Fly for the fun. Fly any Canadian registered airplane anywhere in the world.

PPL Prerequisites

• 17 years old

• A medical certificate category 1 or 3 delivered by a civil aviation medical examiners.

• To do your medical click here.

PPL Privilege

• Fly for fun in a Canadian registered aircraft

• Fly by day, anywhere in the world, with multiple passengers

• Add any possible ratings to your license

The Private Pilot Permit is often the first step toward either a career in aviation or having a lot of fun taking up friends and family in a small airplane. ​

To expand your horizon and improve your skills, you can add many ratings on your PPL: For example, a float plane rating, a night rating or even an instrument rating if you want to travel further away in poor weather conditions. If you want to double the fun, a multi-engine rating is also possible on a PPL!​

PPL Requirements

• Ground School:
  40 hour PPL ground school
  (self-study or in a classroom) 

• Flight training time:
    45 hours total time including:
      – 12 hours solo  
        (including 5 hours of cross country)
      – 17 hours dual
         (including 3 hours of dual cross country and 5 hours of the instrument) 

• Written test (60% pass mark): i) Air Law ii) Navigation iii) Meteorology iv) Aeronautics General knowledge

• Flight test

****Those requirements are the minimums set by transport Canada to pass the flight test. On average, students need around 50-60 hours total time to be ready.*****