Cheap Hour Building Packages for UK CAA licence holders in Spain + Portugal

Entry Requirements

• Private Pilot Licence (PPL) - UK CAA

Cheap Hour Building Aircraft for UK CAA licence holders in Spain + Portugal

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

• Cessna C152 - G-BHDS
• Cessna 152 - G-CKAT
• Cessna C152 - G-BSTP
• Piper Cherokee PA28 RT-201T Turbo - G-LTFB

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

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 

Hour Building Packages for UK CAA

If you would like to rent a G-registered aircraft and do some hour building flying in near perfect year round flying conditions in Spain or in Portugal, send us an email

We offer UK CAA licenced PPL pilots several cost-effective time-building packages to help hour builders accumulate P1 Pilot-in-Command (PIC) time. 

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 time 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 Spain or in Portugal who can renew an expired (lapsed) SEP. 

Time builders who hold a LAPL licence and are outside recency, may arrive in Spain or Portugal. You can complete refresher training with a flight instructor in Spain / 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 you 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

Ferry Flight Opportunity - Cheap Hour Building for UK CAA

• Date:  Soon
• From:  London-Biggin Hill Airport (EGKB), UK
• To:  Cascais Airport (LPCS), Lisbon, Portugal
• Aircraft:  Cessna C152, reg:  G-BSTP
• Licence:  UK CAA
• Details:  This Cessna C152 needs to be ferried from London-Biggin Hill Airport (EGKB) to Cascais Airport (LPCS), Lisbon, Portugal. The flight will suit an hour builder holding a UK CAA PPL(A). €75/hour (Dry). Only air time is charged but you can log all the block time which includes taxi time for free. The aircraft will be handed over full tanks and must be returned tanks full. If you wish to continue hour building upon arrival in Lisbon-Cascais Airport (LPCS), you are welcome to do so.

For flights in Spain + 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 Spain + 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. At major airports in Spain, handling is mandatory but generally only €9.99 EUR.

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.