Personnel Licensing

A flight crew licence is required before you can operate as a pilot of a Botswana-registered aircraft. Various categories of such licences, and their associated ratings, determine the type of aircraft and flights that you can operate in Botswana.

To obtain a flight crew licence from CAAB, you will have to:

1. Complete the necessary flying training programme with a CAAB-approved training organisation
2. Accumulate sufficient flying experience
3. Pass a medical examination
4. Pass the CAAB Flight Crew Theoretical and Practical Examinations.

Click below for more information on the application process and requirements for each licence:

• Student Pilot Licence
• Private Pilot Licence
• Commercial Pilot Licence
• Airline Transport Pilot Licence
• Multi-crew Pilot Licence
• Medical Requirements
• Foreign Licence Validation and Conversion

A Student Pilot Licence (SPL) allows you to fly a Botswana-registered aircraft under the supervision or authority of a CAAB-approved flying instructor. It also allows you to carry out flying activities while undergoing flying training to attain higher classes of pilot licences.

To obtain a SPL, you must

• be at least 16 years old; and
• meet the Class 2 medical requirements.

There is no requirement needed for flying experience or completion of the knowledge examinations administered by CAAB for the initial issuance or renewal of a SPL.

More detailed requirements can be found in CAAB GAC 001.

Application Form

Please complete the Application for Student Pilot Licence Form CAAB-PEL-SPL-001.

For renewal or update of particulars on your existing licence, please follow the instructions bellow:

Renewal of Student Pilot Licence;

Update of Personal Particulars;

Application Submission

Submit your application at our Licensing Office:-

Plot 61920
Letsema Office Park, Fairgrounds
Gaborone, Botswana