# Commercial Pilot Licence - Aeroplane — Pilot licence minimum hours, age and prerequisites by civil aviation authority

For Commercial Pilot Licence - Aeroplane, authority is Transport Canada; provision is CARs Standard 421.30(4)(a)(ii)(B)(I)(a); requirement is solo cross-country; value is a cross-country flight of not less than 300 nautical miles total distance; condition is with full stop landings at 3 different aerodromes other than initial point of departure, one of which is a straight-line distance of at least 250 nautical miles from the initial point of departure, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** Transport Canada _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** CARs Standard 421.30(4)(a)(ii)(B)(I)(a)
- **Requirement:** solo cross-country _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** a cross-country flight of not less than 300 nautical miles total distance _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** with full stop landings at 3 different aerodromes other than initial point of departure, one of which is a straight-line distance of at least 250 nautical miles from the initial point of departure _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> a cross-country flight of not less than 300 nautical miles total distance, with full stop landings at 3 different aerodromes other than initial point of departure, one of which is a straight-line distance of at least 250 nautical miles from the initial point of departure

## 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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