What, if any, requirements are there to maintain a private pilot certificate? For example:. Do I have to renew my certificate after a period of time? A license, once granted, is good forever (barring some enforcement action).But, you need more than just a license to fly. To use your license, while flying solo, you also need a Medical Certificate (if required for the aircraft or flight rules) and a Current BFR (Biennial Flight Review).Medical Certificates are good for 5 years until you're 40, then good for 2 years.Its a quick trip to an FAA approved doctor to examine you for any obvious medical conditions.A BFR is a review with an instructor every two years to make sure you're still proficient and safe.
If all goes well, it takes about 90 minutes.However, if you want to fly passengers, you also need 3 landings within the previous 90 days.If you want to fly passengers at night, you need 3 landings to a full stop, at night, within the previous 90 days.If your 90-day landings have lapsed, you can quickly fix it with 3 trips around the pattern, taking off and landing each time (touch-n-go during the day, or full-stop at night). Then taxi back to the ramp, pick up your passengers, and go on your way. The plain and simple answer to your updated question is that once you get your pilot license, it is good forever. You can go 50 years without flying, and the license itself is still valid.When it comes time to fly again, depending on the type of airplane that you want to fly, you will probably also need a medical.You will need to have a Flight Review within the previous two years that you will need to be able to pass (and you have to be proficient in order to pass it).Most importantly, in order to be safe, you will want to fly enough to be proficient and comfortable in the airplane so that you don't hurt yourself, others, or the airplane. If you go a long time without flying, it can be almost like starting over.In short, the additional training that you will have to do in order to become comfortable will end up costing you more in the long run, but you don't have to do anything to maintain just the license portion that you are asking about. There is no simple answer to this question because it depends how much you fly and how much time you need to re-learn after not flying for a while.A US private pilot's license never expires, but you do lose currency. The recurring training requirement is in: you must pass a biennial flight review (BFR) every two years, which consists of one hour ground school and one hour in the air with an instructor.
If you do not have a current BFR (or have passed an equivalent test) then you can't fly as PIC.Apart from the BFR there is no requirement at all to fly regularly, nor is there a requirement to fly a minimum number of hours. That's for solo day VFR only; there are minimums if you intend to carry passengers, fly at night or operate under IFR (see ).So in an extreme case, you could get your license and not fly for 20 years.
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Then you would 'just' need to pass a BFR to become legal again, with no need to do the theory and practical tests over again (a BFR is not a test). But you would need a valid third-class medical as well.The costs are impossible to estimate because it depends on how long your break from flying is and how quick you are to pick it up again. If you don't fly for a year you might need a couple of hours with an instructor to be safe again, but if you don't fly for 5 years it's probably going to be much more time.
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This is definitely one case where 'safe' is a lot more important than 'legal'. To answer your question simply with emphasis on continued cost.Your certificate never expires and never needs renewed.There is no minimum hours required for life.The only cost involved to become current is to hire a flight instructor for a flight review(FR). This isn't required every 2 years, but you must have had a FR within 2 years of operating as a private pilot. There is no test and no examiner for a FR. The only requirement is one hour of flight and one hour of ground training with an instructor of your choosing.The only other cost involved to operate as a private pilot would be a medical certificate from a designated medical examiner. A private pilot can fly as a sport pilot without a medical under certain limitations.If you have the money/time now, and feel that it would more practical/better investment than waiting for costs to go up, than there is very little expense you would need to spend later.