PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE

Professional Training PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE

About the program

At Canadian Flight Centre, we have trained over 3000 students, for whom flying is no longer just a dream, but a reality. Is the course extremely difficult? No. It is challenging, but if you apply yourself, and do your homework, you’ll soon be soaring over fields, hills, lakes and playgrounds, where – just maybe – a 5-year-old future pilot will look up and stare as you fly by.

Learn to fly and discover freedom!

The first step in training to becoming a pilot starts with the Private Pilot License (PPL). With this license, you are able to fly when you want to fly. Training at CFC is fun, and you even get to pick your type of airplane: from Piper Cherokee to a Cessna 172 Turbo Diesel, or a Tomahawk or even a Citabria – the choice is yours!

Talk to one of our instructors today.

Age

There’s no minimum age to start flight training, however an applicant shall have reached his seventeenth birthday before applying for the license.

MEDICAL FITNESS

Be in possession of Category III medical

FLIGHT EXPERIENCE

45 hours of flight time including the following

SKILL

Applicant shall successfully complete a flight test to Transport Canada Standards.

COST

Starting at CAD 10,950+4,320 school supplies (domestic),

CAD 12,045+4,320 school supplies (international)

Using Cessna 152 (prices as of May 2024).

Note

The numbers above are minimal requirements by Transport Canada. Your individual time and cost may vary.

This program does not require approval by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training. As such, PTIB did not review this program.

KNOWLEDGE

40 hours of aeroplane ground school instruction

Canadian Aviation Regulations
Aerodynamics and Theory of Flight
Meteorology
Airframes, Engines and Systems
Radio and Electronic Theory
Navigation
Flight Operations
Licensing Requirements
Human Factors

Transport Canada written examination

EXPERIENCE TESTIMONIALS

I feel so good having conquered the fear of spinning.. I am a little sorry that I didn't take up your offer to try and pull out of a full spin myself. However, I have taken huge strides. At least now I know what to expect so I'm 90% of the way there.

Bob Moles

Svetlana Kapanina is an excellent pilot. On Canada'a West Coast, ANNA SERBINENKO trains future private, mountain, and aerobatic pilots in British Columbia, Canada. If you are looking for the best instruction in these abilities, Anna is by far your best choice.

Bruce Culver

Many thanks to all from my side, I really enjoyed time at CFC, the friendly service, the professional training and the warm and friendly atmosphere. I felt not as a customer, my feeling was more being a part of a nice family.

Sven Calsbach

Being from New Zealand I am wanting to convert my license to a Canadian one. I sat with the aerobatics instructor for an hour and a half and came out knowing every detail and process I needed to do to not only convert my license but also how to continue my flight training. Very informative.

Craig Simpson

What a great place to learn to fly! Especially if you like aerobatics, or want to learn! Anna is a fantastic aerobatics pilot and instructor, and is well connected in the aviation community! I had the opportunity to spend a week doing aerobatics training with Anna in July 2014 and it was the most fun I've ever had!!! It is a true art!!!

Ryan Abel

My family watched the video when we got back home the other day. You were amazing! The flight looked like it was so much fun! He was smiling like a little kid. He's still talking about it today lol.

Jerry Braun