IFR X-Country Training: Which Approaches

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Key Takeaways:

  • Pilots pursuing an instrument rating must complete a 250-NM IFR cross-country flight.
  • There has been confusion regarding the specific requirements for the three approaches during this long cross-country flight.
  • The current issue of IFR Magazine contains an article clarifying the approach requirements for this instrument cross-country training.
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Any pilot who got an instrument rating in the last 25 years knows that part of the training requires a 250-NM (for airplanes) cross‑country flight under IFR. It is called the “long cross‑country” flight, although there’s no “short cross‑country” flight. That flight requires three approaches, but which three has been a source of confusion. The instrument cross-country training article in the current issue of IFR Magazine sorts it out. Read the story here

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