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14 CFR · PART 61
Pilot certificates and ratings
Subpart A · General
- § 61.1 Applicability and definitions.
- § 61.2 Exercise of Privilege.
- § 61.3 Requirement for certificates, ratings, privileges, and authorizations.
- § 61.4 Qualification and approval of flight simulators and flight training devices.
- § 61.5 Certificates and ratings issued under this part.
- § 61.7 Obsolete certificates and ratings.
- § 61.8 Inapplicability of unmanned aircraft operations.
- § 61.9 Inapplicability of simplified flight controls aircraft experience credit.
- § 61.11 Expired pilot certificates and re-issuance.
- § 61.13 Issuance of airman certificates, ratings, and authorizations.
- § 61.14 Incorporation by Reference.
- § 61.15 Offenses involving alcohol or drugs.
- § 61.16 Refusal to submit to an alcohol test or to furnish test results.
- § 61.17 Temporary certificate.
- § 61.19 Duration of pilot and instructor certificates and privileges.
- § 61.21 Duration of a Category II and a Category III pilot authorization (for other than part 121 and part 135 use).
- § 61.23 Medical certificates: Requirement and duration.
- § 61.25 Change of name.
- § 61.27 Voluntary surrender or exchange of certificate.
- § 61.29 Replacement of a lost or destroyed airman or medical certificate or knowledge test report.
- § 61.31 Type rating requirements, additional training, and authorization requirements.
- § 61.33 Tests: General procedure.
- § 61.35 Knowledge test: Prerequisites and passing grades.
- § 61.37 Knowledge tests: Cheating or other unauthorized conduct.
- § 61.39 Prerequisites for practical tests.
- § 61.40 Relief for U.S. Military and civilian personnel who are assigned outside the United States in support of U.S. Armed Forces operations.
- § 61.41 Flight training received from flight instructors not certificated by the FAA.
- § 61.43 Practical tests: General procedures.
- § 61.45 Practical tests: Required aircraft and equipment.
- § 61.47 Status and responsibilities of an examiner who is authorized by the Administrator to conduct practical tests.
- § 61.49 Retesting after failure.
- § 61.51 Pilot logbooks.
- § 61.52 Use of aeronautical experience obtained in ultralight vehicles.
- § 61.53 Prohibition on operations during medical deficiency.
- § 61.55 Second-in-command qualifications.
- § 61.56 Flight review.
- § 61.57 Recent flight experience: Pilot in command.
- § 61.58 Pilot-in-command proficiency check: Operation of an aircraft that requires more than one pilot flight crewmember or is turbojet-powered.
- § 61.60 Change of address.
Subpart B · Aircraft Ratings and Pilot Authorizations
- § 61.61 Applicability.
- § 61.63 Additional aircraft ratings (other than for ratings at the airline transport pilot certification level).
- § 61.64 Use of a flight simulator and flight training device.
- § 61.65 Instrument rating requirements.
- § 61.66 Enhanced Flight Vision System Pilot Requirements.
- § 61.67 Category II pilot authorization requirements.
- § 61.68 Category III pilot authorization requirements.
- § 61.69 Glider and unpowered ultralight vehicle towing: Experience and training requirements.
- § 61.71 Graduates of an approved training program other than under this part: Special rules.
- § 61.73 Military pilots or former military pilots: Special rules.
- § 61.75 Private pilot certificate issued on the basis of a foreign pilot license.
- § 61.77 Special purpose pilot authorization: Operation of a civil aircraft of the United States and leased by a non-U.S. citizen.
Subpart C · Student Pilots
- § 61.81 Applicability.
- § 61.83 Eligibility requirements for student pilots.
- § 61.85 Application.
- § 61.87 Solo requirements for student pilots.
- § 61.89 General limitations.
- § 61.93 Solo cross-country flight requirements.
- § 61.94 Student pilot seeking a sport pilot certificate or a recreational pilot certificate: Operations at airports within, and in airspace located within, Class B, C, and D airspace, or at airports with an operational control tower in other airspace.
- § 61.95 Operations in Class B airspace and at airports located within Class B airspace.
Subpart D · Recreational Pilots
Subpart E · Private Pilots
- § 61.102 Applicability.
- § 61.103 Eligibility requirements: General.
- § 61.105 Aeronautical knowledge.
