PCTIA Accredited

COMMERCIAL PILOT COURSE

Island Pacific Flight Academy offers a Commercial Pilot License Training program following the guidelines set out in the Canadian Aviation Regulations. The minimum requirements are 200 hours total time of which 100 hours is pilot in command.

Medical requirement is a Category 1. (Proof of medical must be produced at the time of written exam).

Your Commercial Flight Training will consist of 65 hours flight time, plus approximately 90 hours of build-up time. Dual flight time required is 35 hours, which will include 20 hours instrument training, 5 hours of cross-country flight and 5 hours of night flight (which includes a minimum 2 hour cross-country night flight).

Solo time required is 30 hours, which includes a 300 nautical mile radius cross-country flight from point of departure. This will include a minimum of 3 landings, not including point of departure, and 5 hours of night flying.

The number of hours that you will take to complete your flight training will depend on your other commitments, number of hours flown per week, weather, etc.

Island Pacific Flight Academy provides a 80 hour Commercial Ground School program as preparation for the written exam administered by Transport Canada.

Estimated training costs are based on using the Cessna 150 in the minimum completion time, and are based on the assumption that new students hold their Private Pilot License with a minimum of 45 hours total flight time prior to their Commercial training. Note: The Student Training Completion Fund (STCF) insures only the PCTIA definition of tuition which appears on PCTIA CPL contracts.

35 Hours dual instruction @ $180.00 per hour $6,300.00
30 Hours solo @ $125.00 per hour $3,750.00
6 Hours ground briefing @ $55.00 per hour $330.00
80 Hours Ground School (Classroom) $500.00
Time Building Flight: Approx. 90 hours@ $125.00/hr. $11,250.00
Training Costs $22,130.00

Additional Costs:
Not collected by IPFA

Flight Test Examiner Fee $250.00
License Processing Fee $200.00
Transport Canada Written Exam Fee $105.00
$555.00
Total Estimated Costs: (Exclusive of HST) $22,685.00
For further information or if you would wish to book your training, please contact us at:

Phone: (250) 655-0394
Fax:
(250) 655-9403
E-Mail: info@ipfa.ca

(Updated: July 26, 2010)