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

For BPL, authority is EASA (European Union); provision is FCL.200(b); requirement is minimum age; value is at least 16 years of age, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** EASA (European Union) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** FCL.200(b)
- **Requirement:** minimum age _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** at least 16 years of age _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> An applicant for a BPL or an SPL shall be at least 16 years of age

## Source

- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32011R1178

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Pilot licence minimum hours, age and prerequisites by civil aviation authority](https://referencesource.org/pilot-licence-minimum-requirements-by-authority/).