Pilot Logbook Regulations Reference

To carry passengers under FAR 61.57(a), a pilot must have made 3 takeoffs and 3 landings within the preceding 90 days in…

To carry passengers at night (1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise) under FAR 61.57(b), you need 3 takeoffs and…

Per FAR 61.57(c), within the preceding 6 calendar months an instrument pilot must have logged 6 instrument approaches, h…

FAR 61.56 requires a flight review every 24 calendar months: at least 1 hour of ground training and 1 hour of flight tra…

Under FAR 61.51(e), a pilot may log PIC time when they are the sole manipulator of the controls of an aircraft for which…

Per FAR 61.51(f), you may log SIC time when you hold the appropriate category/class/type ratings and either (1) the airc…

FAR 61.51(g) allows logging instrument time only when you operate the aircraft solely by reference to instruments, in ac…

For logging purposes FAR 1.1 defines night as the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of mo…

FAR 61.1(b)(3) defines cross-country differently by purpose. For most certificates and ratings (PPL, IR, ATP) it is flig…

FAR 61.109(a) requires at least 40 hours of flight time including 20 hours dual instruction and 10 hours solo. Dual must…

FAR 61.129(a) requires 250 hours total time with 100 hours of powered flight (50 hours in airplanes), 100 hours PIC (50…

FAR 61.159 requires 1,500 hours total time, 500 hours cross-country, 100 hours night, 75 hours instrument, and 250 hours…

FAR 61.23: Class 1 is required for ATP privileges, Class 2 for commercial privileges, Class 3 for private/recreational/s…

FAR 61.31: complex aircraft (retractable gear, flaps, controllable-pitch prop) and high-performance aircraft (>200 HP) e…

Under FAR 61.23(d), a third-class medical is valid for 60 calendar months if issued before age 40, or 24 calendar months…

Before solo flight, a student needs a current solo endorsement per FAR 61.87. A general solo endorsement is valid for 90…

FAR 61.109 requires at least 40 hours total time including 20 hours of flight training and 10 hours solo. Cross-country,…

When acting as PIC of a tailwheel airplane, FAR 61.57(a)(1)(ii) requires full-stop landings for passenger-carrying curre…

Simulated instrument time may be logged under FAR 61.51(g) when performed in flight under a view-limiting device with a…

FAR 61.31(f) requires ground and flight training in an airplane with more than 200 horsepower (or a turbojet/turbo-prop…

CARs 401.05 requires every 5 years a flight review or licensing flight test, plus within 24 months a recurrent training…

Per CARs 401.05(3), to exercise instrument privileges a pilot must within the previous 6 months have acquired 6 hours of…

CARs 401.08 lets a pilot log PIC time when acting as PIC, when sole occupant, when sole manipulator if appropriately rat…

CARs Part I defines night as the period between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twi…

CARs 421.26 requires 45 hours of flight time including a minimum of 17 hours dual (with 3 hours cross-country and 5 hour…

CARs 421.30 requires 200 hours total time including 100 hours PIC (with 20 hours PIC cross-country), 65 hours commercial…

CARs 421.34 requires 1,500 hours total time, 900 hours airplane time, 250 hours PIC, 100 hours night (including 25 PIC),…

TC medical categories: Category 1 for ATPL and CPL, Category 3 for PPL and recreational, Category 4 for the Recreational…

CARs 401.08 requires a personal log to record flights by date, type/registration, capacity served, place of departure an…

Transport Canada medical certificate validity depends on age, licence type, and whether the holder is exercising the pri…

CAR 421.26 requires a minimum of 45 hours flight time for the private pilot licence — aeroplane, including dual and solo…

CAR 401.05 requires pilots to have completed at least 5 takeoffs and 5 landings in an aeroplane within the preceding 24…

FCL.740.A requires SEP/TMG class ratings to be revalidated by either passing a proficiency check in the last 3 months of…

FCL.625 IR revalidation requires a proficiency check within the 3 months before expiry. Renewal after expiry requires re…

Part-FCL FCL.050 requires a reliable record of flight, simulator, and training time including aircraft type/registration…

Part-FCL FCL.210.A requires 45 hours including 25 hours dual and 10 hours supervised solo (with at least 5 hours solo cr…

Part-FCL FCL.310 CPL(A) modular requires 200 hours total including 100 PIC (20 PIC cross-country with a 300 nm trip), 10…

Part-FCL FCL.515 ATPL(A) requires 1,500 hours total: 500 hours in multi-pilot operations, 250 hours PIC (or PIC under su…

Part-MED requires Class 1 for CPL/ATPL, Class 2 for PPL, and the LAPL medical for LAPL holders. Validity depends on age.…

EASA Part-MED sets validity by class and age. Class 1 medicals for professional pilots typically valid 12 months under a…

FCL.740(a) requires at least 3 takeoffs and 3 landings as sole manipulator in the preceding 90 days to carry passengers…

Part-FCL FCL.210 requires at least 45 hours total flight time for the PPL(A), including dual and solo cross-country, dua…

Each authority defines XC by purpose: for currency or aeronautical experience, any landing at a different aerodrome may…

All three regulators accept either decimal hours (e.g. 1.6) or hours and minutes (e.g. 1:36). Pick one convention and st…

Yes — all three authorities accept electronic logbooks provided the data is durable and can be presented on request. FAA…

FAA: if instrument currency lapses beyond the 6+6 month grace period in FAR 61.57(d), an IPC is required before exercisi…