Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Helicopter Pilot
Prairie Helicopters · Gimli base, Gimli · Canada
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Helicopter
- Prepares for
- Private Pilot Licence - Helicopter
- Jurisdiction
- Canada
- Authority
- Transport Canada
- Training framework
- Not stated
- Training base
- Gimli base
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Flexible
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Programme with 45 hours of flight time (dual and solo) and 45 hours of ground school; the private licence does not allow commercial work.
- Completion provides
- Private helicopter pilot licence training.
- 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
- Not published
- 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
45 h flight time
Minimum private pilot flight training in helicopters under Standard 421.27(4).
Advertised package hours
- Flight: 45 h
- Ground: 45 h
- Programme includes 45 h flight and 45 h ground school.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
CAD 47,475Fixed advertised packageprice date 17 October 2026
A fixed price for a defined package of hours and services.
Flight time cost; classroom time cost listed separately at $2,500 (not included in this amount). Page shows '$' with no currency label; CAD assumed (Manitoba company; page mentions Canada Student Loans). Undated page.
- Aircraft:
- Bell 206B Jet Ranger
- Ground instruction:
- Not included
- 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: prairiehelicopters.com/flight-training/private-helicopter-pilo
CAD 2,500Ground-school feeprice date 17 October 2026
Fee for theory instruction only.
Page shows '$' with no currency label; CAD assumed (Manitoba company; page mentions Canada Student Loans). Undated page.
- Ground instruction:
- Included
- 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: prairiehelicopters.com/flight-training/private-helicopter-pilo
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
Stated by the schoolTransport CanadaTransport Canada flight training unitApproval
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.