Private Pilot Flight Time Requirements Flashcards
Learn the hours needed for a Private Pilot Certificate
Total Flight hours?
40
How many hours of dual time are needed?
20
Minimum hours of dual cross-country in a SEA/MEA?
3
How many hours of dual night flight are required in a SEA/MEA?
3
The dual night cross-country must be over how many nautical miles?
100
How many night takeoffs and landings must the applicant have in the dual phase?
10
How many ‘IFR’, or hood hours must the applicant have received in a SEA/MEA?
3
The applicant shall have at least ______ hours of checkride prep within the preceding ____ calendar months, in preparation for the exam.
3 / 2
How many solo hours must the applicant have?
10
How many solo cross-country hours are required?
5
Regarding solo flight, one solo cross-country is required of ____ nautical miles total distance, with full stop landings at ____ points, and one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of more than ____ nautical miles between takeoff and landing locations.
150 / 3 / 50
Regarding solo flight, applicants must have ____ takeoffs and ____ landings to a full stop (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport with an operating control tower.
3 / 3
