# Private Pilot Certificate — Pilot licence minimum hours, age and prerequisites by civil aviation authority

For Private Pilot Certificate, authority is FAA (United States); provision is 14 CFR 61.103(b); requirement is minimum age; value is at least 16 years of age; condition is for a rating in a glider or balloon, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** FAA (United States) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** 14 CFR 61.103(b)
- **Requirement:** minimum age _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** at least 16 years of age _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** for a rating in a glider or balloon _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Be at least 16 years of age for a rating in a glider or balloon

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/61.103

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