Commercial Pilots License

The Commercial Pilots License allows you to get paid to fly! It is also the next step to go to the airlines. The commercial pilots license opens up many opportunities for pilots to get paid or to increase their knowledge. The commercial pilots license is required to get your Certified Flight instructor certificate which is a great way to build time to go to the airlines.

Estimated Price (With PPL+ IR): $29,250

Estimated Hours (With PPL+IR): 130

Minimum Hours (61.129):

  • 250 hours total time

    • 100 hours PIC time

    • 50 XC hours

    • 10 hours of training in a complex airplane, a turbine-powered airplane, or a technically advanced airplane (TAA)

    • One 2-hour cross country flight in a single engine airplane in daytime conditions that consists of a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure

    • One 2-hour cross country flight in a single engine airplane in nighttime conditions that consists of a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure

    • One cross-country flight of not less than 300 nautical miles total distance, with landings at a minimum of three points, one of which is a straight-line distance of at least 250 nautical miles from the original departure point

    • 5 hours in night VFR conditions with 10 TOLs (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport with an operating control tower.