# Private Pilot Certificate — weight-shift-control aircraft — Pilot licence minimum hours, age and prerequisites by civil aviation authority

For Private Pilot Certificate, authority is FAA (United States); provision is 14 CFR 61.109(j)(2)(i); requirement is night flight training; value is One cross-country flight of over 75 nautical miles total distance; condition is that includes a point of landing that is a straight-line distance of more than 50 nautical miles from the original point of departure, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** FAA (United States) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** 14 CFR 61.109(j)(2)(i)
- **Requirement:** night flight training _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** One cross-country flight of over 75 nautical miles total distance _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** that includes a point of landing that is a straight-line distance of more than 50 nautical miles from the original point of departure _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> One cross-country flight of over 75 nautical miles total distance that includes a point of landing that is a straight-line distance of more than 50 nautical miles from the original point of departure

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/61.109

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