Ratings Offered

Private Pilot Certificate

  • Must be at least 17 years old, read/speak/understand English, and hold a valid FAA medical certificate

  • Minimum 40 flight hours (average: 50–60), including 20 hours of flight training and 10 hours of solo flight.

  • Fly single-engine aircraft for personal or recreational use and carry passengers (not for compensation or hire).

Cockpit instrument panel of a small aircraft, displaying various flight instruments and gauges including altimeter, airspeed indicator, and artificial horizon.

Instrument Rating

  • Must hold a Private Pilot Certificate and a current FAA medical certificate.

    • At least 50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command. At least 10 of these hours must be in airplanes for an instrument-airplane rating.

    • A total of 40 hours of actual or simulated instrument time on the areas of operation listed in 61.65(c).

    • At least 15 hours of instrument flight training from an authorized instructor in the aircraft category for the instrument rating sought.

  • Fly in low-visibility conditions under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), improving safety and utility.

Commercial Pilot Certificate

  • Must be at least 18, hold a Private Pilot Certificate, and pass FAA written and practical exams.

    • 250 hours of flight time, 100 hours of which must be in powered aircraft, and 50 must be in airplanes.

    • 100 hours of pilot-in-command time, 50 of which must be in airplanes.

    • 50 hours of cross-country time, 10 of which must be in an airplane.

    • 20 hours of training, including 10 of instrument, 10 of complex or TAA, and a smattering of cross-country and practical test preparation.

    • 10 hours of solo training, including a smattering of cross-country and night.

  • Fly in low-visibility conditions under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), improving safety and utility.

Certificated Flight Instructor

  • Must be at least 18, hold a Commercial Pilot Certificate, and pass the FAA written and practical exams and a Third Class medical.

  • Private Pilot, Commercial Pilot and Fundamentals of Instruction knowledge and fluency.

  • Teach students toward Private and Commercial certificates, build flight hours, and launch a professional aviation career.