Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Privatpilotenlizenz PPL | LAPL
Keep Me Flying GmbH · Flughafen Essen/Mülheim, Mülheim an der Ruhr · Germany
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- PPL(A) / LAPL(A)
- Jurisdiction
- Germany
- Authority
- LBA
- Training framework
- Approved training organisation (ATO), national authority
- Training base
- Flughafen Essen/Mülheim (EDLE)
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- EASA PPL(A) or LAPL(A) course with theory (distance learning possible, reducing classroom time to 10 hours) and flight training at Essen-Mülheim; BZF radiotelephony certificate needed before first solo.
- Completion provides
- Training towards the stated licence; the official theory exam and skill test are taken separately.
- 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
- Not published
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Fliegerärztliches Tauglichkeitszeugnis (Medical) Klasse 2 / LAPL
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: 45 h
- Solo: 10 h
- 45 flight hours for PPL, 30 for LAPL; at least 10 solo; at least 5 h cross-country incl. one 270 km flight. Training may start at 16; licence issued at 17.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
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 recordLBAApproved training organisation (ATO), national authorityApproval
Scope: Name-only match in the Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf ATO/DTO overview (Stand 24.08.2026); table columns are scrambled so no number or scope is attributed. The school's own page prints DE.NW.ATO.170, which could not be matched to this row.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.