Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot Licence
Excel Flight Training · Lethbridge campus, Lethbridge · 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
- Lethbridge campus
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Flexible
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Ground school (two evenings a week) and flight training toward the PPL.
- Completion provides
- Training toward the licence.
- 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
- Category 3 Aviation Medical
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
- Dual: 17 h
- Solo: 12 h
School-reported typical completion
50 h flight time
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
CAD 199Aircraft rental, per hourprice date 1 May 2022
Hourly charge for the aircraft only. Check whether it is wet (fuel included) or dry (fuel not included).
Rental page states pricing updated May 2022 and asks users to contact for current rates; subject to 5% GST; currency not labelled.
- Aircraft:
- Piper Warrior
- 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
Source: flywithexcel.com/rental-rates/
CAD 215Aircraft rental, per hourprice date 1 May 2022
Hourly charge for the aircraft only. Check whether it is wet (fuel included) or dry (fuel not included).
As above.
- Aircraft:
- Piper Archer
- 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
Source: flywithexcel.com/rental-rates/
CAD 65Instructor, per hourprice date 1 May 2022
Hourly charge for the instructor only.
As above.
- 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
Source: flywithexcel.com/rental-rates/
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.