Flight training in Spain

Spanish pilot licences are issued by AESA under the EU aircrew regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011, Part-FCL), whose common rules are set at EU level by EASA. Training for licences such as the helicopter licence is given at an Approved Training Organisation (ATO) or a Declared Training Organisation (DTO); the theoretical test is organised by AESA and the practical test is a flight test with a flight examiner. Spain also has national licences for categories such as microlights (ULM), which are separate from Part-FCL. Students should confirm a school's ATO or DTO status with AESA.

Source: sede.seguridadaerea.gob.es/sede-aesa/sites/default/files/TIC-LPA10

• Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aérea (AESA)Spain's national aviation authority: processes pilot licence applications, organises the theoretical examinations and oversees training organisations (ATO/DTO) under the EU aircrew rules.
• European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)Sets the common EU rules (Part-FCL); does not itself issue licences.

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• Helicopter pilot (FCL(H))

  AESA's helicopter procedure sheet sets a minimum age and a course at an ATO or DTO, followed by an AESA theory test and a practical flight test.

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• Airline transport pilot (ATPL)

  AESA lists the prerequisites for the ATPL, including a valid Part-FCL CPL, ATPL theory, a Class 1 medical and the FCL.510 experience requirements.

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Names and privileges are local to Spain. Similar names in other countries are not interchangeable.

A regulatory minimum is a legal floor for the qualification. It is not the number of hours most students need, and not a guarantee of cost or completion time.

ATO

Organización de formación aprobada (Approved Training Organisation).

DTO

Organización de formación declarada (Declared Training Organisation).

ULM

Ultraligero motorizado; Spanish national microlight licence category.

A Class 2 aeronautical medical certificate applies to private licences and a Class 1 certificate for commercial operations, under Part-MED. Official medical information

Languages of instruction among researched schools: Spanish, English.

Non-EU nationals should check Spain's immigration and study-visa rules with the competent Spanish authorities and with the school; this directory does not promise any visa outcome. No flight-training-specific immigration page was retrieved for this review.

• AESA (Spanish Aviation Safety Agency)

Training approval does not establish immigration permission or international-student eligibility. Verify current rules with the official sources above.

AESA's guide describes the conversion of FAA licences under the EU-US BASA agreement: conversion of any FAA licence (PPL, CPL or ATPL) only yields a Part-FCL PPL(A), with rating transfers (SEP, MEP, night, IR) if experience requirements are met.

• AESA guide: conversion of FAA licences