Average annual hours
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Average annual hours
I'm interested to find out how many hours PPL's fly per year.
I've done 50 hours in the last 12 months and I'm told that this is above average.
I'm researching ways of reducing flying costs and your feedback would be appreciated.
CFG
I've done 50 hours in the last 12 months and I'm told that this is above average.
I'm researching ways of reducing flying costs and your feedback would be appreciated.
CFG
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From: Midlands
I normally manage 70 – 100 but this year it looks like being 40 ish.
If you are looking at cutting costs have you considered a group? Depending on the type of flying you do you can get a two seat aircraft (Jodel D120 for example) for £3k capital, £35 per month and £35 per hour wet.
Rod1
If you are looking at cutting costs have you considered a group? Depending on the type of flying you do you can get a two seat aircraft (Jodel D120 for example) for £3k capital, £35 per month and £35 per hour wet.
Rod1
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From: EuroGA.org
UK PPL average is thought to be 10-20/year.
However, this average hides a large standard deviation. There is a sizeable group of 100-200hr pilots (incl. myself; these are mostly owners since few will be doing this on self fly hire) and there are a fair few 400+hr pilots though these will be doing a lot of own-business stuff on their PPL.
There are also very many who do the min i.e. 12hrs every 2 years.
However, this average hides a large standard deviation. There is a sizeable group of 100-200hr pilots (incl. myself; these are mostly owners since few will be doing this on self fly hire) and there are a fair few 400+hr pilots though these will be doing a lot of own-business stuff on their PPL.
There are also very many who do the min i.e. 12hrs every 2 years.
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From: Worcestershire, UK
I've done just short of 400 over the last 6 years, which equates to ~67 hours/year. However, ~300 of them have been done in the last two years since I became an a/c owner.
In my PA28-renting days I averaged ~25hours/year
In my PA28-renting days I averaged ~25hours/year
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From: The Twilight Zone near 30W
I tend to average about 30 ish per year, although I've had a bit going on this year so I've only done about 15 so far. Effectively just keeping recency (and not counting the 90 hours a month I do for a day job).
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From: surrey
In the words of Dave Gorman, "what you need here is a graph", so here's my flying over ten years.
1st six months is PPL, then minimum hours for four years renting 152's and occasionally an Archer. Took a break from flying for two years then back in the saddle in '03 I spent a year getting checked out in various types (including SuperCub) before buying a share in a seriously under-utilised PA28. Have never looked back.
1st six months is PPL, then minimum hours for four years renting 152's and occasionally an Archer. Took a break from flying for two years then back in the saddle in '03 I spent a year getting checked out in various types (including SuperCub) before buying a share in a seriously under-utilised PA28. Have never looked back.
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Every time anyone posts this question, then just as we are all getting to some sort of concensus on the subject of "average " hours, along comes Bose x with his zillion hours a year and cocks up the whole research project...