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Cheap Aircraft Rental Packages for UK CAA licence holders

Cheap Hour Building Packages for UK CAA licence holders in Portugal

For all UK CAA hour building enquiries in Lisbon-Cascais Airport (LPCS), Portugal, please contact direct the base manager JOAO FERNANDES:

Email:  joaobaltazarpf@sapo.pt

(m) +351 962 386 880 - WhatsApp

Entry Requirements

  • Private Pilot Licence (PPL); UK CAA

Cheap Hour Building Aircraft for UK CAA licence holders in Portugal

For UK CAA licence holders, in Portugal, we can offer time builders the following choice of G-registered single-engine piston aeroplanes:

Post-BREXIT, only UK CAA licence holders can continue to fly G-registered aircraft so you will need a UK CAA licence to fly a G reg plane. 

If you hold a foreign ICAO or EASA PPL, and you would like to convert your licence to UK CAA, full details how to convert is explained here

Accommodation

Check here to view the accommodation in Lisbon-Cascais Airport (LPCS) which is only a 10-minute bus ride from the airfield

Hour Building Packages for UK CAA

We can offer UK CAA licence holders the chance to hour build from Cascais Airport (LPCS), located 21 km West of Lisbon, Portugal. There is a choice of G-registered Cessna 150/152 aircraft where PPL pilots can do their time building flying in near perfect year round flying conditions.

UK CAA licenced PPL pilots have several cost-effective time-building packages to help hour build and accumulate P1 Pilot-in-Command (PIC) flying time towards their CPL. 

Generally, we allocate the aeroplane only to one hour builder at a time and you can rent it for 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks. We do NOT schedule more than one time builder to an aircraft at anyone time. The aircraft is yours throughout the agreed period.

Fuel

We offer dry rates because it will prove far cheaper for the hour builder. We will hand the aircraft over to you with full fuel tanks. When you finish your hour building, just return the aircraft back to us with the fuel tanks full. a BP aviation fuel card will be provided to the renting pilot which offers subsidized fuel prices below market rate.

Current SEP (land) class rating

We have flight instructors with UK CAA licences who can revalidate by experience and sign you off to fly solo. However, you must arrive with your SEP class rating current as we do NOT currently at this time have UK CAA certified examiners in Portugal who can renew an expired (lapsed) SEP. 

Time builders who hold a LAPL licence and are outside recency may arrive in Portugal. You can complete refresher training with a flight instructor in Portugal before renting a G-registered aircraft.    

Prior to flying solo, a 2-hour check ride with an instructor is mandatory for insurance purposes to ensure they are competently proficient. One (1) hour of which you can log as P1 solo.

Hour Building Aircraft for UK CAA licence holders in Portugal

€ 75 / hour (Dry)

Cessna C152

G-CKAT

  • Based at: Lisbon-Cascais Airport (LPCS), Portugal
  • 2-seater
  • G-registered aircraft available for rent
  • UK CAA licence holders
  • Impeccably maintained to the highest standards
  • Check accommodation in Lisbon-Cascais Airport (LPCS), Portugal here
  • 80 block hours x £65 = £5,200 + Fuel
  • Impeccably maintained. Under CAO / CAMO - Continuing Airworthiness Maintenance Organisation


€ 75 / hour (Dry)

Cessna C152

G-BSTP

  • Based at:  Lisbon-Cascais Airport (LPCS), Portugal
  • 2-seater
  • G-registered aircraft 
  • UK CAA licence holders
  • Impeccably maintained to the highest standards
  • Check accommodation in Lisbon-Cascais Airport (LPCS), Portugal here
  • 80 block hours x £65 = £5,200 + Fuel
  • a BP aviation fuel card will be provided which offers subsidized fuel prices below market rate
  • Impeccably maintained. Under CAO / CAMO - Continuing Airworthiness Maintenance Organisation


€ 75 / hour (Dry)

Cessna C152

G-BHDS

  • Based at:  Lisbon-Cascais Airport (LPCS), Portugal
  • 2-seater
  • G-registered aircraft available in Lisbon 
  • UK CAA licence
  • Impeccably maintained to the highest standards
  • Accommodation 10 minutes from LPCS airport: €500/month. Check accommodation here


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For flights in Portugal, hour building packages include:-

WET rates and include: -

  • Fuel 
  • Oil 
  • Initial en-route briefing
  • Approach charts

DRY rates which do NOT include: -

  • Fuel

Note:  For Dry lease rates, a BP Aviation Fuel Card will be provided which will offer you subsidized AvGas below market rate. 

Aircraft rental price do NOT include: -

  • Landing Fees
  • Air fees
  • Aircraft parking down route, away from home base
  • Checkout flight with an instructor or any necessary training. 
  • Aeronautical charts (use SkyDemon - Fly EPT Spain is an official retailer and we can offer it to you at a discount)

Benefits of Time Building in Portugal

  • Mediterranean location
  • Best all-year-round weather conditions in Europe. 300+ days of sunshine per year. 90+% of the year is VFR
  • Easy navigation
  • A lot of open VFR airspace, unlike much of Europe which has too much airspace restrictions. 
  • Cheap landing fees ranging from €6-15. 

We also provide

  • a thorough Briefing for the Airport and Area
  • Briefing for the Route Areas you would like to fly, and
  • Familiarization training on the Aircraft you will fly.