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

For LAPL(H), authority is EASA (European Union); provision is FCL.110.H(a); requirement is total flight time; value is 40 hours of flight instruction on helicopters; condition is At least 35 hours of which shall be flown on the type of helicopter that is to be used for the skill test, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** EASA (European Union) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** FCL.110.H(a)
- **Requirement:** total flight time _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** 40 hours of flight instruction on helicopters _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** At least 35 hours of which shall be flown on the type of helicopter that is to be used for the skill test _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Applicants for the LAPL(H) shall have completed 40 hours of flight instruction on helicopters. At least 35 hours of which shall be flown on the type of helicopter that is to be used for the skill test

## Source

- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32011R1178

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
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