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Commercial pilot license training in Miami
Qualify to be compensated for flying. The Commercial Pilot certificate is the step that turns flying into a profession, from flight instruction and aerial work to the airline pathway.
Total flight time (Part 61)
Minimum age
FAA medical to use the certificate
Instrument Rating recommended first
Turn your flying into a career
The Commercial Pilot certificate allows you to be paid to fly. Training raises your standards with precise maneuvers, advanced aircraft systems and professional decision making, preparing you for your first flying job.
- Be compensated as a pilot
- Work toward flight instructor ratings
- Fly aerial work such as tours and banner towing
- Build time toward the airline ATP minimums
- Higher precision standards on every maneuver
Without an Instrument Rating, a commercial pilot cannot carry passengers for hire at night or on cross-country flights over 50 nm, so most pilots earn the Instrument Rating first.
How commercial training is structured
Your training focuses on precision, advanced aircraft and the experience requirements for the checkride.
Commercial maneuvers
Master chandelles, lazy eights, steep spirals, eights on pylons and power-off 180 landings.
Advanced aircraft
Complete the required training in a complex or technically advanced airplane.
Experience requirements
Fly the day and night cross-countries and solo or PIC time the FAA requires.
Knowledge test and checkride
Pass the FAA Commercial knowledge test and fly your practical test with an examiner.
Minimum experience for the checkride
Under 14 CFR 61.129 for a single-engine airplane certificate, you need at least the experience below. An advisor will review your logbook and show what remains.
Short of hours? Build them efficiently with our hour building options.
Where your commercial certificate can take you
Flight instructor
Add CFI ratings and log paid flight time while you teach.
Aerial work
Tours, banner towing, aerial photography and survey flights.
Charter and corporate
With more experience, fly passengers for charter and corporate operators.
Airlines
Build toward the 1,500-hour ATP with our airline preparation programs.
Build on your commercial certificate
Instrument Rating
Fly safely in clouds and low visibility. Recommended before Commercial.
Multi-Engine
Add twin-engine privileges required for airline careers.
Flight Instructor
Teach student pilots and build paid flight time.
It is not required to take the checkride, but without it your commercial privileges are limited. Most professional pilots earn the Instrument Rating first.
It depends mostly on how many hours you already have. If you are close to 250 hours, the training itself can be completed in a few weeks of focused flying.
A complex airplane has retractable gear, flaps and a controllable-pitch propeller. A technically advanced airplane has an integrated glass cockpit with a moving map and autopilot. The FAA accepts either for the required 10 hours.
Airlines require an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, which needs 1,500 hours in most cases. The Commercial certificate lets you earn while you build that time.
Become a professional pilot
Request information and an advisor will review your logbook and map out your Commercial Pilot training.
- 10280 10th St, Miami, FL 33172
- Advising in English and Spanish