# 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 61.109(k)(2); requirement is simulator credit; value is A maximum of 5 hours; condition is if the training is accomplished in a course conducted by a training center certificated under, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** FAA (United States) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** 14 CFR 61.109(k)(2)
- **Requirement:** simulator credit _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** A maximum of 5 hours _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** if the training is accomplished in a course conducted by a training center certificated under _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> A maximum of 5 hours of training in a flight simulator or flight training device representing the category , class , and type , if applicable, of aircraft appropriate to the rating sought, may be credited toward the flight training time required by this section if the training is accomplished in a course conducted by a training center certificated under

## 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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