Pilot license validation
Pilot license validation across every register we track for aircraft.
What is meant by pilot license validation?
Which foreign pilot licenses the register accepts or validates for private flying, how long a validation lasts, and what it costs.
Why does pilot license validation matter when choosing a register?
An owner with an existing crew often picks the register that validates their licenses fastest, since validity periods differ from one register to the next.
Every register for aircraft, side by side
Where a register has not published an answer, none is shown, and where the only figure available is an estimate, it is labeled as one.
| Register | Answer |
|---|---|
| ArubaThe Registry of Aruba | Aruba validates a license from any ICAO contracting state for up to two years, never beyond the foreign license's own expiry, and issues the validation within 24 hours.The Registry of Aruba, 'License Validations' (Documents / Personnel Licensing / License Validations)theregistryofaruba.comRetrieved 2026-09-01Open sourceInformational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. |
| BermudaBermuda Aircraft Registry | Foreign ICAO licenses fly Bermuda aircraft under a BCAA Certificate of Validation, issued since 1 June 2025 for up to 2 years and capped by the underlying license, medical and proficiency checks.Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority, Flight Crew Licensing (FCL) Certificate of Validationwww.bcaa.bm · Note 1Retrieved 2026-09-01Effective 2025-06-01Open sourceInformational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. |
| Cayman IslandsCayman Islands Aircraft Registry | A commercial or airline transport pilot license from any ICAO state can be validated for Cayman flying, and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands (CAACI) issues the validation certificate for twelve months at CI$250.Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands, Circular 30-22, 'Pilot Licence Validation Procedures', 30 March 2022, which replaced CAACI Bulletin 30-15www.caacayman.com · §2.1Retrieved 2026-09-01Open sourceInformational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. |
| GuernseyGuernsey Aircraft Registry | A foreign pilot license acceptable to the Director of Civil Aviation is validated for one year at £180, or £50 for Channel Islands residents.2-REG (Guernsey Aircraft Registry), Licenceswww.2-reg.comRetrieved 2026-09-01Effective 2024-08-13Open sourceInformational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. |
| Isle of ManIsle of Man Aircraft Registry | The Isle of Man validates a foreign license for 3 years for £235, but only from ICAO states with satisfactory audit scores, and never for an FAA certificate issued on the basis of a foreign license under 14 CFR 61.75.Isle of Man Aircraft Registry, 'Licence Validations' (with articles 39 and 42 of the Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 2015 on legislation.gov.uk and the flight crew licence validation charges under the Civil Aviation (Charges) Scheme 2026)www.iomaircraftregistry.comRetrieved 2026-09-01Open sourceInformational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. |
| MaltaMalta Aircraft Register | A 9H aircraft needs Part-FCL crew; a third country license can be validated by Transport Malta for one year, extended once by one more year only while the pilot converts.Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/723 of 4 March 2020 laying down detailed rules with regard to the acceptance of third-country certification of pilots and amending Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011, OJ L 170 of 2 June 2020, EUR-Lex CELEX 32020R0723eur-lex.europa.eu · Art. 4(3)Retrieved 2026-09-01Open sourceInformational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. |
| San MarinoSan Marino Aircraft Registry | San Marino validates a license from any ICAO state for up to three years of private flying, or one year for commercial air transport, and never beyond the foreign license's own expiry.San Marino Aircraft Registry, 'Licence Validations', with CAR LIC Revision 12 point LIC.073 and the Scheme of Feeswww.smar.aeroRetrieved 2026-09-01Open sourceInformational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. |
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