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Commercial pilot certification allows a pilot to fly for compensation or hire. The commercial pilot certificate training includes flying complex aircraft, extensive cross-country operations, and acquiring a high degree of aeronautical competency and airmanship.

Prior to enrolling in our commercial pilot certificate course, you must have at least a private pilot certificate, a current biennial flight review, and a current medical certificate

If your biennial flight review is not current, we can complete that prior to enrollment. A TSA screening process will be necessary if you are not an American citizen. We can guide you through that process. If an American citizen, only a passport or birth certificate must be furnished. Once TSA screening is complete, you can enroll in our FAA-approved Part 61 commercial pilot course.

Requirements

250 Hours Minimum Flight Time Logged

A person who applies for a commercial pilot certificate with an airplane category and single-engine class rating must log at least 250 hours of flight time as a pilot that consists of at least:

100 hours in powered aircraft, of which 50 hours must be in airplanes.

100 hours of pilot-in-command flight time, which includes at least:

• 50 hours in airplanes;

• 50 hours in cross-country flight, of which at least 10 hours must be in airplanes.

10 hours of solo flight time or as PIC with an instructor on board in a single engine airplane, including:

• one cross country flight over 300 nautical miles, with landings at 3 points, and a single leg distance of at least 250 nautical miles from the point of departure

• 5 hours of night VFR with 10 take-offs and landings at a controlled tower

20 hours of commercial instruction including:

• 10 hours of commercial instrument training

• 10 hours in a complex, technically advanced, or turbine airplane

• a 2 hour day cross-country consisting of a straight light distance greater than 100 nautical miles from the point of departure

• a 2 hour night cross country consisting of a straight line distance greater than 100 nautical miles from the point of departure

• 3 hours of instruction time within the 2 months preceding your practical test