# SPL — Pilot licence minimum hours, age and prerequisites by civil aviation authority

For SPL, authority is EASA (European Union); provision is FCL.210.S(a); requirement is total flight time; value is at least 15 hours of flight instruction on sailplanes or powered sailplanes; condition is including at least the requirements specified in FCL.110.S, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** EASA (European Union) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** FCL.210.S(a)
- **Requirement:** total flight time _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** at least 15 hours of flight instruction on sailplanes or powered sailplanes _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** including at least the requirements specified in FCL.110.S _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Applicants for an SPL shall have completed at least 15 hours of flight instruction on sailplanes or powered sailplanes, including at least the requirements specified in FCL.110.S

## 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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