Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot's Licence
Cape Town Flight Training Centre (CTFTC) · Cape Winelands Airport campus, Durbanville · South Africa
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- SACAA Private Pilot Licence (PPL)
- Jurisdiction
- South Africa
- Authority
- SACAA
- Training framework
- SACAA approved training organisation
- Training base
- Cape Winelands Airport campus
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Flexible
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Minimum 45 flight hours and 45 hours of PPL ground school.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the SACAA PPL.
- Still required
- Seven theory exams, Restricted Radio Telephony course, practical flight test and theory evaluation.
- 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
- Proficient in English
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Proficient in English
- Medical
- Medically fit
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
As stated by the authority; not a guarantee of total cost or completion time.
Advertised package hours
- Ground: 45 h
School-reported typical completion
3 to 6 months full-time
- Calendar duration
- A dedicated full-time student can finish in 3 to 6 months.
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Training stages and assessments
Examinations and assessments
- Principles of Flight
- Aircraft Technical and General
- Flight Planning and Performance
- Air Law
- Navigation
- Meteorology
- Human Performance and Limitations
Published prices
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- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Stated by the schoolSACAASACAA approved training organisationApproval
Reference: ATO 1115
Scope not established from the source.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.