NAFC’s course fulfills the FAA Part 141 requirements for the Commercial Pilot Certificate. The course consists of 120 hours of training. The student will receive the required training for preflight preparation and procedures; air traffic control clearances and procedures; flight by reference to instruments; navigation systems; instrument approach procedures; emergency operations; and post flight procedures. evaluation flights will be conducted throughout the training process. If two to three flight lessons are completed a week, the Commercial Pilot Certificate can be completed in approximately six to nine months.
The ground school encompasses 35 hours of classroom training and prepares you for the required FAA written examination. Lessons include preflight procedures; takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds; performance maneuvers proficiency including lazy eights, chandelles, eights on pylons; complex aircraft training; navigation; slow flight and stalls; emergency operations; high-altitude operations; and post flight procedures.
Graduation Requirements
120 hours of training
55 hours of flight training from a certificated flight instructor on the approved areas of operation that includes --
5 hours of instrument training in a single-engine airplane;
10 hours of training in a single-engine airplane that has retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller, or is turbine-powered;
One cross-country flight in a single-engine airplane of at least a 2-hour duration, a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure, and occurring in day VFR conditions;
One cross-country flight in a single-engine airplane of at least a 2-hour duration, a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure, and occurring in night VFR conditions; and
3 hours in a single-engine airplane in preparation for the practical test within 60 days preceding the date of the test.
Solo training. Each approved course must include at least the following solo flight training:
10 hours of solo flight training in a single-engine airplane that includes at least --
One cross-country flight, if the training is being performed in a State other than Hawaii, with landings at a minimum of three points, and one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 250 nautical miles; and
5 hours in night VFR conditions with 10 takeoffs and 10 landings (with each landing involving a flight with a traffic pattern) at an airport with an operating control tower.
