# PPL(A) — Pilot licence minimum hours, age and prerequisites by civil aviation authority

For PPL(A), authority is UK CAA (retained Part-FCL); provision is FCL.210.A(c)(2); requirement is dual instruction; value is at least 15 hours of flight instruction in aeroplanes; condition is in a training course at a DTO or at an ATO, including at least the requirements of point (a)(2), recorded from its source on 2026-08-07.

- **Authority:** UK CAA (retained Part-FCL) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** FCL.210.A(c)(2) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Requirement:** dual instruction _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** at least 15 hours of flight instruction in aeroplanes _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** in a training course at a DTO or at an ATO, including at least the requirements of point (a)(2) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Amendment:** Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/359 of 4 March 2020 amending Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> at least 15 hours of flight instruction in aeroplanes in a training course at a DTO or at an ATO, including at least the requirements of point (a)(2).

## Source

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1178/annex/I/division/SUBPART+C/section/2/division/FCL.210.A

Last verified: 2026-08-07. Review by: 2027-08-07.
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