# Flight instructor refresher course (special preparation) — FAA flight training hour minimums: Part 61 vs Part 141, by certificate and rating

For Flight instructor refresher course (special preparation), part 141 minimum is a combined total of 16 hours of aeronautical knowledge training, flight training, or any combination of ground and flight training; part 141 appendix is Part 141 Appendix K, para. 11, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **Certificate or rating:** Flight instructor refresher course (special preparation) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Part 141 minimum:** a combined total of 16 hours of aeronautical knowledge training, flight training, or any combination of ground and flight training _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Part 141 appendix:** Part 141 Appendix K, para. 11 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> An approved special preparation flight instructor refresher course must include at least a combined total of 16 hours of aeronautical knowledge training, flight training, or any combination of ground and flight training on the following

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-141

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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