# 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); requirement is total flight time; value is at least [ F2 40 ] hours; condition is 5 of which may have been completed in an FSTD, 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) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Requirement:** total flight time _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** at least [ F2 40 ] hours _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** 5 of which may have been completed in an FSTD _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Amendment:** Word in Annex 1 point FCL.210.A(a) substituted (1.10.2025) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/878), regs. 1(4), 6(4)(b)(i)(aa) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Applicants for a PPL(A) shall have completed at least [ F2 40 ] hours of flight [ F3 time as a pilot, appropriate to the class rating sought, ] in aeroplanes or TMGs, 5 of which may have been completed in an FSTD, including at least:

## Sources disagree

More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same
thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from.

### Value

legislation.gov.uk says value is **at least [ F2 40 ] hours**, as of 2026-08-07.

> Applicants for a PPL(A) shall have completed at least [ F2 40 ] hours of flight [ F3 time as a pilot, appropriate to the class rating sought, ] in aeroplanes or TMGs, 5 of which may have been completed in an FSTD, including at least:

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

legislation.gov.uk says value is **at least 40**, as of 2026-08-07.

> (a) Applicants for a PPL(A) shall have completed at least 40...

Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1178/contents


## Source

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

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