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

For Airline Transport Pilot Licence - Aeroplane, authority is Transport Canada; provision is CARs Standard 421.34(4)(d); requirement is instrument training; value is 75 hours instrument flight time; condition is of which a maximum of 25 hours may have been acquired in approved instrument ground trainers and a maximum of 35 hours may have been acquired in helicopters, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** Transport Canada _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** CARs Standard 421.34(4)(d)
- **Requirement:** instrument training _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** 75 hours instrument flight time _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** of which a maximum of 25 hours may have been acquired in approved instrument ground trainers and a maximum of 35 hours may have been acquired in helicopters _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 75 hours instrument flight time of which a maximum of 25 hours may have been acquired in approved instrument ground trainers and a maximum of 35 hours may have been acquired in helicopters

## 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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