Commercial Pilot Training
Want to get your commercial pilot certificate? We offer an accelerated training course to help you on your way to a flying career. We utilize a Beech Sierra to fulfill the 10 hours of required complex aircraft time.
Use this worksheet to calculate a realistic cost to complete your commercial training. Calculations are based on aircraft and instructor time, with a reasonable amount of pre/post flight briefing. This is not a guarantee that you will complete the course for this cost, but it should give you a realistic number. Your preparedness for the course will have an impact on the bottom line. Note also that although the checkride fee and aircraft time for the checkride is included in the worksheet, the cost of things like your medical and your written test are not. We prefer that you arrive with the written test completed, but it is not a requirement. We have a testing center available for you. |
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You have two options for commercial pilot training: Pay hourly as you train at the rate of $130/hr for the Beech Sierra, or use the total as calculated by the commercial training worksheet (it uses $115/hr for the Sierra) and place a deposit in this amount. The money deposited will be drawn from as your training progresses to pay for each lesson. If you withdraw from the course prior to completion, your rate for the Sierra hours that you have flown will be increased to $130/hr, and the remaining funds will be returned to you. If you are for some reason unable to complete the course for less than the amount of the deposited funds, you will still be able to train the remaining aircraft hours at $115/hr in the Sierra. Keep in mind that the best approach to this training will be a focused, accelerated program. Stretching out your training will increase the cost as more review will be required. | |
Requirements for commercial pilot certificate: (1) 100 hours in powered aircraft, of which 50 hours must be in airplanes. (2) 100 hours of pilot-in-command flight time, which includes at least— (i) 50 hours in airplanes; and (ii) 50 hours in cross-country flight of which at least 10 hours must be in airplanes. |
Recommended Study Materials for Commercial Pilot Course Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge Plane Sense - General Aviation Information |
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(3) 20 hours of training on the areas of operation listed in §61.127(b)(1) of this part that includes at least— (i) 10 hours of instrument training of which at least 5 hours must be in a single-engine airplane; (ii) 10 hours of training in an airplane that has a retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller, or is turbine-powered, or for an applicant seeking a single-engine seaplane rating, 10 hours of training in a seaplane that has flaps and a controllable pitch propeller; (iii) One cross-country flight of at least 2 hours in a single-engine airplane in day VFR conditions, consisting of a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure; (iv) One cross-country flight of at least 2 hours in a single-engine airplane in night VFR conditions, consisting of a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure; and (v) 3 hours in a single-engine airplane in preparation for the practical test within the 60-day period preceding the date of the test. (4) 10 hours of solo flight in a single-engine airplane on the areas of operation listed in §61.127(b)(1) of this part, which includes at least— (i) 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. However, if this requirement is being met in Hawaii, the longest segment need only have a straight-line distance of at least 150 nautical miles; and (ii) 5 hours in night VFR conditions with 10 takeoffs and 10 landings (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport with an operating control tower. |
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