Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot Licence (helicopter)
Auckland Helicopters (Advanced Flight) · Auckland Heliport, Onehunga · New Zealand
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Helicopter
- Prepares for
- Private Pilot Licence (Helicopter)
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Authority
- CAA NZ
- Training framework
- CAA NZ Part 141 aviation training organisation
- Training base
- Auckland Heliport
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- PPL training in a Cabri G2 based at Pikes Point, Auckland, with six theory subjects including navigation, air law and meteorology.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the PPL flight test
- Still required
- Six theory subjects and PPL flight test
- 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
- Aviation Class 2 medical certificate
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
52 h flight time
Total of 52 hours listed on the school page, including 10 hours cross-country, 5 mountain and 2 flight test
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
NZD 60,000Estimated qualification packageprice date 16 October 2026
The school's estimate of the total for a qualification; actual cost depends on how many hours you need.
Approximate cost depending on flight hours completed; not a fixed price
- Aircraft:
- Guimbal Cabri G2
- Ground instruction:
- Not stated
- Simulator time:
- Not stated
- Fuel:
- Not stated
- Taxes:
- Not stated
- Landing fees:
- Not stated
- Examinations:
- Not stated
- Medical examination:
- Not stated
- Equipment:
- Not stated
- Accommodation:
- Not stated
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
Not verifiedCAA NZCAA NZ Part 141 aviation training organisationCertificate
Scope: Listed by name in the CAA NZ list of Part 141 certificated organisations (client name and address only; certificate number and scope not published on the list)
Flagged for review.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.