Leiria, Centro, Portugal
LPJF
Aero Clube de Leiria
- DTO PT.DTO.006 · ANAC (Portugal)Verified
Non-profit aero club founded in 1938, the second-oldest in Portugal, running a PPL(A) school from Leiria's José Ferrinho municipal aerodrome. Theory is taught in the evenings at the club and flying is in a Cessna 152, a Cessna 172N and a Piper Super Cub. Students must be club members. It also runs SEP revalidation, renewal and refresher training and introductory flights.
ICAO
LPJF
Runway
02/20
Length
500 m
Elevation
151 ft
- Roots since
- 1938
- Programmes
- 2
Overview
Regulatory approval
DTO PT.DTO.006
ANAC (Portugal) — EASA Part-FCL
Information completeness
75%
9 of 12 topics documented
Verification coverage
20%
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Ownership & campus
Non-profit association with public-utility status (pessoa coletiva de utilidade pública).
In numbers
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First-time pass rate
100%
Stated by the club in a supplier's press release (February 2025) after adopting its theory materials; the period and exams covered are not given.
Training programmes
2 programmes documented from the school's own pages.
PPL(A)
Training covers
- 9 theory subjects taught in the evenings at the club
- Internal exam after each subject before the ANAC exam
- At least 25 h dual
- Skill test at Leiria with a certified examiner
Exams: Internal exam per subject, then the ANAC theory exam. The skill test is flown at Leiria with a certified examiner, and ANAC issues the licence.
Timetable: Theory after working hours at the club's premises.
Entry requirements
- Membership
- Active member of the Aero Clube de Leiria
- Age
- 17 to enrol; 18 for the skill test
- Education
- Minimum compulsory schooling
- Medical
- EASA Class 2 or higher
- Registration
- Pre-registration fee paid
The school gives 45 h of flying, made up of at least 25 h dual and at least 10 h including the final test. Price, duration and start dates are not published; the 2024/25 course was presented at an information session in November 2024.
School's pageAircraft fleet
Cessna
172N Skyhawk II
4 seats · 180 hp Lycoming O-360; VOR, ADF, Mode S transponder
Cessna
152
2 seats · VOR, ADF
Piper
PA-18-150 Super Cub
2 seats · Tailwheel
Airfield & campus
Runway data from OurAirports — unconfirmed until checked against the national AIP.
Aerodromo de Leiria
Flight training and skill tests
- ICAO
- LPJF
- Elevation
- 151 ft
- Runway
- 02/20
- Length × width
- 500 × 11 m
- Surface
- other
Other courses
SEP class and type rating revalidation, renewal and refresher training
Membership
Open to anyone; apply with the club's membership form
Aerodrome
José Ferrinho (LPJF), 2 NM NNW of Leiria: VFR only, open daylight hours, prior permission required
Instructors
At least one instructor always present, the club says
Centro Associativo Municipal, Largo de Maringá, 2400-128 Leiria, Portugal
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- 01Aero Clube de Leiria — official websiteschool website
- 02Aero Clube de Leiria — Curso de PPLschool website
- 03Aero Clube de Leiria — Frotaschool website
- 04Aero Clube de Leiria — Torna-te sócioschool website
- 05Aero Clube de Leiria — Batismoschool website
- 06ANAC — Declared Training Organisations (Part-FCL)regulator
- 07CAVOK.pt — AeroClube Leiria: Curso de Piloto Privado PPL(A) 2024/2025press · 2024-11-05
- 08FlightLogger — Aero Club de Leiria joins FlightLoggerpress · 2024-12-19
- 09AFM — Padpilot partners with Aeroclube de Leiriapress · 2025-02-06
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