# Airline transport pilot course — flight time in class, airplane — FAA flight training hour minimums: Part 61 vs Part 141, by certificate and rating

For Airline transport pilot course, certificate or rating is Airline transport pilot course — flight time in class, airplane; part 61 minimum is 50 hours of flight time in the class of airplane for the rating sought; part 61 section is 14 CFR 61.159, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **Certificate or rating:** Airline transport pilot course — flight time in class, airplane _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Part 61 minimum:** 50 hours of flight time in the class of airplane for the rating sought _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Part 61 section:** 14 CFR 61.159 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> ( 3 ) 50 hours of flight time in the class of airplane for the rating sought. A maximum of 25 hours of training in a full flight simulator representing the class of airplane for the rating sought may be credited toward the flight time requirement of this paragraph

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-61/subpart-G/section-61.159

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
Part of [FAA flight training hour minimums: Part 61 vs Part 141, by certificate and rating](https://referencesource.org/flight-training-hour-minimums-61-vs-141/).