Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Formation Licence de Pilote Privé (PPL)
Aéroclub de Montpellier Hérault · Montpellier Méditerranée airport, Mauguio · France
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- Licence de pilote privé PPL(A)
- Jurisdiction
- France
- Authority
- DGAC
- Training framework
- Declared training organisation (DTO), national authority
- Training base
- Montpellier Méditerranée airport (LFMT)
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- PPL(A) training with DGAC-approved instructors, daily booking in daylight, theory prepared online with AéroGliGli; typical stages from basic handling to solo, navigation and a 150 NM cross-country.
- Completion provides
- Training toward the licence; the in-flight test is taken with a DGAC examiner.
- Still required
- Online-prepared theory exam and in-flight test with an examiner.
- Approval scope
- The source does not say how this course relates to the school's approval.
A course completion certificate is not necessarily a pilot licence or rating. The licensing authority issues licences and ratings after its own requirements are met.
Entry requirements
- Minimum age
- 17 (as published)
- Prerequisites
- Not published
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Not stated by the school
Only an official aeromedical assessment can establish medical fitness. This site does not decide eligibility.
Duration and hours
These figures answer different questions and must not be read as one another. Weather, aircraft availability, student progress, examinations and scheduling all affect real completion time.
Regulatory minimum
45 h flight time
Club page: at least 45 hours incl. more than 10 solo; in practice often 55 to 65 hours.
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Often spread over 18 to 24 months
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
EUR 152Aircraft rental, per hourprice date 27 March 2026
Hourly charge for the aircraft only. Check whether it is wet (fuel included) or dry (fuel not included).
Aircraft hourly rate; instruction is an extra 12 EUR per hour (listed rates applicable at 27 March 2026, subject to change with fuel cost)
- Aircraft:
- Evektor SportStar RTC (F-HPST / F-HMON)
- Ground instruction:
- Not stated
- Simulator time:
- Not stated
- Fuel:
- Not stated
- Rental basis:
- Not stated
- Taxes:
- Not stated
- Landing fees:
- Not stated
- Examinations:
- Not stated
- Medical examination:
- Not stated
- Equipment:
- Not stated
- Accommodation:
- Not stated
Source: aeroclub-montpellier.org/tarifs/
EUR 12Instructor, per hourprice date 27 March 2026
Hourly charge for the instructor only.
Per instruction hour (dual or supervised solo), added to the aircraft rate
- Ground instruction:
- Not stated
- Simulator time:
- Not stated
- Fuel:
- Not stated
- Rental basis:
- Not stated
- Taxes:
- Not stated
- Landing fees:
- Not stated
- Examinations:
- Not stated
- Medical examination:
- Not stated
- Equipment:
- Not stated
- Accommodation:
- Not stated
Source: aeroclub-montpellier.org/tarifs/
Prices are shown in the original currency on the date given and are not converted. Hourly rates and package prices answer different questions and are not compared here. Check the school for current prices.
- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Stated by the schoolDGACDeclared training organisation (DTO), national authorityDeclaration
Reference: FR.DTO.0385
Scope: Training as stated on the club site
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.