Sport Pilot Requirements
From Pilots Almanac
The sport pilot certificate varies from existing private pilot certificates significantly. Differences include:
- Requires only 20 hours of total flight instruction time as compared to 40 hours for private pilot.
- Limits sport pilots to flying low performance airplanes with:
To receive an FAA sport pilot certificate, you need to:
- be at least 17 years old
- be fluent in English
- be of good health as evidenced by holding a US driver's license
- log at least 20 hours total flight time with:
- at least 15 hours dual instruction with a qualified flight instructor
- at least 2 hours cross-country dual instruction
- at least 5 hours solo flight
- one solo cross-country with a total distance of 75nm or more to two different destinations to a full-stop landing. One leg must be at least 25nm.
- pass a 40 question FAA PILOT Knowledge Test
- pass an FAA Practical Test
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External Links
Sport Pilot - Everything you need to know about Sport Piloting
