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A closer look.
The University of Alaska Anchorage offers an AAS in Professional Piloting and a BS in Aviation Technology with a Professional Piloting concentration. Published flight courses progress through private, instrument, commercial, and multiengine training, with CFI, CFII, and MEI options. The flight-cost schedule identifies Cessna 172 and Twin Comanche training plus Redbird simulator use. Aviation academics include weather, safety, human factors, and aircraft systems. Flight courses use an open-entry/open-exit format rather than rigid semester boundaries, and UAA recommends year-round availability so students can recover from weather, maintenance, or scheduling delays.
Degree and flight sequence
The AAS and BS guides explicitly include private, instrument, commercial, and multiengine courses, with instructor courses available as options.
Scheduling expectations
Flight courses use open-entry/open-exit scheduling. The guides recommend substantial weekday daylight availability and continued flying during summer.
Aircraft and separate flight costs
The flight-fee page names Cessna 172, a twin-engine Comanche, and Redbird devices. Flight estimates do not include university tuition and may increase with additional training.
Prior qualifications and transition
UAA explains that private-pilot credentials can receive transfer consideration, while commercial helicopter pilots have a separate fixed-wing transition route. Other prior certificates require individual academic review.
Published training options.
The school’s published options are summarized below. Each note explains the training type and what to clarify when comparing the school’s exact course.
Aviation degree program
An academic pathway with its own entry and graduation requirements. Compare the flight qualifications, academic credits and flight fees included in your chosen track.
Private pilot
A private-pilot training path. Compare the aircraft used, ground-school arrangements and how lessons progress from initial skills to practical-test preparation.
Instrument rating
Training focused on instrument flying, procedures and planning. Compare aircraft and simulator use, scheduling and the preparation expected before flight lessons.
Commercial pilot
A commercial-pilot training option. Ask which aircraft category, prerequisites, experience-building flights and practical-test preparation are included.
Multiengine training
Training in multiengine aircraft. Confirm whether the course is an initial rating, an add-on or a transition, and which aircraft will be available.
Flight instructor training
Training in teaching, lesson preparation and instructional flying. Ask which instructor qualification is included and how practice teaching is assessed.
Instrument instructor training
Preparation for instrument-instruction responsibilities. Confirm the required existing instructor qualification and whether simulator work is part of the course.
Multiengine instructor training
Preparation to teach in multiengine aircraft. Ask about entry qualifications, aircraft availability and the ground and flight preparation included.
Ground school
Study and knowledge preparation. Confirm the delivery format, included materials, instructor support and any separate flight-training requirement.
Simulator training
Practice using a training device. Ask which device is used, whether an instructor is included and how the sessions support your particular course.
Helicopter-to-airplane transition
Preparation for a particular aircraft or operating configuration. Confirm the model, avionics, entry experience and qualification or checkout the course provides.
The published options below are supported by the linked school sources.
Aircraft & training scope
Aircraft categories: Airplane
Published aircraft models: Cessna 172, Piper Twin Comanche
This profile describes the named school and location; advertised services are subject to current availability.
Rotor-transition courses serve pilots who already hold commercial helicopter credentials; they do not establish helicopter flight training. Degree admission, aircraft scheduling, transfer credit, benefits, and restricted-ATP eligibility require individual confirmation.
Training framework & verification
Part 141: Matched to the FAA roster dated 2026-10-19. Confirm the approved course and training location with the school. The workbook does not list individual course approvals or establish training quality.
FAA reference: faa.gov. Confirm the approved course and training location with the school.
PART 141 SOURCE CHECK
FAA roster information.
This listing is matched to the supplied FAA Part 141 roster record. Confirm the approved course and training location with the school; the roster does not list course approvals or establish training quality.
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE
Certificate BQ8S043QLocation designator BQ8S
Address as recorded: 2811 MERRILL FIELD DRIVE, ANCHORAGE, AK 99501
Use the faa.gov facility dashboard for future cross-reference. The dated record above reflects the FAA workbook used for this directory update. How we check records
TRAINING FIT
Our school review.
UAA is a substantial option for students who want flight qualifications integrated with a college education and Alaska-based flying. Its guides are unusually explicit about the daytime availability needed to make progress; students working fixed daytime hours should discuss that constraint before enrolling. Compare the AAS and BS with an advisor, including qualifying credits for any restricted-ATP pathway. Published flight estimates are separate from tuition, and optional instructor training and additional proficiency hours can materially change the complete budget.
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WHAT THE AVAILABLE FEEDBACK TELLS US
Student review evidence.
Google reviews via FlightSchools.aero evidence: The Anchorage university profile contains general student experiences involving non-aviation programs and campus services. It does not isolate a representative set of aviation-training narratives. The overall institutional rating therefore should not be used to infer aircraft availability, quality of flight instruction, or progress toward pilot certificates. General institutional feedback is not a distinct aviation-program sample. Confirm current scheduling, total costs, and course completion expectations with recent students at this location.
How to read this evidence
General institutional feedback is not a distinct aviation-program sample.
Follow up with the school
- Can I speak with recent students who completed this course at this location?
- What are the current booking delays, instructor continuity arrangements, and typical total completion costs?
Read the review sources
- University of Alaska Anchorage: Flight School in Anchorage, AK Third-party source
General institutional feedback is not a distinct aviation-program sample.
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Questions for University Of Alaska Anchorage.
- How does my existing flight experience affect degree credit, required UAA ground school, and flight placement?
- Can my weekly availability support the recommended daylight training schedule through winter and summer?
- Which instructor courses are electives in my degree plan, and what additional costs apply?
- Which courses and credits must I complete at UAA to qualify for the restricted-ATP provisions relevant to my degree?
Sources & listing information.
School facts are compiled from the source material below. Imported record identifiers are retained for traceability and are not presented as proof of current certification.
- Aviation Technology Division | University of Alaska Anchorage
- Official University Of Alaska Anchorage information
- Official University Of Alaska Anchorage information
- Official University Of Alaska Anchorage information
- Official University Of Alaska Anchorage information
- Source-record reference: checkrides.ioReference retained from the supplied spreadsheet; current content not rechecked for this import.
- faa.gov — Find a FacilityFAA pilot-school facility reference. Part 61 instruction is not a separate FAA school certification.
View source record references
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Part_141_Flight_School_Websites (1).csv; faaverifiedp141.xlsx