Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot Licence (PPL)
North Queensland Aero Club · Mareeba Aerodrome, Mareeba · Australia
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- Private Pilot Licence (PPL)
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Authority
- CASA
- Training framework
- CASA Part 141 flight training
- Training base
- Mareeba Aerodrome (YMBA)
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- PPL navigation training around Far North Queensland including solo flights.
- Completion provides
- Training toward the PPL flight test; theory exam can be sat at the club.
- 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
- Minimum age 17
- RPL or required solo time before PPL navigation
- Aviation medical from a DAME
- CASA PPL theory exam
- 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
Not recorded for this program.
Advertised package hours
- Flight: 70 h
- Cost estimate assumes about 70 flying hours; minimum 40 hours as pilot
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
AUD 27,670Estimated 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.
Estimate with asterisk; about 70 flying hours in a Cessna 172 or PA-28; includes RPL costs per the page
- Aircraft:
- Cessna 172 / Piper PA-28
- 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
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 recordCASACASA Part 141 flight trainingCertificate
Reference: CASA.141 FTO.0139
Scope: Certificate holder listed in CASA's Find a flight training operator register; flight training categories not read (NORTH QUEENSLAND AERO CLUB, MAREEBA QLD)
Verified in authority recordCASACASA Part 142 integrated trainingCertificate
Reference: CASA.142FTO.0054
Scope: Certificate holder listed in CASA's Find a flight training operator register; flight training categories not read (NORTH QUEENSLAND AERO CLUB, MAREEBA QLD)
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.