Thailand.

A distinct recreational landscape defined by a robust ultralight culture, holiday-friendly intensive courses, and a unique regulatory environment under CAAT.

Guides and Briefs

Guides

How to get a pilot licence in Thailand: UPL training, costs, and schools (2026)

Thailand offers structured ultralight training through CAAT-certified schools in Phuket and Pattaya. Here's what the Private Pilot Licence-Ultralight Aircraft pathway looks like, which schools offer training, and what to expect.

Why are we doing this? We are building the definitive guide to recreational flight training in Asia-Pacific. No one else connects regulatory translation across borders with gear decisions that transfer to real flight.

Read the full story →

We need your help. We're working on building and updating our comprehensive flight school directories for Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Philippines.

Email us →