Earn Your Commercial Pilot License
Start Your Career and Fly Professionally
Have you dreamt of making a living as a professional pilot? Commercial flying is an exciting and rewarding career with tremendous opportunity. It all starts with a Commercial Pilot License, or CPL, which will help you work towards your career goals and develop your skills even further. Whether you’re looking to work for a large airline or a smaller operation, it all starts here!
Getting Started
Before you can earn your Commercial Pilot License, you need a Private Pilot License. If you already hold your PPL, then there are a few key criteria you must meet before you can start. Candidates must be 18 years of age or older, and have a Category I Medical to earn their CPL.
International Students
Are you an international student? We’d love to help you earn your wings and make your dreams come true. We’re pleased to offer our Commercial License Program to International Students through our partners, contact us for more information.
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Commercial Pilot License Requirements
To complete this program, candidates must:
- Have a minimum of 200 hours of flight time:
- Of which at least 100 must be as pilot-in-command; and
- 20 of which must be cross-country flight hours
- Complete 65 additional hours of total flight time, including:
- 5 hours dual night flying;
- 5 hours dual cross country flying (may include dual night flight);
- 20 hours of instrument time, 10 of which can be completed on a flight simulator;
- 25 hours of solo practice, including a cross-country flight of at least 300 NM in distance from the point of departure and with 3 stops;
- 5 hours of solo cross-country flight; and
- 5 hours of night flight, 2 of which must be cross-country.
A minimum of 80 hours of ground school instruction is also required, and candidates must pass a Transport Canada Flight Test and Written Examination to earn their Commercial Pilot License.
