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Your Instrument Rating in 10 Days.

A premium IFR program for pilots who expect more from their training.

Virginia IFR Academy helps qualified private pilots earn their instrument rating through a focused, one-on-one accelerated program at Warrenton-Fauquier Airport (KHWY).

This is not a scattered lesson plan stretched over months of cancellations, changing instructors, and long gaps between flights. It is a deliberate, immersive training experience for pilots who arrive prepared, train with purpose, and want to leave with both an instrument rating and the confidence to use it.

Our 10-day accelerated program combines dedicated aircraft access, one-on-one CFII instruction, structured ground and flight training, mock-checkride preparation, and a clear path to a practical test with a Designated Pilot Examiner already lined up.

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10 Focused Training Days. One Clear Objective.

The instrument rating is one of the most meaningful upgrades a private pilot can make. It expands the kind of flying you can do, improves your weather judgment, sharpens your decision-making, and makes you a more capable pilot even on a clear day.

$12,949

Commercial TAA Package

Complete the 10 hours of TAA time required for your commercial certificate, in an airplane with avionics that help prepare you for your future 121/135 career

$3,650

10-day IFR in your aircraft

Complete our program in the comfort of your own aircraft

$7,950

Garmin-equipped for modern IFR flying.

Our aircraft is equipped with a state-of-the-art Garmin avionics suite, so that you can trust your avionics to support your leaning to the maximum extent possible.

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Keep Flying After the Checkride.

An instrument rating should open doors. It should not become a certificate you rarely use because the only airplanes available to rent are not suited to the missions you want to fly.

Our aircraft is for rent at $265/hr wet, with no daily minimums.

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A Premium, All-Inclusive Training Experience.

Your accelerated program is structured around a complete, dedicated training experience—not an open-ended hourly arrangement where you are left trying to guess the final cost.

Built for Prepared Private Pilots.

Virginia IFR Academy is designed for pilots who already hold a Private Pilot Certificate and arrive ready to make the most of an intensive training environment.

Learn IFR in an Airplane Worth Learning In.

Don't settle for a bare-bones basic trainer with limited utility. You'll fly a serious, no-nonsense IFR platform for the serious customer.

Stop Putting Off IFR

You already earned the private certificate; why stop there and be limited by an overcast day? The instrument rating is the qualification that will fundamentally change your flying.

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