To obtain this license, you must do the following:

• Pass a medical examination administered by an FAA designated doctor.
• Be at least 16 years old to solo, 17 to receive your license.
• Pass a written examination, consisting of multiple choice questions, with a score of 70% or better.
• Have a minimum of 40 flight hours: 20 hrs dual (with an instructor), 8 hrs cross country/3 hrs dual and 5 hrs solo, 3 hrs night flying/10 takeoffs and landings, at least 5 hrs ground instruction in preparation for the written exam
• Successfully complete a flight test given by an FAA designated Examiner. At the completion of this stage, you have achieved your first step – the Private Pilot Certificate.

To obtain this license, you must have the following:

• At least a Private Pilot Certificate.
• 50 hrs cross country flight to airports more than 50 NM from departure point including airports with GPS, VOR, ADF, and ILS approaches.
• 40 hrs actual or simulated instrument time.
• 15 hrs instrument flight instruction with an Instrument Flight Instructor.
• Pass a written exam, consisting of multiple choice questions, with a score of 70% or better.
• Successfully pass a flight exam given by an FAA designated Examiner. This will add an Instrument Rating to your Private Pilot Certificate.

To obtain this license, you must do the following:

• Hold a second class medical certificate.
• Pass a written exam, consisting of multiple choice questions, with a score of 70% or better.
• Have minimum of 250 hrs flight time, including 10 hrs in a complex aircraft, 100 hrs as pilot-in-command, 100 hrs cross country.
• Successfully pass a flight exam given by an FAA designated Flight Examiner. This will earn you your Commercial Pilot Certificate.

Requires no written exam or specific training requirements; however, proficiency in a multi-engine aircraft including emergency procedures on one engine is mandatory, as well as an FAA flight exam. This training usually takes 10-16 hrs flight time.