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To be eligible for a Commercial Pilot License, you must:
For an airplane single engine rating:If you are applying for a commercial pilot certificate with an airplane category and single engine class rating, you must log at least 250 hours of flight time as a pilot that consists of at least:100 hours in powered aircraft, of which 50 hours must be 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 in airplanes.20 hours of training on the areas of operation as listed for this rating, that includes at least 10 hours of instrument training, of which at least 5 hours must be in a single engine airplane, 10 hours of training in an airplane that has a retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller, or is turbine-powered, 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, 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.10 hours of solo flight in a single engine airplane, including one cross-country flight of not less than 300 nautical miles total distance and as specified, and 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.
Be at least 18 years of age.Be able to read, speak, write and understand the English language.Hold at least a private pilot certificate.Meet the aeronautical experience requirements of this section that apply to the aircraft category and class rating sought.Pass the knowledge test.Pass the practical test.
To exercise the privileges of a commercial pilot certificate, you must hold at least a current second-class medical certificate.
FAR 61.125 [Aeronautical Knowledge] [Excerpt]
If you are applying for a commercial pilot certificate you must receive and log ground training from an authorized instructor or complete a home-study course on the aeronautical knowledge areas of this section that apply to the aircraft category and class rating sought.
To exercise the privileges of a commercial pilot certificate, you must hold at least a current second-class medical certificate.
FAR 61.125 [Aeronautical Knowledge] [Excerpt]
If you are applying for a commercial pilot certificate you must receive and log ground training from an authorized instructor or complete a home-study course on the aeronautical knowledge areas of this section that apply to the aircraft category and class rating sought.