ENAC

Toulouse, Occitanie, France

LFMT · LFLN · LFMK · LFLS · LFBR · LFBS

ENAC — École Nationale de l'Aviation Civile

ATO FR.ATO.0056 · DGAC (France)Verified
Air France
ATR

France's state civil aviation university, founded in 1949. Its EPL airline-pilot course is an integrated ATPL of about 24 months, financed by the state: students pay only yearly tuition (€1,500 in 2026), housing and meals. Entry is by competitive exam with very few places (about 20 a year across the three routes in 2026), and is open to EU and EEA nationals only. Theory is taught in Toulouse and flying at seven training centres across France; ENAC also trains cadets for airlines.

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ICAO

LFMT

Runway

12L/30R

Length

2,600 m

Elevation

17 ft

Roots since: 1949
Aircraft: 96
Programmes: 5
From: €2k

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Regulatory approval

ATO FR.ATO.0056

DGAC (France) — EASA Part-FCL

VerifiedSource: DGAC/DSAC — Liste des organismes approuvés (ATO), DGAC — ATO list with approved courses, update of 1 July 2021Checked 2026-11-02Listed as ENAC, FR.ATO.0056, in the DGAC lists of February 2024 and July 2021. Course list combines both; the current list is only in the DSAC portal.

Information completeness

92%

11 of 12 topics documented

Verification coverage

40%

8 verified · 12 school · 0 unconfirmed

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Director General

Olivier Chansou

Head of the EPL programme

Stéphane Voivret

Ownership & campus

Public higher-education establishment (EPSCP – grand établissement since 2018) under the French Ministry of Transport and the DGAC.

VerifiedSource: ENAC — Activity report 2023, Campus France — ENAC institution sheetChecked 2026-11-02

In numbers

Who says what. Where sources disagree we show each figure side by side.

EPL entrants

20 in 2023 across the three routes

School reportedENAC

Places in 2026

About 14 (EPL/S), 4 (EPL/U) and 2 (EPL/P), plus 5 in the preparatory cycle

The notices say 'probably'.

School reportedENAC · ENAC · ENAC

New pilot trainees

136 in 2023, French and foreign

School reportedENAC

Training hours

30,275 hours of flight and simulator training in 2023

School reportedENAC

Flight instructors trained

75 in 2023

School reportedENAC

Training programmes

5 programmes documented from the school's own pages.

EPL/S — Élève Pilote de Ligne, scientific route

EU/EEA students aged 16–22 with a year of higher scientific studies, who pass a national competitive exam.

integrated~24 monthsVerified

You finish with

ATPL theory certificates
EASA CPL(A)
Multi-engine instrument rating (IR-ME)
MCC
State-recognised bachelor-level diploma (grade licence)

Training covers

IR-ME
MCC

Exams: Students can be eliminated during training, and an eliminated student can't sit the exam again.

Timetable: 2026 competition: registration 1 December 2025 – 30 January 2026; written exams in maths, physics and English on 31 March; psychotechnical and psychomotor tests 18–22 May; interviews, group exercises and English oral 15–19 June; Class 1 medical in July. About 14 places.

Entry requirements

Nationality: EU or EEA national
Age: Over 16 and under 23 on 1 January of the exam year
Education: 60 ECTS from preparatory classes (CPGE), a science licence, or an equivalent science/technology diploma
Medical: EASA Class 1
Attempts: At most three

On-site assessment

31 Mar 2026

ENAC describes the EPL as an integrated commercial air transport pilot course of about 24 months. Flight, simulator and theory hours are not published. Graduates join airlines and take their type rating on hiring. A means-tested maintenance grant is available.

School's page

Aircraft fleet

96 aircraft in the fleet, according to the source below. Counts are not a guarantee of daily availability.

