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title: United Kingdom pilot guides
description: 'UK CAA licensing pathways, separate from EASA requirements.'
lastModified: 2026-10-31
guide:
  kind: collection
  goals: [private]
  jurisdiction: UK
  country: GB
---

These guides cover UK licensing under the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The UK Part-FCL system has its own rules and amendments; an EASA rule with the same reference is not evidence of the current UK requirement.

The initial pathway covers a first UK Part-FCL PPL(A). UK national licences and the NPPL are separate routes. Existing LAPL(A) holders also have their own position; this collection does not treat those qualifications as interchangeable.