# PPL(A) — Pilot licence minimum hours, age and prerequisites by civil aviation authority

For PPL(A), authority is UK CAA (retained Part-FCL); provision is FCL.210.A(a)(2); requirement is solo flight time; value is 10 hours of supervised solo flight time; amendment is Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/445 of 17 March 2015 amending Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 as regards technical requirements and administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew, recorded from its source on 2026-08-07.

- **Authority:** UK CAA (retained Part-FCL) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** FCL.210.A(a)(2) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Requirement:** solo flight time _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** 10 hours of supervised solo flight time _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Amendment:** Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/445 of 17 March 2015 amending Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 as regards technical requirements and administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 10 hours of supervised solo flight time, including at least 5 hours of solo cross-country flight time with at least 1 cross-country flight of at least 270 km (150 NM), during which full stop landings at 2 aerodromes different from the aerodrome of departure shall be made.

## Source

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1178/annex/I/division/SUBPART+C/section/2/division/FCL.210.A

Last verified: 2026-08-07. Review by: 2027-08-07.
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