Elixir Aircraft Elixir30
Single engine · Ordered in June 2025 to replace the VFR training fleet; deliveries 2026–2027

Single engine 30
Multi engine 0

SocataSingle

Socata

TB20 Trinidad

4 seats · 37 modernised by Daher by 2015 with Garmin G500 and two GNS 430W

SocataSingle

Socata

TB10 Tobago

4 seats

DiamondSingle

Diamond

DA40

4 seats

DiamondTwin

Diamond

DA42

4 seats

BeechcraftTwin

Beechcraft

Baron 58

6 seats · Twin-engine training at Saint-Yan

30Single

Elixir Aircraft

Elixir

Ordered in June 2025 to replace the VFR training fleet; deliveries 2026–2027

Simulators

9 TB20 FNPT II (Muret, Carcassonne ×2, Montpellier ×2, Grenoble ×2, Saint-Yan, Biscarrosse) · 3 Beech 58 FNPT II (Montpellier, Saint-Yan ×2) · 1 DA42 FNPT II (Melun) · 1 Airbus A320 FNPT II with MCC (Toulouse, approved 2016)

School reportedSource: ENAC — Activity report 2023, ENAC — Key figures, ENAC / Daher — 37th modernised TB20 delivered, ENAC — Press release: Elixir aircraft order, ATR — ATR/ENAC cadet programme brochure, ENAC — Saint-Yan centreChecked 2026-11-02Only the total is published; types come from the TB20 modernisation release, the ATR brochure and centre pages.

Airfield & campus

Runway data from OurAirports — unconfirmed until checked against the national AIP.

LFMT

Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport

Montpellier centre (Mauguio): initial and advanced multi-engine IFR training for EPL students; no ENAC housing

ICAO: LFMT
Elevation: 17 ft
Runway: 12L/30R
Length × width: 2,600 × 50 m
Surface: Asphalt
Runway: 12R/30L
Length × width: 1,100 × 30 m
Surface: Asphalt

Runway lengthvs 3,500 m

UnconfirmedOurAirports

LFLN

Saint-Yan Airport

Saint-Yan centre: twin-engine (Beech 58) and final initial-training phases; about 140 student pilots a year; 75 rooms

ICAO: LFLN
Elevation: 796 ft
Runway: 15L/33R
Length × width: 2,030 × 45 m
Surface: Concrete
Runway: 15R/33L
Length × width: 1,500 × 30 m
Surface: Concrete

Runway lengthvs 3,500 m

UnconfirmedOurAirports

LFMK

Carcassonne Salvaza Airport

Carcassonne-Salvaza centre: flight training; on-site rooms

ICAO: LFMK
Elevation: 433 ft
Runway: 09/27
Length × width: 2,050 × 45 m
Surface: Asphalt

Runway lengthvs 3,500 m

UnconfirmedOurAirports

LFLS

Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport

Grenoble-Alpes-Isère centre: new centre opened in 2023 with hangar for 14 aircraft, simulators and a 60-studio residence

ICAO: LFLS
Elevation: 1302 ft
Runway: 09/27
Length × width: 3,050 × 45 m
Surface: Asphalt

Runway lengthvs 3,500 m

UnconfirmedOurAirports

LFBR

Aérodrome de Muret - Lherm

Muret centre: flight-instructor training and instrument courses

ICAO: LFBR
Elevation: 622 ft
Runway: 12/30
Length × width: 1,100 × 30 m
Surface: Asphalt

Runway lengthvs 3,500 m

UnconfirmedOurAirports

LFBS

Biscarrosse Parentis Airfield

Biscarrosse centre: training phases not published; 14 rooms

ICAO: LFBS
Elevation: 98 ft
Runway: 09/27
Length × width: 800 × — m
Surface: other

Runway lengthvs 3,500 m

UnconfirmedOurAirports

Sites

Nine sites in France: the Toulouse campus, seven pilot-training centres and Melun (training for DGAC and DGA staff)

Toulouse campus

Theory teaching, selection tests and the A320 FNPT II

Student accommodation on campus

ENAC rooms at Toulouse, Biscarrosse, Carcassonne, Grenoble and Saint-Yan, subject to availability; none at Montpellier or Muret. 2024 prices from €255 to €948 a month depending on room type and category.

School reportedSource: ENAC — Site addresses, ENAC — Key figuresChecked 2026-11-02

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7 avenue Édouard Belin, BP 54005, 31055 Toulouse Cedex 4, France

Costs & financing

Published starting investment

From €1,500

EPL tuition per year (2026); ENAC pays the flying. Entry by competitive exam only.

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Not published — ask in writing

Exact programme price
Accommodation and meals
Exam and licence fees
Extra flying hours
Resits and retests
Payment schedule and refunds

Financing: The state pays the technical training costs. A means-tested maintenance grant is available to EPL students (under 28 for the university and professional routes) and to the preparatory cycle.

