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To be eligible for an FAA Private Pilot Certificate, you must meet the following requirements:

– Be at least 16 years old to fly solo.

– Be at least 17 years old to receive your private pilot certificate.

– Read, speak, write, and understand English.

– Obtain at least a third-class medical certificate.

– Successfully complete the flight training requirements and the knowledge exam.

– Pass a practical exam consisting of an oral exam and a flight test. The oral exam is a scenario based discussion of a cross country flight you will have planned. The flight test is a demonstration of the maneuvers covered during your flight training.

​The FAA requirements for obtaining a Private Pilot Certificate with an Airplane Single Engine Land Rating are:

A minimum of 40 hours flying time (the national average is closer to 60 hours) which consists of at least:

​- A minimum of 20 hours minimum of flight training with an instructor on the Private Pilot areas of operation including:

3 hours of cross country flight training in a single engine airplane;
3 hours of night flight training in a single engine airplane that includes at least:
    a) 1 cross country flight of over 100 nm total distance; and
    b) 10 Takeoffs and 10 landings to a full stop with each involving a flight           in the traffic pattern at an airport
3 hours of flight training by reference to instruments in a single engine airplane; and
3 hours of flight training in a single engine airplane within the 60 days prior to the practical test​

– A minimum of 10 hours of solo flying in a single engine airplane on the Private Pilot areas of operation including:

5 hours of solo cross country flying;
1 solo cross country flight of at least 150nm total distance with full stop landings at 3 points and one segment of at least 50nm between takeoffs and landings; and
3 takeoffs and landings to a full stop at an airport with an operating control tower.

To be eligible to pursue an Instrument Rating, the applicant must:

– Hold at least a Private Pilot Certificate

– Be able to read, write, and converse fluently in English.

– Hold a current FAA Medical Certificate.

– Receive and log ground training from an     authorized instructor (i.e. ground school course) or   complete a home-study course using an instrument
 textbook and/or videos.

You must accumulate the following flight experience, per FAR 61.65 to qualify to take the Instrument Practical Test:

– At least 50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command, which can include solo cross-country time as a student pilot. Each cross-country must have a landing at an airport that is at least a straight-line distance of more than 50 NM from the original departure point.

– At least one cross-country flight that is performed under IFR and transits a distance of at least 250 NM along airways or ATC-directed routing and includes an instrument approach at each airport so that a total of three different kinds of instrument approaches are performed.

– A total of 40 hours of actual or simulated instrument time, including a minimum of 15 hours of instrument flight training from a Flight Instructor certified to teach the instrument rating (CFII). Up to 20 hours of the instrument training may be accomplished in an approved flight simulator or flight training device if the training was provided by an authorized instructor (CFII).

– In the 2 calendar months prior to the practical test, the candidate needs to log 3 hours of instrument training in an airplane that is appropriate to the instrument-airplane rating from a CFII in preparation for the test.

– Receive and log training, as well as obtain a logbook endorsement from your CFII on the following areas of operation: preflight preparation, preflight procedures, air traffic control clearances and procedures, flight by reference to instruments, navigation systems, instrument approach procedures, emergency operations, and postflight procedures.

– Successfully complete the instrument rating practical test (an oral exam and flight test), as specified in the Airman Certification Standards (ACS) for the instrument rating, conducted by an FAA designated examiner.

Requirements to Obtain a Commercial Pilot Certificate:

– Be able to read, write, and converse fluently in   English.

– Be at least 18 years of age.

– Hold at least a current third-class FAA medical certificate. Later, if your flying requires a commercial pilot certificate, you must hold a second-
class medical certificate.

– Hold an instrument rating. A commercial pilot is presumed to have an instrument rating. If not, his/her commercial pilot certificate will be endorsed
with a prohibition against carrying passengers for hire on day VFR flights beyond 50 NM or at night.

– Receive and log ground training from an authorized instructor or complete a home-study course.

– Pass a knowledge test with a score of 70% or better.

– Accumulate appropriate flight experience and instruction (see 14 CFR 61.129). A total of 250 hours of flight time is required.

– Successfully complete a practical test, consisting of an oral exam and flight test, given by an FAA inspector or Designated Pilot Examiner; the practical test will be conducted as specified in the FAA’s Commercial Pilot Airman Certification Standards.

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