# 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)(i); requirement is total flight time; value is a minimum of 200 hours flight time in aeroplanes; condition is of which a minimum of 100 hours shall be pilot-in-command time including 20 hours cross-country pilot-in-command flight time, 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)(i)
- **Requirement:** total flight time _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** a minimum of 200 hours flight time in aeroplanes _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** of which a minimum of 100 hours shall be pilot-in-command time including 20 hours cross-country pilot-in-command flight time _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> have completed, subject to paragraph (b), a minimum of 200 hours flight time in aeroplanes, of which a minimum of 100 hours shall be pilot-in-command time including 20 hours cross-country pilot-in-command flight time

## 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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