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Cross country flight training

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Hello,

Quick question concerning the 3 hours of cross country flight training.  Does the 3 hours of cross country flight training required have to meet the 50 mile minimum for distance to be considered cross country?  I know the solo cross country requirement, but not positive about the training.

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  1. Mark Kolber on May 26, 2019

    Yes. See the FAR 61.1 definitions. All cross country requirements for FAA certificates and ratings (except ATP) require at least one landing more than 50 nm from the origin airport.

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  2. Warren Webb Jr on May 26, 2019

    Agree with Mark. The key connection is where 61.1 says “for the purpose of meeting the aeronautical experience requirements”. Those are in 61.109 Aeronautical experience and include both the 3 hours of training and 5 hours of solo cross-country. For many years I used two airports which were 55nm from base – the time accumulated would always be 3.0 or just a little over (plan carefully to make sure you have no less than 3.0 or you will have to do another cross-country). I would be careful about selecting the destination airports and not use any airport which is 50.1 or even 50.9nm away. That will always create a debate of what is ‘more than 50nm’. I always made sure it was at least two or three over 50 measured either with a sectional and plotter or an automated system like skyvector.com to eliminate any doubt.

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  3. jfalcon20 on May 27, 2019

    Thank you for the information, I appreciate the responses. I was wondering if anyone would answer what seems to be a very simple question, unfortunately those seem to be the ones most people don’t answer

    Enjoy the holiday,

    Jeff

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