GET TO KNOW THE SCHOOL
A closer look.
Indian Hills Community College offers an Aviation Professional Pilot Associate of Applied Science at its Ottumwa North Campus. The published program is organized across seven terms, with fall and spring entry opportunities and routes for students with or without previous certification. A May 2026 program sheet distinguishes Commercial and Flight Education concentrations. Both sequence private, instrument, and commercial training; the Flight Education route adds CFI and CFII study. The sheet separates tuition, flight-course charges, and briefing costs, while identifying other expenses that are excluded. Applicants should choose the concentration and evaluate previous flight experience with the department before budgeting.
College structure
The program page identifies Ottumwa North Campus, seven terms or 21 months, and fall and spring entry.
Concentration difference
The May 2026 program sheet shows private, instrument, and commercial stages in both routes, with CFI and CFII added in Flight Education.
Budget boundaries
The detailed sheet separates tuition and flight charges and excludes room and board, textbooks, testing, and other expenses.
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.
AAS Aviation Professional Pilot—Commercial concentration
An academic pathway with its own entry and graduation requirements. Compare the flight qualifications, academic credits and flight fees included in your chosen track.
AAS Aviation Professional Pilot—Flight Education concentration
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.
Certified flight instructor (Flight Education route)
Training in teaching, lesson preparation and instructional flying. Ask which instructor qualification is included and how practice teaching is assessed.
Instrument flight instructor (Flight Education route)
Preparation for instrument-instruction responsibilities. Confirm the required existing instructor qualification and whether simulator work is part of the course.
Individual courses are verified in the current official program cost/sequence sheet. Aircraft models were not verified.
Aircraft & training scope
Aircraft categories: Airplane
Aircraft models: A current model list was not established from the reviewed sources. Ask which aircraft or training device your course uses.
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Program totals differ between official summary documents; request the current individual budget. Published durations are planning targets.
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.
INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Certificate BL9S038RLocation designator BL9S
Address as recorded: INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 14383 COLLEGE AVENUE, OTTUMWA, IA 52501
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.
Indian Hills is a useful comparison for students who want an associate degree with a defined flight progression. The concentration choice changes the outcome: instructor qualifications are part of Flight Education rather than automatically part of every route. Review the term-by-term plan and ask how weather or delayed checkrides affect academic progression. The college publishes more than one cost summary with different totals, so obtain a current individualized estimate that includes books, tests, living expenses, and any additional training.
An AI-assisted editorial assessment of the school’s published information. This is separate from student feedback. We have not attended or inspected this school.
WHAT THE AVAILABLE FEEDBACK TELLS US
Student review evidence.
Niche evidence: Niche's review page covers Indian Hills Community College as an institution. Its overall feedback is useful for considering the broader college experience, but the page-level rating is not an assessment of the flight-training program or this location's aircraft and instructors. General institutional reviews are not separated into a representative aviation-program sample. Ask aviation students specifically about flight slots, additional flight fees, instructor changes, and time to complete each certificate.
How to read this evidence
General institutional reviews are not separated into a representative 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
- Indian Hills Community College Reviews - Niche Third-party source
General institutional reviews are not separated into a representative aviation-program sample.
AI-assisted summary of the cited material. Public comments are individual experiences; the sample may be small, selective, or dated.
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Questions for Indian Hills Community College.
- Which concentration matches my intended job and qualifications?
- How will existing certificates or flight hours affect my required terms?
- Which current cost sheet applies, and what is excluded from it?
- Which aircraft are assigned to each course and what happens if a flight stage is delayed?
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.
- Official Indian Hills Community College information
- Official Indian Hills Community College information
- School website supplied in source recordsSupplied website; not independently rechecked for this import.
- 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
BL9S038R
Part_141_Flight_School_Websites (1).csv; faaverifiedp141.xlsx