Instrument rating — airplane
For Instrument rating, certificate or rating is Instrument rating — airplane; part 61 minimum is Forty hours of actual or simulated instrument time in the areas of operation listed in paragraph (c) of this section, of which 15 hours must have been received from an authorized instructor who holds an instrument-airplane rating; part 61 section is 14 CFR 61.65(d)(2); key sub-requirements is 50 hours of cross-country time as pilot in command, of which 10 hours must have been in an airplane, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.
- Certificate or rating
- Instrument rating — airplane our reading
- Part 61 minimum
- Forty hours of actual or simulated instrument time in the areas of operation listed in paragraph (c) of this section, of which 15 hours must have been received from an authorized instructor who holds an instrument-airplane rating verified
- Part 61 section
- 14 CFR 61.65(d)(2) our reading
- Key sub-requirements
- 50 hours of cross-country time as pilot in command, of which 10 hours must have been in an airplane verified
- Part 141 minimum
- 35 hours of instrument training if the course is for an initial instrument rating per ecfr.gov
- Part 141 appendix
- Part 141 Appendix C, para. 4(a)(1) per ecfr.gov
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
50 hours of cross-country time as pilot in command, of which 10 hours must have been in an airplane; and (2) Forty hours of actual or simulated instrument time in the areas of operation listed in paragraph (c) of this section, of which 15 hours must have been received from an authorized instructor who holds an instrument-airplane rating
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-19
What ecfr.gov says
(1) 35 hours of instrument training if the course is for an initial instrument rating. (2) 15 hours of instrument training if the course is for an additional instrument rating.
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-18