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title: "FCL.300 CPL – Minimum age — Part-FCL · Avioverse"
description: "An applicant for a CPL shall be at least 18 years of age."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-d/fcl-300"
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# FCL.300 CPL – Minimum age

ANNEX I (Part-FCL) · Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

Official sources: [EASA Easy Access Rules (opens in a new tab)](https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/easy-access-rules/easy-access-rules-aircrew) · [EUR-Lex 2011/1178 (opens in a new tab)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32011R1178)

IR Implementing rule

## FCL.300 CPL – Minimum age

An [applicant](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/applicant) for a CPL shall be at least 18 years of age.

IR · FCL.300 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

[All rules in SUBPART D – COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENCE – CPL](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-d)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 16 Oct 2026, extracted 2 Nov 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.