Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot Licence (PPL)
North Shore Aero Club · North Shore Airfield (Dairy Flat), Albany · New Zealand
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- Private Pilot Licence (PPL)
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Authority
- CAA NZ
- Training framework
- Not stated
- Training base
- North Shore Airfield (Dairy Flat) (NZNS)
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Ground course on six theory subjects (Flight Radiotelephony, Air Law, Aircraft Technical Knowledge, Human Factors, Air Navigation and Flight Planning, Meteorology) plus flight training.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the PPL flight test
- Still required
- Six CAA theory subjects and the flight test
- 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
- DL9 or Class 2 Aviation Medical Certificate
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
Stated as minimum 50 hours total flight experience (40 hours without cross country privileges)
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
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- 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)
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A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.