VerifiedSource: ENAC — EPL/S 2026 competition notice, ENAC — EPL/U and EPL/P 2026 competition notice, ENAC — Price schedule voted 28 June 2024Checked 2026-11-02Tuition from the official 2026 notices; instructor-course prices from the price schedule voted by ENAC's board in June 2024.

Airline connections

Formal: announced by the airline or Airbus. Reported: terms unknown. No school can guarantee a job.

Formal

Air France

Air France cadets · Since 2018

Partnership signed in 2018 to select and train 72 cadets a year, financed by Air France: theory in Toulouse, then flying at Montpellier, Carcassonne, Grenoble and Saint-Yan. Current numbers are not published, and Air France's recent cadet campaigns don't name their partner schools.

School reported

Formal

ATR

ATR–ENAC integrated cadet programme · Since 2016

Ab initio to ATR 42/72 type rating in about 24 months; the first five graduates, from Lao Airlines, finished in 2018. ATR is a manufacturer, not an airline.

School reported

School reportedSource: ENAC — Pilote de ligne (EPL) programme sheetChecked 2026-11-02No placement figures are published.

History

Every milestone with its own source and status.

1949
Founded
ENAC founded as the French civil aviation school.
School reportedENAC
1959
Saint-Yan becomes an airline-pilot school
The Saint-Yan centre was made a national airline-pilot school; about 3,000 airline pilots have trained there since.
School reportedENAC
2011
Preparatory cycle
Free 10-month preparatory cycle (CPATPL) created for students from modest backgrounds; 5 places in 2026.
School reportedENAC
2018
Air France cadet partnership
Air France relaunched its cadet programme with ENAC selecting and training its cadets.
School reportedENAC · ENAC
Sept 2023
New Grenoble centre
A 40,000 m² centre with hangar, simulator rooms and a 60-studio residence opened at Grenoble-Alpes-Isère airport.
School reportedENAC · Air Journal
Jun 2025
Elixir order
30 Elixir aircraft ordered to replace the VFR training fleet, out of a planned future fleet of 72.
School reportedENAC

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What the public sources don't settle — and the questions to put to the school in writing.

Things that don't line up

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Free or not
ENAC's programme sheet calls the EPL free and its pilot page says it is financed by the state, while the 2026 notices charge €1,500 a year in tuition. The flying itself is paid by ENAC.
ENAC · ENAC · ENAC
Fleet size
96 aircraft (2023 report and key-figures page), 'more than 100' (pilot-training page), 130 in 2015, and a planned future fleet of 72.
ENAC · ENAC · ENAC · ENAC / Daher · ENAC
Number of centres
The pilot-training page says seven practical training centres while listing nine sites; press says eight.
ENAC · ENAC
Air France cadets
ENAC announced 60 cadets with 9 months of theory in April 2018, and 72 cadets a year with 8 months of theory in October 2018.
ENAC · ENAC
EPL/U diploma
The 2026 notice asks for a Bac+3, BTS or DUT; the programme sheet says a Bac+2 scientific diploma.
ENAC · ENAC
Room counts
Grenoble 60 or 55 rooms, Saint-Yan 75 or 70, Carcassonne 52 or 50, depending on the page.
ENAC · ENAC · ENAC · ENAC

Ask before you pay

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How many flight and simulator hours does the EPL include, and on which aircraft?
At which centres will I fly each phase?
What is the total tuition for the whole course, and what do housing and meals cost at my centre?
Does ENAC help EPL graduates find airline jobs, and how many found one in the last cohorts?
Is there any route for non-EU nationals or self-funded students?
Do you publish an all-inclusive price, and what exactly is excluded?
Is my money protected if the school delays or stops training?

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Overview

In numbers

Training programmes

EPL/S — Élève Pilote de Ligne, scientific route

Aircraft fleet

Airfield & campus

Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport

Saint-Yan Airport

Carcassonne Salvaza Airport

Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport

Aérodrome de Muret - Lherm

Biscarrosse Parentis Airfield

Costs & financing

Airline connections

History

Founded

Saint-Yan becomes an airline-pilot school

Preparatory cycle

Air France cadet partnership

New Grenoble centre

Elixir order

Check before you pay

Things that don't line up

Ask before you pay

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