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title: "FCL.500 ATPL – Minimum age — Part-FCL · Avioverse"
description: "Applicants for an ATPL shall be at least 21 years of age."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-f/fcl-500"
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# FCL.500 ATPL – Minimum age

ANNEX I (Part-FCL) · Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

IR Implementing rule

## FCL.500 ATPL – Minimum age

Applicants for an ATPL shall be at least 21 years of age.

IR · FCL.500 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

[All rules in SUBPART F – AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT LICENCE – ATPL](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-f)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 25 Nov 2025, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.