Learning to fly is one of the most rewarding and enjoyable things you’ll ever do. To get started, you can take a Discovery Flight, wher you’ll go up with one of Universal Flight Training’s fine instructors and see what it’s like to fly a plane for yourself.Your next step will be to jump into your private pilot flight training with one of our top notch, experienced instructors. Our Private Pilot Training Kits contain a full system curriculum to ensure that you learn everything that you need to know to be a safe, confident pilot.

Requirements

What it takes to earn a Private Pilot Certification:

Total Time: 40 hours minimum which consists of at least:

Dual: 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:

1 cross country flight of over 100 nautical miles total distance; and

10 take offs & 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.

Solo: 10 hours minimum 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 150 nautical miles total distance with full stop landings at 3 points and one segment of at least 50 nautical miles between take-off and landing; and

3 take offs and landings to a full stop at an airport with an operating control tower.