Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot Licence
Brantford Flight Centre (Brantford Flying Club) · Brantford base, Brantford · Canada
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- Private Pilot Licence - Aeroplane
- Jurisdiction
- Canada
- Authority
- Transport Canada
- Training framework
- Not stated
- Training base
- Brantford base
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Flexible
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Flight instruction plus ground school toward the Private Pilot Licence; the page lists the Transport Canada minimums (45 hours of flight instruction, 40 hours of ground school).
- Completion provides
- Training toward the licence; the licence is issued by Transport Canada after the written exam and flight test.
- Still required
- Not stated by the school. Check the authority's requirements.
- 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
- Pass at least a Category 3 medical examination
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
Minimum private pilot flight training under Standard 421.26(4): includes 17 hours dual instruction and 12 hours solo; up to 5 hours may be in an approved simulator or flight training device.
Advertised package hours
- Flight: 45 h
- Ground: 40 h
- Published as licence requirements (minimums), not as a priced package.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Training stages and assessments
Examinations and assessments
- Transport Canada PPL written examination
- flight test
Published prices
CAD 80Instructor, per hourprice date 17 October 2026
Hourly charge for the instructor only.
Private-licence instruction rate; '$' unlabelled, CAD assumed; undated page.
- Ground instruction:
- Not stated
- Simulator time:
- Not stated
- Fuel:
- Not stated
- Rental basis:
- Not stated
- Taxes:
- Not included
- Landing fees:
- Not stated
- Examinations:
- Not stated
- Medical examination:
- Not stated
- Equipment:
- Not stated
- Accommodation:
- Not stated
Listed exclusions: HST
Source: flybfc.com/learn-to-fly
CAD 205Aircraft rental, per hourprice date 17 October 2026
Hourly charge for the aircraft only. Check whether it is wet (fuel included) or dry (fuel not included).
Hourly wet rate for licensed pilots with a membership; page shows '$' with no currency label and no date (CAD assumed: Ontario club, HST mentioned). A fuel surcharge of $15/h on C-172s is stated separately.
- Aircraft:
- Cessna 172
- Ground instruction:
- Not stated
- Simulator time:
- Not stated
- Fuel:
- Included
- Rental basis:
- Wet (fuel included)
- Taxes:
- Not included
- Landing fees:
- Not stated
- Examinations:
- Not stated
- Medical examination:
- Not stated
- Equipment:
- Not stated
- Accommodation:
- Not stated
Listed exclusions: HST; fuel surcharge $15/h on C-172s
Source: flybfc.com/learn-to-fly
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
No authority record has been researched yet.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.