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

For ATPL(A), authority is EASA (European Union); provision is FCL.510.A(b); requirement is total flight time; value is a minimum of 1 500 hours of flight time in aeroplanes, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** EASA (European Union) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** FCL.510.A(b)
- **Requirement:** total flight time _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** a minimum of 1 500 hours of flight time in aeroplanes _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Applicants for an ATPL(A) shall have completed a minimum of 1 500 hours of flight time in aeroplanes, including at least

## Source

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

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Pilot licence minimum hours, age and prerequisites by civil aviation authority](https://referencesource.org/pilot-licence-minimum-requirements-by-authority/).