---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 61.5"
title: "14"
number: "61.5"
heading: "Certificates and ratings issued under this part."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/61.5"
---

# §61.5. Certificates and ratings issued under this part.

- (a) The following certificates are issued under this part to an applicant who satisfactorily accomplishes the training and certification requirements for the certificate sought:
  - (1) **Pilot certificates—**
    - (i) **Student pilot.**
    - (ii) **Sport pilot.**
    - (iii) **Recreational pilot.**
    - (iv) **Private pilot.**
    - (v) **Commercial pilot.**
    - (vi) **Airline transport pilot.**
  - (2) **Flight instructor certificates.**
  - (3) **Ground instructor certificates.**
- (b) The following ratings are placed on a pilot certificate (other than student pilot) when an applicant satisfactorily accomplishes the training and certification requirements for the rating sought:
  - (1) **Aircraft category ratings—**
    - (i) **Airplane.**
    - (ii) **Rotorcraft.**
    - (iii) **Glider.**
    - (iv) **Lighter-than-air.**
    - (v) **Powered-lift.**
    - (vi) **Powered parachute.**
    - (vii) **Weight-shift-control aircraft.**
  - (2) **Airplane class ratings—**
    - (i) **Single-engine land.**
    - (ii) **Multiengine land.**
    - (iii) **Single-engine sea.**
    - (iv) **Multiengine sea.**
  - (3) **Rotorcraft class ratings—**
    - (i) **Helicopter.**
    - (ii) **Gyroplane.**
  - (4) **Lighter-than-air class ratings—**
    - (i) **Airship.**
    - (ii) **Balloon.**
  - (5) **Weight-shift-control aircraft class ratings—**
    - (i) **Weight-shift-control aircraft land.**
    - (ii) **Weight-shift-control aircraft sea.**
  - (6) **Powered parachute class ratings—**
    - (i) **Powered parachute land.**
    - (ii) **Powered parachute sea.**
  - (7) **Aircraft type ratings—**
    - (i) **Large aircraft other than lighter-than-air.**
    - (ii) **Turbojet-powered airplanes.**
    - (iii) **Powered-lift.**
    - (iv) Other aircraft type ratings specified by the Administrator through the aircraft type certification procedures.
  - (8) **Instrument ratings (on private and commercial pilot certificates only)—**
    - (i) **Instrument—** Airplane.
    - (ii) **Instrument—** Helicopter.
    - (iii) **Instrument—** Powered-lift.
  - (9) Second-in-command pilot type rating for aircraft that is certificated for operations with a minimum crew of at least two pilots.
- (c) The following ratings are placed on a flight instructor certificate when an applicant satisfactorily accomplishes the training and certification requirements for the rating sought:
  - (1) **Aircraft category ratings—**
    - (i) **Airplane.**
    - (ii) **Rotorcraft.**
    - (iii) **Glider.**
    - (iv) **Powered-lift.**
  - (2) **Airplane class ratings—**
    - (i) **Single-engine.**
    - (ii) **Multiengine.**
  - (3) **Rotorcraft class ratings—**
    - (i) **Helicopter.**
    - (ii) **Gyroplane.**
  - (4) **Instrument ratings—**
    - (i) **Instrument—** Airplane.
    - (ii) **Instrument—** Helicopter.
    - (iii) **Instrument—** Powered-lift.
  - (5) **Sport pilot rating.**
- (d) The following ratings are placed on a ground instructor certificate when an applicant satisfactorily accomplishes the training and certification requirements for the rating sought:
  - (1) **Basic.**
  - (2) **Advanced.**
  - (3) **Instrument.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, as amended by Amdt. 61-110, 69 FR 44864, July 27, 2004; Amdt. 61-113, 70 FR 45271, Aug. 4, 2005; Docket FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 61-157, 89 FR 92484, Nov. 21, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-44711, 44729, 44903, 45102-45103, 45301-45302.

### Source

Source: Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, as amended by Amdt. 61-110, 69 FR 44864, July 27, 2004; Amdt. 61-113, 70 FR 45271, Aug. 4, 2005; Docket FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 61-157, 89 FR 92484, Nov. 21, 2024]