Night aviation regulations in the US

Night aviation regulations in the US are administered and enforced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Definitions

The definition of night time as it pertains to the Federal Aviation Regulations in the US is as follows:

  1. The standard definition of "night" is the period between evening civil twilight and morning civil twilight.[1] AirNav is a good source for sunset and sunrise and evening civil twilight and morning civil twilight. An aircraft must be equipped with lights during this time.[2]
  2. The period between sunset and sunrise when aircraft position lights must be on.[3]
  3. The period between 1 hour after sunset and 1 hour before sunrise which applies to airman currency requirements.[4]

To log night flight training and required landings, one uses the standard definition of night.[1][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Title 14 CFR Part 1 Sec. 1.1 - Definitions and Abbreviations". U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  2. ↑ "Title 14 CFR Part 91 Section 91.205 - Powered civil aircraft with standard category U.S. airworthiness certificates: Instrument and equipment requirements". U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  3. ↑ "Title 14 CFR Part 91 Sec. 91.209 - Aircraft lights". U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  4. ↑ "Title 14 CFR Part 61 Sec. 61.57 - Recent flight experience: Pilot in command.". U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  5. ↑ "Title 14 CFR Part 61 Sec. 61.109 - Aeronautical Experience". U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 2009-05-25.

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