Commercial Pilot certificate
This is a course that prepares a pilot for being able to be paid to fly. You will train to pass your oral, and flying tests. This makes it where you can start to get paid to fly!!
Here are the prerequisites needed before you begin your training.
- Able to read, speak, write, and understand the English Language
- Must have 3rd class medical to obtain your commercial certificate
- Able to obtain a 2nd class medical certificate (required to use your commercial certificate)
- Must be 18 years of age
- Must hold at least a private pilot license
- Must have received and logged the appropriate ground and flight training for the Commercial License
- Must have 250 hours total flight time
See the “Complete Required Hours” Tab below
Here is a list of other items that will be required to obtain your Commercial Pilot Certificate
| Prep course online | King Prep Course |
| Books and Supplies | Basic books and supplies needed to start your training |
| Written Test | FAA Written Test |
| Check Ride Exam | FAA Required Check Ride |
The training hours listed below assume that you have the prerequisite training and hours to qualify.
Typically takes 15 hours flight and 10 Hours of ground. Remember everyone is different. You milage may vary!
Overview of the process
This is a written exam that test your knowledge of the requirements for becoming a Commercial Pilot. This can be completed at anytime prior to you registering for your Check Ride with an FAA examiner.
the exam consists of 100 questions and you have 3 Hours to complete.
- 100 hours of flight time in powered aircraft, including 50 hours in airplanes.
- 100 hours of pilot-in-command flight time, which includes at least—
- 50 hours in airplanes; and
- 50 hours in cross-country flight, of which at least 10 hours must be in airplanes.
- 20 hours of training on the areas of operation listed in §61.127(b)(1) – Flight Proficiency of this part that includes at least:
- (This part is usually completed with your Instrument Certificate) 10 hours of instrument training using a view-limiting device, including attitude instrument flying, partial panel skills, recovery from unusual flight attitudes, and intercepting and tracking navigational systems
- (This part is usually completed with your Instrument Certificate) 10 hours of flight training in a complex airplane, a turbine-powered airplane, or a technically advanced airplane (TAA)
- One 2-hour cross country flight during daytime conditions covering a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure;
- One 2-hour cross country flight during nighttime conditions covering a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure; and
- 3 hours of flight instruction with an authorized instructor during the preceding 2 calendar months before the practical test.
- 10 hours of solo flight time or 10 hours of flight time performing the duties of pilot in command with an authorized instructor, on the areas of operation listed under §61.127(b) that include—
- A cross-country flight of at least 300 nautical miles total, 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; and
- 5 hours in night VFR conditions, including 10 takeoffs and 10 landings (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern – not “touch and goes”) at an airport with an operating control tower.
The Check Ride consists of two parts.
- The oral portion of the Check Ride is the first.
The oral is a face to face discussion of your knowledge of flying with a FAA examiner. - The second part of the Check Ride is getting in the plane and proving that you are capable to fly the aircraft safety and to FAA standards
