pilot.
Airline pathway
Instructor time is valued by airlines and counts toward the ATP.
Shape new pilots
Help students achieve their dream of flying.
Expand your instructor ratings
Instrument Instructor
Teach instrument students and expand your hiring options.
Multi-Engine Instructor
Instruct in twin-engine aircraft and log valuable multi time.
Commercial Pilot
The certificate you need before starting CFI training.
It depends on how quickly you prepare your lesson plans and pass the knowledge tests. Full-time candidates who study consistently progress fastest. An advisor will build a timeline with you.
It is one of the most demanding FAA checkrides because you must teach as well as fly. Thorough lesson plans and mock checkrides are the best preparation, and both are built into our training.
Yes. You will learn to fly and demonstrate every maneuver from the right seat, the way you will fly with your students.
Many new CFIs start instructing soon after their checkride. Ask an advisor about instructor opportunities.
Teach the next generation of pilots
Request information and an advisor will review your logbook and plan your CFI training.
- 10280 10th St, Miami, FL 33172
- Advising in English and Spanish