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Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
E-services

Civil Aviation Personnel Licensing System (CAPELS)

Manage your flight crew, aircraft maintenance, or unmanned aircraft licences easily on CAPELS.

Access CAPELS

CAPELS is an online portal for licence applicants and holders to submit and manage their licensing matters anytime, anywhere. 

Licences you can manage on CAPELS 

Flight Crew Licensing

  • Apply for Initial Licences: 

    • Student Pilot Licence (SPL) 

    • Private Pilot Licence (PPL) 

    • Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) 

    • Multi-crew Pilot Licence (MPL) 

    • Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) 


  • Apply for Endorsement of Ratings: 

    • Aircraft/Group Ratings 

    • Mixed Fleet Flying 

    • Reactivation of Lapsed Aircraft/Group Ratings 

    • Instrument Ratings 

    • PPL Night Ratings 

    • English Language Proficiency 

    • Renewal of Rating through Certificate Of Experience (COE) 

    • Lifting of Limitation  

  • Apply for Flight Tests 

  • Apply for Conversion of Foreign Pilot Licence to a Singapore Pilot Licence: 

    • Assessment of Foreign Licence Conversion Requirements (Part I) 

    • Application for Pilot Licence through Foreign Licence Conversion (Part II)

  • Apply for Certificate of Validation (COV) 

  • Renewal or Replacement of Licence 

  • Update of Particulars 

  • Submission of Test Results (by examiners) 

Aircraft Maintenance Licensing

  • Apply for SAR-66 Initial Aircraft Maintenance Licence (AML) 

  • Apply for variation of SAR-66 Licence: 

  • Addition of (Sub)Categories/Aircraft Ratings 

  • Removal of Limitations 

  • Apply for Conversion of Foreign AML to SAR-66 AML 

  • Reactivation, Renewal or Replacement of Licence 

  • Update of Particulars 

Unmanned Aircraft (UA) Pilot Licencing

  • Apply for Initial Unmanned Aircraft Pilot Licence (UAPL) 

  • Apply for Variation of UA Licence 

  • Proficiency check/ Removal of Limitation  

  • Apply for Unmanned Aircraft Authorised Flight Examiner (AFE(UA)) Authorisation: 

    • Initial Application 

    • Addition of Authorisation 

    • Reappointment 

    • Surrendering of Authorisation  

    • Update of Particulars 


Average processing times 

Flight Crew Licensing

The average processing times are based on complete and accurate submission of all required documents.

Application form 

Average processing time 
(working days) 

Initial Application for Student Pilot Licence 

4 

Initial Application for Private Pilot Licence 

6 

Initial Application for Commercial Pilot Licence 

6 

Initial Application for Multi-crew Pilot Licence 

6 

Initial Application for Airline Transport Pilot Licence 

6 

Addition of Aircraft / Group Ratings 

4 

Reactivation of Aircraft / Group Ratings 

4 

Application for Mixed Fleet Flying 

4 

Instrument ratings  

4 

PPL night ratings  

4 

English level proficiency re-evaluation  

4 

Lifting of Limitations  

4 

Flight Tests  

1 

Certificate of Validation (CoV)  

2 

Application for Assessment of Foreign Licence Requirements (Part I) 

10 

Application for Assessment of a Pilot Licence through Foreign Licence Conversion (Part II) 

6 

Renewal of Licence 

1 

Renewal of ratings thru Certificate of Experience (CoE)  

2 

Replacement of Licence 

1 

Change of Licensee Particulars 

Collection after receipt of notification via SMS/email 

Aircraft maintenance licensing

The average processing times required by CAAS in the table below are based on the condition that all required documents are submitted by you in good order.

Application form 

Average processing time (working days) 

Initial Application for Aircraft Maintenance Licence 

10 

Addition of (Sub)Categories/Aircraft Ratings 

10 

Removal of Limitations 

10 

Application for Conversion of Foreign AML to SAR-66 AML 

10 

Renewal of Licence 

3 

Reactivation of Licence 

3 

Replacement of Licence 

1 

Change of Licensee Particulars 

Collection after receipt of notification via SMS/email 

Unmanned Aircraft pilot licensing

The average processing times required by CAAS in the table below are based on the condition that all required documents are submitted by you in good order.

Application form 

Average processing time  
(working days) 

Initial Application for Unmanned Aircraft Pilot Licence (UAPL) 

10 

Variation Application for Unmanned Aircraft Pilot Licence (UAPL) 

5 

Prof check/ Removal of limitation  

5 

Initial Application for Unmanned Aircraft Authorised Flight Examiner (AFE(UA)) Authorisation 

10 

Addition of Authorisation for AFE(UA) 

10 

Reappointment of AFE(UA) Authorisation 

10 

Surrender of AFE(UA) Authorisation 

3 

Change of Licensee Particulars 

Notification via SMS/email 

Contact Information

CAPELS Helpdesk
Email us at CAAS_CAPELS_Helpdesk@caas.gov.sg

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