# Pilot Licence - Balloon — Pilot licence minimum hours, age and prerequisites by civil aviation authority

For Pilot Licence - Balloon, authority is Transport Canada; provision is CARs Standard 421.25(4)(b)(i); requirement is dual instruction; value is 6 dual instruction flights of a minimum of 30 minutes each; condition is including 1 ascent to an altitude of a minimum of 5,000 feet above ground level, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** Transport Canada _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** CARs Standard 421.25(4)(b)(i)
- **Requirement:** dual instruction _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** 6 dual instruction flights of a minimum of 30 minutes each _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** including 1 ascent to an altitude of a minimum of 5,000 feet above ground level _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 6 dual instruction flights of a minimum of 30 minutes each including 1 ascent to an altitude of a minimum of 5,000 feet above ground level

## Source

- https://tc.canada.ca/en/corporate-services/acts-regulations/list-regulations/canadian-aviation-regulations-sor-96-433/standards/standard-421-flight-crew-permits-licences-ratings-canadian-aviation-regulations-cars

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
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