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Does ground time count as flight time?

Yes. Once the aircraft moves under its own power with the intention of flight, all of the time, until the aircraft lands and is parked at the destination, counts as flight time.



In the eyes of the FAA and most global aviation authorities, "flight time" (often called block time) begins when an aircraft moves under its own power for the purpose of flight and ends when it comes to rest after landing. This means that ground taxi time is included in a pilot's logged flight time. However, there is a distinction between "flight time" and "air time"—the latter only counts the duration the aircraft is actually off the ground. For commercial pilots, their duty limits and pay are often tied to block time, meaning the time spent taxiing from the gate to the runway is "billable" experience. Interestingly, if an aircraft is stuck on the tarmac for de-icing or waiting for a gate, that time generally continues to accrue toward the pilot's legal flight time limits, which is why long ground delays can sometimes cause a crew to "time out" and become legally unable to complete their assigned journey.

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In commercial aviation, this means the time from pushing back at the departure gate to arriving at the destination gate. Air time is defined as the time from the moment an aircraft leaves the surface until it comes into contact with the surface at the next point of landing.

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Flight time can be logged under Pilot in Command, Solo, Second in Command, Cross Country, Night, Simulated Instrument, and Actual Instrument categories. The total flight time is the sum of the pilot's flight time in all the categories and is called Total Time (TT).

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While the military tracks in-air flying time, the FAA's definition of flight time (14 CFR §1.1) includes associated taxi time: “Flight time means: Pilot time that commences when an aircraft moves under its own power for the purpose of flight and ends when the aircraft comes to rest after landing.”

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You will, however, have to perform some mental math or use a calculator when making logbook entries using this format; Each decimal hour (0.1) is equal to 6 minutes, which means your flight minutes will have to be divided by 6 to obtain decimal hours (e.g., a flight of one and a half hours (1:30) = 1. [30/6] = 1.5).

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Mechanical problems, risky weather, and several other factors can throw off your own schedule as well as the plane's schedule for the whole day even on the best flights. Not only will that aircraft be late for its next flight, but it could cause backup for other planes waiting for it to move on the runway.

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To reach 1000 hours flight time the P-8 pilot 2 years, the carrier pilots 4 years.

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It takes two months to become a pilot and earn your private pilot license. To become an airline pilot, it takes two years to gain the required 1,500 hours flight time.

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According to the Department of Transportation (DOT), there are tarmac delay rules that US airlines must follow: Carriers are not allowed to hold a domestic flight on the tarmac for more than three hours and an international flight for more than four hours, barring a couple of exceptions (like if the pilot deems it's ...

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The 1500-hour rule is a law by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that requires all pilots in America to have at least 1500 hours of experience/flight time before being eligible to fly for a regional airline or major airline (such as FedEx, American Airlines, Delta etc.)

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