# 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)(4)(ii); requirement is solo cross-country; value is One solo cross-country flight over 100 nautical miles total distance; condition is with landings at a minimum of three points, and one segment of the flight being a straight line distance of at least 50 nautical miles between takeoff and landing locations, 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)(4)(ii)
- **Requirement:** solo cross-country _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** One solo cross-country flight over 100 nautical miles total distance _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** with landings at a minimum of three points, and one segment of the flight being a straight line distance of at least 50 nautical miles between takeoff and landing locations _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> One solo cross-country flight over 100 nautical miles total distance, with landings at a minimum of three points, and one segment of the flight being a straight line distance of at least 50 nautical miles between takeoff and landing locations

## 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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