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Commercial Pilot Certificate

Why get your commercial license

With a commercial pilot certificate, you unlock a world of new opportunities that can significantly enhance your career. This certification allows you to get paid for flying, which opens doors to various roles in aviation, including charter flights, aerial photography, and flight instruction. Additionally, it can lead to greater networking possibilities within the industry, allowing you to connect other professionals and expand your horizons. Overall, obtaining a commercial pilot certificate is a valuable step that lead to a fulfilling and diverse career in aviation.

Module

During this stage, the student will...

Lesson 1

  • Aeronautical Knowledge 61.125

Lesson 2

  • FARs relating to commercial operations

  • Accident reporting to the NTSB

  • Basic Aerodynamics and the Principles of Flight

  • Meteorology to include recognition of critical weather situations, windshear recognition and avoidance, and the use of aeronautical weather reports and forecasts

  • Safe and efficient operation of aircraft

  • Weight and balance compuations

  • Use of performance charts

  • Significance and effects of exceeding aircraft performance limitaitons

  • Use of aeronautical chars and a magnetic compass for pilotage and dead reckoning

  • Use of air navigation facitilies

  • Aeronautical decision making and judgment

  • Principles and functions of aircraft systems

  • Maneuvers, procedures, and emergency operations appropriate to the aircraft

  • Night and high-altitude operations

  • Procedures for operating within the National Airspace System

Lesson 1

  • Flight Proficiency 61.127

Lesson 2

  • Preflight Preparation

  • Preflight Procedures

  • Airport and Seaplane Base Operations

  • Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds

  • Performance Maneuvers

  • Ground Reference Maneuvers

  • Navigation

  • Slow Flight and Stalls

  • Emergency Operations

  • High-Altitude Operations

  • Postflight Procedures

Lesson 1

  • Aeronautical Experience

Lesson 2

  • 250 total hours

    • 100 in a powered aircraft ​

      • 50 in an airplane​

    • 100 PIC ​

      • 50 in Airplane​

      • 50 Cross Country

        • 10 in Airplane​

    • 20 hours that includes ​

      • 10 hours instrument ​

        • 5 in an airplane​

      • 10 hours in a TAA​

      • One 2 hour cross country daytime

        • 100 NM straight line distance ​

      • One 2 hour cross country nighttime 

        • 100 NM straight line distance ​

      • 3 hours with an instructor within 2 months of checkride 

    • 10 hours solo ​

      • Solo or PDPIC​

      • 1 Cross Country of atleast 300 NM total distance, landings at 3 airports, 250 NM straightline between 2 airports

      • 5 hours night VFR with 10 take offs and landings at a towered airport

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