What are the radio requirements for IFR flight?


What are the radio requirements for IFR flight? IFR Flight Like every other equipment requirement, there are a few caveats to these equipment requirements. The generator or alternator must produce sufficient power for all electronic elements. The radios must include a two-way radio and a navigational radio suitable to the route being flown.


What is the 800 2 rule for IFR?

If a usable precision approach is available: 600' ceilings AND 2 SM of visibility. If only a non-precision approach is useable: 800' AND 2 SM of visibility. If no instrument approaches are available: Descent from the MEA and landing must be conducted under basic VFR.


What is the 321 rule for IFR?

It's called the 3-2-1 rule, and it's the easiest way to remember the regulation. To recap, if the weather at your destination isn't at least 3 SM of visibility and 2000' AGL ceilings from 1 hour before to 1 hour after your ETA, you need to file an alternate.


What are the 6 hits for IFR?

  • instrument approaches.
  • H. Holding procedures.
  • I. Intercepting courses.
  • T. Tracking courses.
  • S. use of navigational electronic System.
  • If not current within 6 months. you can log required time with a safety pilot, examiner, or instructor.
  • If not current within 12 months. ...
  • To carry passengers as PIC (day)


Why do pilots say squawk?

Air traffic control units use the term squawk when they are assigning an aircraft a transponder code, e.g., Squawk 7421. Squawk thus can be said to mean select transponder code or squawking xxxx to mean I have selected transponder code xxxx.


What are the minimum requirements for IFR flight?

Instrument Rating Requirements
  • Hold at least a current private pilot certificate.
  • Understand the English language.
  • Receive ground and flight training.
  • Pass a knowledge test.
  • Pass a practical test.
  • Have logged 50 hours of cross-country flight time as Pilot in Command (PIC)


Can an IFR pilot fly at night?

A night rating permits an aircraft pilot to fly at night under visual flight rules. The alternative is flight by instrument flight rules (IFR), under which visual reference to terrain and traffic is not required.


What does squawk 7500 mean?

The first emergency code that you may have become familiar with is Squawk 7500. This code is used to indicate that the aircraft has been hijacked, and therefore requires urgent emergency support from both security services and air traffic control.


What is the 1% rule in aviation?

In aviation medicine, the 1% rule is a risk threshold that is applied to the medical fitness of pilots. The 1% rule states that a 1% per annum risk (See also risk management) of medical incapacitation is the threshold between acceptable and unacceptable.


Can you fly IFR without ATC?

In theory, a pilot can operate in sub-VMC conditions under IFR without an ATC clearance in Class G airspace. However, to enter or operate in controlled airspace under IFR, an ATC clearance is required.


What happens if you experience a 2 way radio failure on an IFR flight plan?

A pilot experiencing two-way radio failure at an assigned altitude of 7,000 feet is cleared along a direct route which will require a climb to a minimum IFR altitude of 9,000 feet, should climb to reach 9,000 feet at the time or place where it becomes necessary (see 14 CFR Section 91.177(b)).