Cross-country flight time
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Cross-country flight time
I'm curious as to what qualifies as 'cross-country flight time'. I know there is a requirement for a 150nm trip for the PPL and a 300nm trip for the CPL, but outside of those requirements, what qualifies as 'XC time'. How far do you have to fly before it turns from 'local' into 'XC'?
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I seem to remember it's any flight that extends more than 25nm from your point of departure (25nm in a straight line - doing 30 circuits doesn't count!)
I think a couple of local scenic flights I've done fit into that category!!
That's for NZ anyway - I don't know about other countries.
Hope that helps,
Dupre.
Edited to add the following:
Just had a look at part 1 (definitions & abbreviations available at www.caa.govt.nz)
"Cross-country flight means a flight which extends more than 25 nautical miles in a straight line distance from the centre of the aerodrome of departure"
I wonder if this rule is different in different parts of the world...?
I think a couple of local scenic flights I've done fit into that category!!
That's for NZ anyway - I don't know about other countries.
Hope that helps,
Dupre.
Edited to add the following:
Just had a look at part 1 (definitions & abbreviations available at www.caa.govt.nz)
"Cross-country flight means a flight which extends more than 25 nautical miles in a straight line distance from the centre of the aerodrome of departure"
I wonder if this rule is different in different parts of the world...?
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Hi LB
For aeronautical experience for licences (covered in CAR Part 5) CAR 2 defines:
'cross-country flight time means flight time during which the pilot of an aircraft applies a particular method to determine the aircraft's position and course by geometry, topography or radio navigation aids while the aircraft is flying along a route segment.
cross-country training means flight for the purpose of practising the navigation sequences set out in a syllabus.'
So no particular distance required generally apart from the one flight that you already mentioned.
Cheers, S
For aeronautical experience for licences (covered in CAR Part 5) CAR 2 defines:
'cross-country flight time means flight time during which the pilot of an aircraft applies a particular method to determine the aircraft's position and course by geometry, topography or radio navigation aids while the aircraft is flying along a route segment.
cross-country training means flight for the purpose of practising the navigation sequences set out in a syllabus.'
So no particular distance required generally apart from the one flight that you already mentioned.
Cheers, S
