Aviation Program

Aerospace Department Mission Statement

The primary mission of the Department of Aerospace is to provide its students with the highest quality aviation education and flight training possible. The fundamental belief being that the best trained students will be the safest and most successful aviation professionals. The Department of Aerospace will strive to excel as a world leader in Aviation Education. To that end, the Department of Aerospace will provide the student with the most current information, technology, and personalized training available in the aviation profession.

Eaker Field - Home of SOSU's Aerospace Department

The Aerospace Department is part of the School of Business at SOSU. The main offices are located at Eaker Field eight miles south of the main campus. They have five full-time faculty members and four full-time staff and typically eight flight instructors on staff. The department owns fifteen aircraft and maintains them in their own hangar. The field is named in honor of SOSU alum General Ira Eaker. General Eaker was a 1917 graduate of Southeastern and served in both World War I and World War II. During WW II General Eaker was commander of the Eighth Air Force in England and led several historic bombing missions against Nazi Germany. The City of Durant named an airfield west of the town in honor of then Captain Eaker in the 1930's. The U.S. Navy built the current airfield as an auxilary field during WW II and it became Durant Municipal Airport after the war. Later it was renamed Eaker Field in honor of now General Eaker.

SOSU currently operates:

10 Cessna 150/152 primary training aircraft

2 Beechcraft C-33 Debonairs high performance training aircraft

1 Cessna 182 P instrument training aircraft

1 Cessna 182 RG instrument training aircraft

1 Cessna 310 R multi-engine training aircraft

1 Frasca 132 Flight Training Device

Basic Rates for Aircraft & Instruction

Cessna 150	$45.00
Cessna 152	$45.00
Cessna 182P	$67.50
Cessna 182RG	$82.00
Beechcraft C-33	$90.00
Cessna 310R	$170.00
Frasca 132	$41.25 (includes instructor)
Ground Instruction	$16.50
Flight Instruction	$19.50

Estimated Flight Expenses by Rating

Private	$1,965 (minimum)
Commercial	$7,662 (minimum)
Instrument	$2,257 (minimum)
CFI	$1,740 (minimum)
CFII	$1,358 (minimum)
Multi-Engine	$2,843 (minimum)
TOTAL	$17,825 (minimum)

University Expenses Per Semester

Room	$424
Meals	$753
Tuition	$690 (15 hours) OK resident - $1,868 Non-resident
Fees	$210 (15 hours)
Books	$150 (minimum)
Total	$2,227 X 8 semesters = $17,816 OK resident
	$3,405 X 8 semesters = $27,240 Non-resident

Estimated Total Cost

Four Year University Degree & All Flight Training

Oklahoma Resident: $35,641 ($8,910 per year)

Non-resident: $45,065 ($11,266 per year) *

* Out of state waivers are available for out-of-state students!