FAA private pilot licence

Your PPL, from Singapore

Ground school and simulator hours at Seletar. The checkride in Los Angeles. Four stages, paperwork included.

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Read this first

The licence is American, and so is the flying

What you finish with is an FAA private pilot licence, issued in the United States. The theory and the simulator hours are done here in Singapore; the flight training and the checkride are done at our partner school at Whitman Airport, Los Angeles.

That is the right route for most people, and it is why the sim hours count — the Redbird MCX is FAA-certified, so they go in a real logbook. But if what you specifically need is a licence issued by CAAS in Singapore, tell us before you book anything and we will talk you through where this pathway does and does not fit.

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Four stages

First flight to licensed pilot

You can stop after any one of them. Most people start at the first and decide as they go.

  1. 1 session · Seletar

    Discover

    A discovery flight in the full-motion simulator — feel what flying really is, with a Certified Flight Instructor beside you. Nothing is committed at this point.

    • Redbird MCX full-motion session
    • Take-off, cruise & landing yourself
    • No experience needed, ages 8+

    S$180

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  2. 6–8 weeks · Seletar

    Learn

    The Flying Start Pilot Program — the fundamentals of flight in interactive sessions, ending in a graduation flight in a real aeroplane.

    • 10 hrs ground school with a CFI
    • 5 full-motion simulator sessions
    • Graduation flight in a real airplane

    S$2,400

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  3. 3 months · Seletar

    Train

    FAA Part 141 ground school in Singapore, one topic per week. All of the theory is finished here, before you spend a day overseas.

    • 35+ hrs ground theory
    • 15 hrs FAA-certified sim, loggable
    • Part 141 Student Pilot Kit

    S$8,800

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  4. USA · partner school

    Fly in the USA

    Complete your FAA private pilot licence with our partner flight school at Whitman Airport, Los Angeles — the flying, the tests and the checkride.

    • 40 hrs dual flight training
    • FAA written, oral & practical tests
    • Visa, TSA & housing supported

    Quoted separately

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The figures above cover the Singapore stages. The USA phase is quoted separately — ask and we will take you through it before you commit to anything.

The unglamorous part

We do the paperwork

Getting to a checkride in another country is mostly administration, and it is where self-organised students lose months. All of this is handled as part of the pathway.

  • Aviation medical certificate
  • FAA student pilot licence
  • US visa application
  • TSA security clearance
  • Accommodation in the USA
  • Part 141 Student Pilot Kit

After the PPL

If the airlines are the goal

The private pilot licence is the first rating, not the last one. Instrument and commercial ratings continue from the same syllabus with the same partner school, and the simulator is where the instrument work starts.

See the simulator

Start at stage one

One session in the simulator, no commitment, and you will know whether the rest of this is for you.

Book a discovery flight — S$180