Requirements for Obtaining Your Instrument Rating (You must...):

1. Hold at least a current private pilot certificate appropriate to the instrument rating sought.
2. Be able to read, speak, write, and converse fluently in English.
3. Hold at least a current third-class FAA medical certificate to apply for the certificate.
4. Pass the Instrument knowledge test with a score of 70% or better.
5. Undertake flight training as described in Flight Lessons 1 - 15 and Ground Lessons 1 - 10 found listed below. Many of the Flight Lessons will require more than one flight to make you proficient.
6. Receive a signed recommendation (8710) from a CFII that you are ready for an Instrument check ride.
7. Successfully complete a practical test, which will be given by an FAA-designated examiner.

Flight Experience Requirements For An Instrument Rating:

Under Part 61 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs), you must log a minimum of

1. 50 hrs of cross-country time as PIC of which at least
   1. 10 hrs must be in airplanes for an airplane instrument rating
2. 40 hrs of actual or simulated instrument time
3. 15 hrs of dual flight training
   1. 1 cross-country of at least 250 nm along airways or ATC directed routing with:
      1. An instrument approach at each airport; and
      2. 3 different instrument approaches (ILS, ARNAV, GPS, VOR, NDB)
   2. 3 hours of flight training that is apropriate to the instrument rating sought within the 60 days prior to the practical test.