Federal Aviation Administration Requirements

Private aircraft: For an airplane single-engine rating.

• 40 hours of flight time that includes at least 20 hours of flight training from an authorized instructor and 10 hours of solo flight training
• 3 hours of cross-country flight training in a single-engine airplane;
• 3 hours of night flight training in a single-engine airplane that includes:
• One cross-country flight of over 100 nautical miles total distance; and 10 takeoffs and 10 landings to a full stop (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport.
• 3 hours of flight training in a single-engine airplane on the control and maneuvering of an airplane solely by reference to instruments, including straight and level flight, constant airspeed climbs and descents, turns to a heading, recovery from unusual flight attitudes, radio communications, and the use of navigation systems/facilities and radar services appropriate to instrument flight; learn to fly piper cessna cirrus palo alto 3 hours of flight training in preparation for the practical test in a single-engine airplane, which must have been performed within 60 days preceding the date of the test; and 10 hours of solo flight time in a single-engine airplane, consisting of at least:
• 5 hours of solo cross-country time;
• One solo cross-country flight of at least 150 nautical miles total distance, with full-stop landings at a minimum of three points, and one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 50 nautical miles between the takeoff and landing locations; and
• Three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport with an operating control tower.