- § 61.107 Flight proficiency.
- § 61.109 Aeronautical experience.
- § 61.110 Night flying exceptions.
- § 61.111 Cross-country flights: Pilots based on small islands.
- § 61.113 Private pilot privileges and limitations: Pilot in command.
- § 61.115 Balloon rating: Limitations.
- § 61.117 Private pilot privileges and limitations: Second in command of aircraft requiring more than one pilot.
Subpart F · Commercial Pilots
Subpart G · Airline Transport Pilots
- § 61.151 Applicability.
- § 61.153 Eligibility requirements: General.
- § 61.155 Aeronautical knowledge.
- § 61.156 Training requirements: Airplane category—multiengine class or multiengine airplane type rating concurrently with an airline transport pilot certificate.
- § 61.157 Flight proficiency.
- § 61.159 Aeronautical experience: Airplane category rating.
- § 61.160 Aeronautical experience—airplane category restricted privileges.
- § 61.161 Aeronautical experience: Rotorcraft category and helicopter class rating.
- § 61.163 Aeronautical experience: Powered-lift category rating.
- § 61.165 Additional aircraft category and class ratings.
- § 61.167 Airline transport pilot privileges and limitations.
- § 61.169 Letters of authorization for institutions of higher education.
Subpart H · Flight Instructors Other than Flight Instructors With a Sport Pilot Rating
- § 61.181 Applicability.
- § 61.183 Eligibility requirements.
- § 61.185 Aeronautical knowledge.
- § 61.187 Flight proficiency.
- § 61.189 Flight instructor records.
- § 61.191 Additional flight instructor ratings.
- § 61.193 Flight instructor privileges.
- § 61.195 Flight instructor limitations and qualifications.
- § 61.197 Recent experience requirements for flight instructor certification.
- § 61.199 Reinstatement of flight instructor privileges.
Subpart I · Ground Instructors
Subpart J · Sport Pilots
- § 61.301 What is the purpose of this subpart and to whom does it apply?
- § 61.303 If I want to operate an aircraft that satisfies the limitations identified in § 61.316, what operating limits and endorsement requirements in this subpart must I comply with?
- § 61.305 What are the age and language requirements for a sport pilot certificate?
- § 61.307 What tests do I have to take to obtain a sport pilot certificate?
- § 61.309 What aeronautical knowledge must I have to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
- § 61.311 What flight proficiency requirements must I meet to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
- § 61.313 What aeronautical experience must I have to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
- § 61.315 What are the privileges and limits of my sport pilot certificate?
- § 61.316 What are the performance limits and design requirements for the aircraft that a sport pilot may operate?
- § 61.317 Is my sport pilot certificate issued with aircraft category and class ratings?
- § 61.321 How do I obtain privileges to operate an additional category or class of aircraft?
- § 61.325 How do I obtain privileges to operate an aircraft at an airport within, or in airspace within, Class B, C, and D airspace, or in other airspace with an airport having an operational control tower?
- § 61.327 Are there specific endorsement requirements to operate an aircraft based on V<sub>H</sub>?
- § 61.329 How do I obtain privileges to operate an aircraft at night?
- § 61.331 How do I obtain privileges to operate an aircraft with retractable landing gear or an airplane with a manual controllable pitch propeller?
Subpart K · Flight Instructors With a Sport Pilot Rating
- § 61.401 What is the purpose of this subpart?
- § 61.403 What are the age, language, and pilot certificate requirements for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.405 What tests do I have to take to obtain a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.407 What aeronautical knowledge must I have to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.409 What flight proficiency requirements must I meet to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.411 What aeronautical experience must I have to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.412 Do I need additional training to provide instruction on control and maneuvering an airplane solely by reference to the instruments in an aircraft based on V<sub>H</sub>?
- § 61.413 What are the privileges of my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.415 What are the limits of a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.417 Will my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating list aircraft category and class ratings?
- § 61.419 How do I obtain privileges to provide training in an additional category or class of aircraft?
- § 61.421 May I give myself an endorsement?
- § 61.423 What are the recordkeeping requirements for a flight instructor with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.425 How do I establish recent experience for my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.427 How do I reinstate my flight instructor privileges if I fail to establish recent experience for my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.429 May I exercise the privileges of a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating if I hold a flight instructor certificate with another rating?