Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot Licence (PPL)
Canterbury Aero Club · Christchurch (Harewood Aviation Park), Christchurch · New Zealand
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- Private Pilot Licence (PPL) – New Zealand
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Authority
- CAA NZ
- Training framework
- Not stated
- Training base
- Christchurch (Harewood Aviation Park)
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- 27-lesson PPL syllabus from effects of controls through solo and cross-country, with six CAA theory papers and an A-category instructor flight test.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the PPL flight test (restricted PPL also described)
- Still required
- Six PPL theory papers, English language proficiency test and flight test with an A category flight instructor
- 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
- At least 17 years old (16 for solo)
- Class 2 medical or DL9 for RPL
- Fit and Proper person
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Hold a class 2 medical or DL9 for RPL
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
50 h flight time
50 hours total (40 for Restricted PPL): 15 dual, 5 advanced dual, 15 solo, 5 solo consolidation, 5 instrument, 5 terrain and weather awareness, 10 cross-country
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
65 h flight timeExpected to log approximately 65 hours by the time the PPL flight test is passed
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Training stages and assessments
Examinations and assessments
- PPL Air Law
- PPL Navigation
- PPL Meteorology
- PPL Flight Radio
- PPL Human Factors
- PPL Aircraft Technical Knowledge
- English Language Proficiency Test
Published prices
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- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Not verifiedCAA NZCAA NZ Part 141 aviation training organisationCertificate
Scope not established from the source.
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