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What counts as a XC flight?
By definition, cross-country time includes any flight conducted by a pilot in an aircraft that includes a landing at a point other than the point of departure that includes the use of dead reckoning, pilotage, electronic navigation aids, radio aids, or other navigation systems to navigate to the landing point.
What counts as cross country time for ATP?
An ATP certificate requires 200 hours of cross country time, some of which must have been flown as the PIC. To meet these requirements, any flight that is a straight line distance of more than 50NM away from the point of departure counts as “cross country” time under FAR 61.1(b)(vi).
When does a flight count as cross country?
According to this 2008 Legal Interpretation by the FAA, as long as one point of landing is a straight line distance of at least 50nm away from the original point of departure, the entire route can count as “cross country” flight time for certificate training requirements under FAR 61.1 (b) (ii). There’s one catch to this 50NM rule, however.
Can a straight line count as cross country time?
Nope! According to this 2008 Legal Interpretation by the FAA, as long as one point of landing is a straight line distance of at least 50nm away from the original point of departure, the entire route can count as “cross country” flight time for certificate training requirements under FAR 61.1(b)(ii).
How many nm does a cross country flight need to be?
There is no requirement that any specific leg must be 50 nm. Moreover, a cross-country flight may include several legs that are less than a straight-line distance of more than 50 nm from the original point of departure.
What does far 61.111 mean for cross country flights?
FAR 61.111 is a rarely reviewed regulation that allows pilots based on small islands to disregard the cross country flight requirement for a private pilot certificate. This applies only to routes requiring flight over 10NM from shoreline over open water.