Flight Training
Cape Town Flight Training Centre offers various training programmes as well as other services. Make your selection below.
Ratings
Licence Renewals
Hour Building
Private Pilot's Licence
Commercial Pilot's Licence
Ground School
Ratings
Night
Rating
Instrument
Rating
Instructor
Rating
Multi-Engine
Rating
UPRT
Night Rating
Five Good Reasons
Why You Should Complete Your Night Rating At CTFTC
The safety of large open ground manoeuvring areas.
Safe runway approaches with minimal obstacles.
True night environment without light pollution from surrounding built-up areas.
Light airborne traffic.
Immediate access to the General Flying Area.
The Prospective Student Must:
- Be in possession of a valid PPL.
- Undergo a total of 15 hours of dual training, comprised of instrument flying, night circuits and night cross-country
- Pass a basic instrument flying (IF) skills test.
Instrument Rating
The Prospective Student Must:
- Be in possession of a valid PPL.
- Have completed the Night Rating course.
- Obtain a General Radio operators Licence. (Course provided).
- Pass the CAA prescribed theoretical examinations (8).
- Have accumulated a minimum of 100 hours pilot-in-command (PIC) (of which 50 hours must be cross-country experience and a further 40 hours of instrument flying (IF) of which 20 may be undertaken on CAA-approved flight simulators).
- Pass a practical flight test with a CAA examiner.
Renewal of the instrument rating requires maintaining a valid Pilot Licence by passing an annual flight test.
Four Good Reasons
Why To Complete Your IF Rating At CTFTC
CTFTC operate several fully IFR equipped aircraft allowing us to practice actual NDB, VOR and ILS procedures.
Being based at Cape Winelands Airport (formerly Fisantekraal Airfield), we can be established on the FACT ILS within 10 min of take-off. This is not even possible for aircraft based at Cape Town International.
Proprietary training procedures allow us to practice uninterrupted when Cape Town ATC is busy.
Wide open areas to practice simulated approaches clear of high terrain within a structured environment under the supervision of a qualified Grade II flight instructor.
Instructor Rating
Four Good Reasons
Why You Should Complete Your Instructors Rating At CTFTC
In order to teach, first you must fully understand your craft. The CTFTC Flight Instructors Course is both intensive and extensive, ensuring that a newly graduated Flight Instructor is fully prepared to impart the knowledge he or she has acquired from day one.
CTFTC is recognised by the SACAA as having some of the highest calibre instructors in South Africa. In order to become the best you need to learn from the best.
No shortcuts are taken to ensure you qualify as a safe and competent Grade III Flight Instructor. Immediately upon completion of our course, you will be empowered to fit confidently into the training environment.
Join an elite team! Upon successful completion of the course, you will become eligible for engagement as a Flight Instructor at CTFTC.
The Prospective Student Must:
- Be in possession of a valid CPL.
- Pass the required CAA-prescribed theoretical examinations (2).
- Be able to prepare lectures and briefings of a suitable standard.
- Have accumulated 20 hours of ‘Patter’ (flight training).
- Obtain a letter of recommendation from a grade I or II instructor.
- Pass a practical flight test with a CAA examiner.
Renewal of an instructors rating requires that the holder must have given a minimum of 20 hours instruction during the current year, and have passed a flight test after the 1st year, and thereafter every 3rd year. After qualifying as a Grade III instructor, he/she may advance to Grade II, as experience develops.
Multi-Engine Rating
This rating a) allows you to pilot multi-engined aircraft, b) provides more job opportunities in the future and c) is a pre-requisite for the issue of the Air Transport Pilot’s Licence (ATPL).
The Multi-Engine rating may also be completed separately at any time after completing a single-engine Commercial Licence or after achieving 100 hours PIC as a PPL licence holder.
Four Good Reasons
Why You Should Complete Your ME Rating At CTFTC
Being situated close to Sea Level provides us with better aircraft performance and a much greater safety margin: the student experiences more exposure to asymmetric flight without compromising safety.
Being immediately adjacent to, but outside the Cape Town International CTR, we can join the ILS approach without expensive holding time.
Flight training utilises Instructors who are highly experienced in asymmetric flight technique.
Aircraft with non-automated engine controls are utilised: the student obtains better exposure to the fundamental principles and the skills required to managing multiple engines during both symmetrical and asymmetric flight.
The Prospective Student Must:
- Be the holder of a valid PPL with 100 Hours PIC or be the holder of a CPL.
- Complete a minimum of 6 Hours training on a multi-engined aircraft of which a maximum 3 hours may be completed in a simulator.
