# 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(1); requirement is minimum age; value is a minimum of seventeen years of age, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** Transport Canada _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** CARs Standard 421.25(1)
- **Requirement:** minimum age _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** a minimum of seventeen years of age _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> An applicant shall be a minimum of seventeen years of age

## 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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