Private Pilot Instruction Elizabeth City, NC

Private Pilot Eligibility Requirements?

  • Be 16 years of age to become a Student Pilot.
  • Be 17 years of age to become a Private Pilot.
  • Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language.
  • Be a U.S. citizen or receive clearance from the TSA under the Alien Flight Student Program (AFSP).
  • Hold at least a third-class medical certificate.

What Are the Steps to Become a Private Pilot?

To become a Private Pilot, you must complete the following:

  • An aeronautical knowledge exam, administered by the FAA
  • Pre-solo training with an authorized instructor
  • Solo training
  • Cross-country flight training
  • Solo cross-country flying
  • Practical test preparation
  • Practical test (checkride)

What Aeronautical Experience is Required?

Minimum of forty (40) hours of flight time, including:

  • Twenty (20) hours of flight training from an authorized instructor, including:
  • Three (3) hours of cross-country training
  • Three (3) hours of night flight training, including:
  • A cross-country flight over 100 nautical miles total distance, and
  • Ten (10) takeoffs and landings to a full stop
  • Three (3) hours of flight training by reference to instruments

 

  • Three (3) hours of flight training with an authorized instructor within two  (2) calendar months prior to the date of the checkride
  • Ten (10) hours of solo flight time, including:
  • at least five (5) hours of solo cross-country time, including:
  • one solo cross-country flight of 150 nautical miles total distance with full-stop landings at three (3) airports
  • Three (3) takeoffs and landings to a full stop at an airport with an operating control tower