IFR 250nm Cross Country Requirement
Asked by: Matthew Drooyan 12625 views Instrument Rating
Hi everyone,
I flew my IFR cross country a few weeks ago-I filed three legs for the flight (Renton->Portland Hillsboro, Hillsboro->Centralia, Centralia->Renton). By the time my CFI and I had gotten to Centralia, we had flown well over 250nm, due to vectoring and approaches, and had already made three types of approaches at Hillsboro and Centralia (ILS and VOR at Hillsboro, GPS at Centralia). Consequently we elected to return to Renton VFR. While 61.65 doesn't say it explicitly, I've heard from some that you have to complete the IFR flight back to the original point of departure. Is this true? In reading the wording of 61.65, one of the things that concerned me was:
61.65(d)(ii)(B) An instrument approach at each airport.
Would "each airport" be each and every airport that's involved in the cross country, including Renton? Or does this statement imply each airport "of arrival", since it's in the context of instrument approaches?
Thanks!
Matt
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