Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot Licence (Helicopter)
Christchurch Helicopters · Christchurch International Airport, Christchurch · New Zealand
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Helicopter
- Prepares for
- Private Pilot Licence (helicopter)
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Authority
- Not published
- Training framework
- Not stated
- Training base
- Christchurch International Airport
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Private helicopter licence with six theory subjects and flight training including cross-country and mountain flying, ending in a flight test.
- Completion provides
- Eligibility for the PPL 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
- 16 (as published)
- Prerequisites
- Meet the CAANZ Fit & Proper Person requirements
- Competent in spoken English to NZCAA requirements
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Competent in spoken English to meet NZCAA requirements
- Medical
- Hold an 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
Not recorded for this program.
Advertised package hours
- Flight: 52 h
- Total of 52 h listed, including 10 h cross-country, 5 h mountain and a 2 h flight test
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
- Navigation and Flight Planning
- Air Law
- Meteorology
- Aircraft Technical Knowledge
- Human Factors
- Flight Radio Telephony
Published prices
No price is published on the sources researched for this program. Use Request Information to ask the school.
- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Verified in authority recordCAA NZCAA NZ Part 141 aviation training organisationCertificate
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.