Pilot currency checker

What the checker reviews

The checker organizes flight-review timing from 14 CFR 61.56, plus day passenger-carrying recency, night passenger-carrying recency, and instrument recency from 14 CFR 61.57. Enter only qualifying activity from the period named above each group. The results reflect your entries and are not a legal finding that you may act as pilot in command or carry passengers.

For activity counts, enter the date of the oldest event included in the count. That date is used to avoid treating older events as recent based only on the newest event.

Flight review

14 CFR 61.56 generally requires a pilot to have completed a flight review within the preceding 24 calendar months to act as pilot in command, subject to listed exceptions. Enter the date of your most recent completed flight review. The checker displays the end of the applicable calendar-month period, but does not evaluate exceptions or the review's content.

Day and night passenger recency

Under 14 CFR 61.57(a), a pilot generally needs three takeoffs and three landings within the preceding 90 days to act as pilot in command while carrying passengers. The takeoffs and landings must meet the regulation's category, class, and type conditions.

For night passenger-carrying recency, 14 CFR 61.57(b) specifies three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop during the period beginning one hour after sunset and ending one hour before sunrise, within the preceding 90 days. Aircraft category, class, and type conditions also apply.

The checker keeps takeoffs and landings separate so an incomplete count in either field remains visible. It does not confirm the time of an event, aircraft qualifications, or whether an exception applies.

Instrument recency

For the instrument experience pathway in 14 CFR 61.57(c), the checker looks for six instrument approaches, holding procedures, and intercepting and tracking courses through the use of navigational electronic systems within the preceding six calendar months. The regulation includes aircraft and training-device details that this page does not validate.

If the instrument experience period has elapsed, paragraph (d) describes a further six-calendar-month period for regaining recent experience. An instrument proficiency check is required after that period before acting as pilot in command under IFR or in weather conditions less than the minimums prescribed for VFR. Review the exact rule and obtain instruction as appropriate.

How to use the result

Enter activity from your records and review each category, class, type, and time condition against the current regulation. The checker mirrors counts and dates in the URL for convenience. Remove its query string before sharing if your activity is private.

Use the current text of 14 CFR 61.57 as the controlling reference. This page does not evaluate medical qualification, endorsements, aircraft documents, weather, or other conditions required for a particular flight.

Sources and methodology

Flight-review timing is summarized from 14 CFR 61.56. Activity thresholds and recency periods are summarized from 14 CFR 61.57. The checker compares entered event counts and dates with those windows. It does not validate aircraft category, class, type, training-device approval, logbook entries, or exceptions.

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