# 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(b); requirement is total flight time; value is reduced to 35 hours; condition is if completed whilst undertaking a course at an ATO approved for that purpose, 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(b) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Requirement:** total flight time _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** reduced to 35 hours _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** if completed whilst undertaking a course at an ATO approved for that purpose _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Amendment:** Annex 1 point FCL.210.A(b) substituted (1.10.2025) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/878), regs. 1(4), 6(4)(b)(iii) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> The requirement for 40 hours flight time specified in (a) may be reduced to 35 hours, if completed whilst undertaking a course at an ATO approved for that purpose.

## 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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