Demo pilot. An invented private pilot with two years of flying, a co-owned Cessna 172 and an instrument rating in progress. Nothing here saves. Start your own with your logbook: the first 30 days are free.
Next rating
The flight experience each rating asks for, against your logbook as imported. A progress view: your instructor signs you off.
- Met, from your logbook or marked done
- In progress: the hours logged so far
- A flight in your logbook may count: check it, then mark it done
- Your logbook can't show this: mark it done when it is
Instrument rating (airplane)
14 CFR 61.65(d)2 of 5 requirements met, at least 28.2 more hours to log.
Cross-country
50 hours of cross-country as pilot in command126.8 / 50 hMet
Airplane time only. Counted per flight as the lesser of cross-country and PIC time.
14 CFR 61.65(d)(1)
Instrument time
40 hours of actual or simulated instrument time11.8 / 40 h28.2 h to go
- 15 of them with an instrument instructor11.4 / 15 h3.6 h to go
Instrument time on flights with dual received. The logbook doesn't say whether the instructor holds an instrument rating (a CFII does).
14 CFR 61.65(d)(2) - 3 of those within 2 calendar months of the test8.3 / 3 hMet
For a test this month, flights since Aug 1, 2026 count.
14 CFR 61.65(d)(2)(i) - An instrument cross-country with an instructorCheck this flight
Possibly Oct 5, 2026, KANE–KFCM (2 h): if it qualifies, mark it done. Under IFR on a filed flight plan: 250 nm along airways or ATC routing, an approach at each airport, three different kinds of approaches.
14 CFR 61.65(d)(2)(ii)
Includes 1.5 h in training devices, counted up to 20 (61.65(j)). A basic ATD counts only up to 10 (61.65(i)); the logbook doesn't say which kind of device.
14 CFR 61.65(d)(2)
Commercial certificate (airplane single-engine)
14 CFR 61.129(a)4 of 13 requirements met, at least 82.6 more hours to log.
Flight time
250 hours of flight time167.4 / 250 h82.6 h to go
Airplane time only. Includes 1.5 h of instructor time in training devices, counted up to 50 (61.129(i)): only a full flight simulator or flight training device counts, not an ATD.
14 CFR 61.129(a)
Pilot in command
100 hours as pilot in command155.4 / 100 hMet
- 50 of them cross-country126.8 / 50 hMet14 CFR 61.129(a)(2)(ii)
Airplane time only.
14 CFR 61.129(a)(2)
With an instructor
20 hours of training on the commercial areas of operationMark when done
- 10 hours of instrument training with a view-limiting device8.7 / 10 h1.3 h to go
Simulated instrument time on flights with dual received.
14 CFR 61.129(a)(3)(i) - 5 of the instrument training hours in a single-engine airplane8.7 / 5 hMet14 CFR 61.129(a)(3)(i)
- 10 hours of training in a complex, turbine or technically advanced airplaneMark when done
Answer the aircraft type questions in aircraft settings (an aircraft that comes out complex, turbine or TAA counts); or mark it done.
14 CFR 61.129(a)(3)(ii) - A 2-hour day cross-country, over 100 nm straight-lineMark when done
Straight-line distance from the original departure point.
14 CFR 61.129(a)(3)(iii) - A 2-hour night cross-country, over 100 nm straight-lineMark when done
Straight-line distance from the original departure point.
14 CFR 61.129(a)(3)(iv) - 3 hours preparing for the test, within 2 calendar months of it8.9 / 3 hMet
For a test this month, flights since Aug 1, 2026 count.
14 CFR 61.129(a)(3)(v)
Your instructor's training record shows this; the lines below are part of it.
14 CFR 61.129(a)(3)
Solo, or pilot in command with an instructor on board
10 hours solo, or as pilot in command with an instructor on boardMark when done
- A 300 nm cross-country with landings at three airports, one 250 nm straight-line awayMark when done
150 nm for the long leg in Hawaii.
14 CFR 61.129(a)(4)(i) - 5 hours of night VFR, with 10 takeoffs and 10 landings at an airport with a towerMark when done
The logbook shows 20.9 h at night and 29 night full-stop landings in single-engine airplanes; it doesn't say which airports have a tower.
14 CFR 61.129(a)(4)(ii)
The logbook export doesn't separate solo time.
14 CFR 61.129(a)(4)
Which ratings show follows the certificate on your profile. Not shown: the knowledge test, the endorsements, and the practical test itself. Multiengine, sport and recreational aren't covered yet.