Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh
Private Pilot Licence PPL
Requirements
Minimum age
17 years on the date of application
ANO-1, 2.3.1.1
Academic qualification
SSC, or equivalent
No science-group requirement at this level — that starts at CPL.
ANO-1, 2.3.1.2.1
Medical fitness
Class 2 Medical Assessment
Valid 60 months for a private pilot licence.
ANO-1, 2.3.1.4, 1.2.5.2 a
Medical validity
60 months
Shorter once you pass 40, and shorter again past 50.
ANO-1, 1.2.5.2 a
Privileges
Pilot-in-command or co-pilot on non-revenue flights in the aircraft category held — but not for remuneration.
Before flying at night you must first have received dual night instruction, including take-offs, landings and navigation.
ANO-1, 2.3.2
Flight experience
These are the figures that differ between aeroplanes and helicopters. Everything above applies to both.
Aeroplane
Total flight time
40 hours
35 hours if completed during an approved course of training. Up to 5 hours may be in an approved flight simulation training device.
ANO-1, 2.3.3.1.1
Solo flight time
10 hours
Under the supervision of an authorised flight instructor.
ANO-1, 2.3.3.1.3
Solo cross-country
5 hours
Including one cross-country flight of at least 270 km (150 NM) with full-stop landings at two different aerodromes.
ANO-1, 2.3.3.1.3
Helicopter
Total flight time
40 hours
35 hours if completed during an approved course of training.
ANO-1, 2.3.4.1.1
Solo flight time
10 hours
Under the supervision of an authorised flight instructor.
ANO-1, 2.3.4.1.3
Solo cross-country
5 hours
Including at least one cross-country flight.
ANO-1, 2.3.4.1.3
Dual instruction
20 hours
From an authorised flight instructor.
ANO-1, 2.3.4.2.1
Where this sits on the path
You need a Student Pilot Licence (SPL) first.
The written exams
- Multiple choiceabout 60%
- Descriptiveabout 20%
- True / Falseabout 10%
- Fill in the blanksabout 10%
Pilots' Technical Examination Syllabus, printed pp. 1 and 25.
Study this licence
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Source
Every figure above comes from ANO-1 — Air Navigation Order, Personnel Licensing (Gazetted 8 April 2024), and the examination format from the CAAB technical examination syllabus (Issue-1, 10 August 2005). ANO-1 replaced the Civil Aviation Rules 1984 as the basis for licensing in 2024 without changing any of these figures — what did change.