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Private Pilot Minimum Requirements
Airplane Single Engine Land
Certificate
o Student, Sport, or Recreational
o Valid 3rd class medical or military equivalent
Age
o 17 Years
English proficiency
o Able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language
Total flight hours
o 40
Flight training hours
o 20 total
o 3 hours of cross-country flight (Airplane Single Engine)
o 3 hours night flight (Airplane Single Engine)
o Over 100 NM night cross-country
o 10 night landings
o 3 hours of flight on control and maneuvering by reference to instruments (Airplane Single
Engine)
o 3 hours within the 2 calendar months prior to the month of the test (Airplane Single Engine)
Solo flight hours (Airplane Single Engine)
o 10 total
o 5 hours solo cross-country
o 1 solo cross-country of at least 150 NM
o Full stop landings at three points
o One route segment more than 50 NM
o 3 takeoffs and 3 full stop landings at an airport with an operating control tower
Currency
o Current knowledge test
o Landing currency
Endorsements
o Deficient areas of the knowledge test (if any)
o 3 hours of flight training in preparation for the practical in the 2 calendar months preceding the
month of the test
o Prepared for the practical test
o FAA Form 8710-1 endorsement
o Additional training if the applicant has failed the test
o Current solo endorsement