Instrument Rating Eligibility Requirements:
- Hold at least a current private pilot certificate with an aircraft rating appropriate to the instrument rating sought
- Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language.
- Show satisfactory completion of ground instruction or home study course required by 14 CFR part 61 for the certificate or rating sought.
requirements prescribed for the certificate sought no later than 2 years from the date of application for the test.
· To be eligible to take the knowledge test, you must have: Received an endorsement from an authorized instructor certifying
that you have accomplished a ground-training or a home-study course for the certificate or rating sought and you are
prepared for the knowledge test
- A person who applies for an instrument-airplane rating must have logged:
(1) Fifty hours of cross country flight time as pilot in command, of which 10 hours must have been in an airplane; and
(2) Forty hours of actual or simulated instrument time, of which 15 hours must have been received from an authorized
instructor who holds an instrument-airplane rating, and the instrument time includes:
(i) Three hours of instrument flight training from an authorized instructor in an airplane that is appropriate to the
instrument-airplane rating within 2 calendar months before the date of the practical test; and
(ii) Instrument flight training on cross country flight procedures, including one cross country flight in an airplane with
an authorized instructor, that is performed under instrument flight rules, when a flight plan has been filed with an
air traffic control facility, and that involves—
· A flight of 250 nautical miles along airways or by directed routing from an air traffic control facility;
· An instrument approach at each airport; and three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems
