§61.109 Aeronautical Experience

Required Minimums:

• FAA Knowledge Written Exam

• (40) Hours of Total Time

• At least (20) Hours of Dual Flight Instruction

• (10) Hours of Solo Flight Training, Consisting of:

  • (5) Hours of Solo Cross Country Time

  • One Solo Cross Country Flight of 150 nautical miles total distance (One segment of at least 50nm straight distance), with full-stop landings at three points.

  • (3) takeoffs and (3) landings to a full stop at an airport with an operating control tower

• (3) Hours of Cross-Country Flight Training in ASEL

• (3) Hours of Night Flight Training in ASEL (Including)

  • One Cross-Country Flight of over 100 Nautical Miles total distance

  • 10 Takeoffs and 10 Landing (to a full stop) at an airport

• (3) Hours of Simulated Instrument Flight Instruction

§61.65 Instrument Rating Requirements

Required Minimums:

• Hold at least a current private pilot certificate

• FAA Knowledge Written Exam

• 50 hours of PIC Cross-Country Flight time

  • 10 hours PIC must be in Airplanes

• 40 hours of Actual or Simulated Instrument time

  • 15 Hours of Actual or Simulated Flight training in an Airplane

• Instrument Flight Training on Cross Country Flight Procedures including:

  One Cross-Country Flight in an Airplane with an authorized instructor, performed under IFR

• 250 NM along airways or direct routing from ATC.

• An Instrument Approach at each Airport

• Three different kinds of apporaches with the use of navigation systems.

§61.129 Aeronautical Experience

Required Minimums:

• FAA Knowledge Written Exam

• (250) hours of Flight time consisting of:

  • (100) hours in powered aircraft; which (50) hours must be in airplanes

  • (100) hours of Pilot-in-Command (PIC) time, which includes at least:

    • (50) hours in Airplanes; and

  • (50) hours in Cross-Country flight of which at least (10) hours must be in Airplanes

• (20) hours of Training on the Areas of Operations listed in §61.127(b)(1) of this part that includes at least:

  • (10) hours of Instrument Training using a view-limiting device. (5 hours out of the 10 must be in airplanes)

  • (10) hours of Training in a Complex Airplane, a Turbine-powered Airplane, or a Technically Advanced Airplane (TAA), or any combination thereof.

• One 2-hour Cross Country flight in a Single Engine Airplane in Daytime conditions that consists of a total straight-line distance of more than 100 Nautical Miles from the original point of departure;

• One 2-hour Cross Country flight in a Single Engine Airplane in Nighttime conditions that consists of a total straight-line distance of more than 100 Nautical Miles from the original point of departure;

• (3) hours in a Single-Engine Airplane with an Authorized Instructor in preparation for the Practical test within the preceding 2 Calendar months from the month of the test.

• (10) hours of Solo flight time in a Single-Engine Airplane or (10) hours of flight time performing the duties of Pilot in Command (PIC) in a Single-Engine Airplane with an Authorized Instructor on board.

• One Cross-Country flight of not less than 300 Nautical Miles total distance, with landings at a minimum of three points, one of which is a Straight-Line distance of at least 250 Nautical Miles from the original departure point.

• (5) Hours in Night VFR conditions with 10 Takeoffs and 10 Landings (with each involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an Airport with an operating Control Tower.

  
  
  

Complex Endorsements

High-Performance Endorsements

Tail-Wheel Endorsements

Minimum (1) Hour of Flight and (1) Hour of Ground