Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Formation PPL(A)
Aéroclub du Béarn · Pau-Pyrénées, Sauvagnon · 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
- Approved training organisation (ATO), national authority
- Training base
- Pau-Pyrénées (LFBP)
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Theory (75 percent pass mark) and practical training toward the PPL(A) with a qualified instructor at the club, within its ATO.
- Completion provides
- Training toward the licence; the practical test (about 2h30) is taken with a state-designated examiner.
- Still required
- Theory exam and the practical test with an examiner; FCL.055 English proficiency for international flying.
- 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
- Contrôle médical par un médecin agréé DGAC
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: 45 h incl. min 25 h dual and 10 h solo.
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
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- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Verified in authority recordDGACApproved training organisation (ATO), national authorityApproval
Reference: FR.ATO.0284
Scope: Register lists LAPL(A) and PPL(A) theory and practice, night, CB-IR(A), EIR (DGAC register PDF dated 1 July 2021; scope may have changed. Matched by organisation name and website.)
Stated by the schoolDGACApproved training organisation (ATO), national authorityApproval
Scope: Training run under the European ATO certification as stated by the club
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.