# Commercial pilot — glider — FAA flight training hour minimums: Part 61 vs Part 141, by certificate and rating

For Commercial pilot, certificate or rating is Commercial pilot — glider; part 61 minimum is 25 hours of flight time as a pilot in a glider and that flight time must include at least 100 flights in a glider as pilot in command; part 61 section is 14 CFR 61.129(f)(1), recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **Certificate or rating:** Commercial pilot — glider _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Part 61 minimum:** 25 hours of flight time as a pilot in a glider and that flight time must include at least 100 flights in a glider as pilot in command _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Part 61 section:** 14 CFR 61.129(f)(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> A person who applies for a commercial pilot certificate with a glider category rating must log at least— ( 1 ) 25 hours of flight time as a pilot in a glider and that flight time must include at least 100 flights in a glider as pilot in command, including at least—

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-61/subpart-F/section-61.129

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/).