Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Helicopter Training (PPL(H))
Helicopters Nelson · Nelson Airport, Nelson · New Zealand
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Helicopter
- Prepares for
- Private Pilot Licence (Helicopter)
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Authority
- CAA NZ
- Training framework
- Not stated
- Training base
- Nelson Airport (NZNS)
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Private helicopter licence training in a Helicopters Nelson helicopter or the student's own, with six theory exams passed at 70% before the flight test.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the PPL(H) 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
- Not published
- Prerequisites
- Not published
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Not stated by the school
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
Page states 50 hours but that an average of 65 hours is needed to reach a safe standard; 15 dual, 15 solo, 5 mountain flying, 10 cross-country
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
65 h flight timePage states an average of 65 hours is needed to reach a safe standard
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Training stages and assessments
Examinations and assessments
- Six theory exams at 70%: Flight Radio Techniques, Human Factors, Aviation Law, Navigation, Meteorology, Helicopter Principles of Flight
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
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.