Professional pilot training · Commercial-pilot training
Commercial Pilot Licence (Aeroplane) - CAANZ Part 61
Nelson Aviation College · Motueka Aerodrome, Motueka · New Zealand
At a glance
- Training category
- Professional pilot training
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL), CAA NZ Part 61
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Authority
- CAA NZ
- Training framework
- Not stated
- Training base
- Motueka Aerodrome (NZMK)
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Full-time
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Part 61 professional licence course flown in the Cessna 152 and Cessna 172.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the CPL 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
- Private Pilot Licence
- 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
200 h flight time
Total flight time requirement for the licence as stated by the college
Advertised package hours
- Flight: 140 h
- 140 hours in the course: 69 in the Cessna 152 and 68 in the Cessna 172, including the flight test
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Complete in 36 weeks
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Training stages and assessments
Examinations and assessments
- External Aspeq theory exams, 70% pass mark
Published prices
NZD 79,484Estimated qualification packageprice date 16 October 2026
The school's estimate of the total for a qualification; actual cost depends on how many hours you need.
Domestic student fee; page states fee is indicative and a maximum; student loan not available
- Aircraft:
- Cessna 152 / Cessna 172
- Ground instruction:
- Not stated
- Simulator time:
- Not stated
- Fuel:
- Not stated
- Taxes:
- Not stated
- Landing fees:
- Not stated
- Examinations:
- Not stated
- Medical examination:
- Not stated
- Equipment:
- Not stated
- Accommodation:
- Not stated
Source: nelsonaviation.nz/flight-training/commercial-pilot-licenc
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
Not verifiedCAA NZCAA NZ Part 141 aviation training organisationCertificate
Scope: Listed by name in the CAA NZ list of Part 141 certificated organisations (client name and address only; certificate number and scope not published on the list)
Flagged for review.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.