- In order to obtain a Multi-Engine Class rating with an Instrument Rating (ME/IR) the student must complete an additional 5 hours of Instrument training of which 3 may be completed in a simulator.
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Night Rating
Five Good Reasons
Why You Should Complete Your Night Rating At CTFTC
The safety of large open ground manoeuvring areas.
Safe runway approaches with minimal obstacles.
True night environment without light pollution from surrounding built-up areas.
Light airborne traffic.
Immediate access to the General Flying Area.
The Prospective Student Must:
- Be in possession of a valid PPL.
- Undergo a total of 15 hours of dual training, comprised of instrument flying, night circuits and night cross-country
- Pass a basic instrument flying (IF) skills test.
Instrument Rating
Four Good Reasons
Why To Complete Your IF Rating At CTFTC
CTFTC operate several fully IFR equipped aircraft allowing us to practice actual NDB, VOR and ILS procedures.
Being based at Cape Winelands Airport (formerly Fisantekraal Airfield), we can be established on the FACT ILS within 10 min of take-off. This is not even possible for aircraft based at Cape Town International.
Proprietary training procedures allow us to practice uninterrupted when Cape Town ATC is busy.
Wide open areas to practice simulated approaches clear of high terrain within a structured environment under the supervision of a qualified Grade II flight instructor.
The Prospective Student Must:
- Be in possession of a valid PPL.
- Have completed the Night Rating course.
- Obtain a General Radio operators Licence. (Course provided).
- Pass the CAA prescribed theoretical examinations (8).
- Have accumulated a minimum of 100 hours pilot-in-command (PIC) (of which 50 hours must be cross-country experience and a further 40 hours of instrument flying (IF) of which 20 may be undertaken on CAA-approved flight simulators).
- Pass a practical flight test with a CAA examiner.
Renewal of the instrument rating requires maintaining a valid Pilot Licence by passing an annual flight test.
Instructor Rating
Four Good Reasons
Why You Should Complete Your Instructors Rating At CTFTC
In order to teach, first you must fully understand your craft. The CTFTC Flight Instructors Course is both intensive and extensive, ensuring that a newly graduated Flight Instructor is fully prepared to impart the knowledge he or she has acquired from day one.
CTFTC is recognised by the SACAA as having some of the highest calibre instructors in South Africa. In order to become the best you need to learn from the best.
No shortcuts are taken to ensure you qualify as a safe and competent Grade III Flight Instructor. Immediately upon completion of our course, you will be empowered to fit confidently into the training environment.
Join an elite team! Upon successful completion of the course, you will become eligible for engagement as a Flight Instructor at CTFTC.
The Prospective Student Must:
- Be in possession of a valid CPL.
- Pass the required CAA-prescribed theoretical examinations (2).
- Be able to prepare lectures and briefings of a suitable standard.
- Have accumulated 20 hours of ‘Patter’ (flight training).
- Obtain a letter of recommendation from a grade I or II instructor.
- Pass a practical flight test with a CAA examiner.
Renewal of an instructors rating requires that the holder must have given a minimum of 20 hours instruction during the current year, and have passed a flight test after the 1st year, and thereafter every 3rd year. After qualifying as a Grade III instructor, he/she may advance to Grade II, as experience develops.
Multi-Engine Rating
This rating a) allows you to pilot multi-engined aircraft, b) provides more job opportunities in the future and c) is a pre-requisite for the issue of the Air Transport Pilot’s Licence (ATPL).
The Multi-Engine rating may also be completed separately at any time after completing a single-engine Commercial Licence or after achieving 100 hours PIC as a PPL licence holder.
Four Good Reasons
Why You Should Complete Your ME Rating At CTFTC
Being situated close to Sea Level provides us with better aircraft performance and a much greater safety margin: the student experiences more exposure to asymmetric flight without compromising safety.
Being immediately adjacent to, but outside the Cape Town International CTR, we can join the ILS approach without expensive holding time.
Flight training utilises Instructors who are highly experienced in asymmetric flight technique.
Aircraft with non-automated engine controls are utilised: the student obtains better exposure to the fundamental principles and the skills required to managing multiple engines during both symmetrical and asymmetric flight.
The Prospective Student Must:
- Be the holder of a valid PPL with 100 Hours PIC or be the holder of a CPL.
- Complete a minimum of 6 Hours training on a multi-engined aircraft of which a maximum 3 hours may be completed in a simulator.
- In order to obtain a Multi-Engine Class rating with an Instrument Rating (ME/IR) the student must complete an additional 5 hours of Instrument training of which 3 may be completed in a simulator.