Professional pilot training · Integrated professional course
ATPL(A) Essencial
Nortávia · Aeródromo de Vilar de Luz, Maia · Portugal
At a glance
- Training category
- Professional pilot training
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- ATPL(A) (frozen)
- Jurisdiction
- Portugal
- Authority
- ANAC (Portugal)
- Training framework
- Approved training organisation (ATO), national authority
- Training base
- Aeródromo de Vilar de Luz (LPVL)
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- 24-month ATPL course with 850 theory hours and flight/simulator training on Cessna 152/172, Alsim 250 FNPT II and Tecnam P2006T; optional add-ons for Cirrus navigation, JOC and All Inclusive pack.
- Completion provides
- Course completion; licence after authority exams and tests.
- Still required
- Not stated by the school. Check the authority's requirements.
- Approval scope
- ANAC ATO list names Nortávia (PT.ATO.008) without course scope.
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
- 12º ano concluído
- Class 1 medical
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Certificado Médico de Classe 1
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: 255 h
- Ground: 850 h
- Simulator: 143 h
- Flight: Cessna 152/172 215h + Tecnam P2006T 40h; Alsim 250 FNPTII 143h; MCC A320 FNTPII hours listed ambiguously
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- 24 meses (média; duração máxima legal 36 meses)
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
EUR 70,000Fixed advertised packageprice date 16 October 2026
A fixed price for a defined package of hours and services.
Total course cost; enrolment 1.500 EUR, 24.500 EUR on first day, 2.200 EUR x 20 monthly instalments. Includes landing and control fees, course material, navigation material, study visits, uniform. Add-ons: Cirrus navigation +3.000, Pack Linha Aérea +3.500, Pack All Inclusive +8.500.
- Ground instruction:
- Not stated
- Simulator time:
- Not stated
- Fuel:
- Not stated
- Taxes:
- Not stated
- Landing fees:
- Included
- Examinations:
- Not stated
- Medical examination:
- Not stated
- Equipment:
- Included
- Accommodation:
- Not stated
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
Verified in authority recordANAC (Portugal)Approved training organisation (ATO), national authorityApproval
Reference: PT.ATO.008
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.