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

For Pilot Licence - Balloon, authority is Transport Canada; provision is CARs Standard 421.25(4)(a); requirement is total flight time; value is a minimum of 16 hours balloon pilot flight time; condition is of which a minimum of 11 hours shall be untethered flight time, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** Transport Canada _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** CARs Standard 421.25(4)(a)
- **Requirement:** total flight time _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** a minimum of 16 hours balloon pilot flight time _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** of which a minimum of 11 hours shall be untethered flight time _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> an applicant shall have completed a minimum of 16 hours balloon pilot flight time, of which a minimum of 11 hours shall be untethered flight time under the direction and supervision of the holder of a Flight Instructor Rating - balloon

## 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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