Night Rating
Enhance your skills
Overview
The night rating is the perfect next step after gaining the NPPL or PPL and is a must for those short winter days so you can return safely to your home airfield. Once you have qualified there are no renewal or revalidation requirements. For those embarking on Commercial Flight Training the night rating is a mandatory qualification to achieve before embarking on your CPL/IR. You can also incorporate your night rating into your NPPL or PPL course or add the rating on after licence issue.
The Night Rating course will build on the skills you learnt as part of your NPPL or PPL and adapt them for use in the hours of darkness. Night flying is a unique experience, and few things compare to navigating over the darkened countryside and brilliantly illuminated cities before arriving at your destination and lining up for final approach to see the runway lights laid out before you guiding you to a safe landing. The night flying is unique and fulfilling experience like no other and you can experience it here at AIRSPACE FTS.
Course Breakdown
Night Rating Qualification
For those embarking on commercial flight training, the Night Rating is a mandatory qualification to achieve before obtaining your Commercial Pilots Licence (CPL)/Instrument Rating (IR).
You can either incorporate your Night Rating into your NPPL (A) or PPL (A) course or add the Rating following issue of your Licence.
The Night Rating course will enhance the skills that you have learned during your NPPL (A) or PPL (A) training and adapt them for use in night time conditions.
Night flying is a unique experience involving navigating over the darkened countryside and illuminated cities before arriving at your destination. As you line up for the final landing approach, the runway lights guide you safely into landing.
You will receive the highest standard of training delivered in a relaxed, friendly manner by our flight instructors.
Before taking this course
Requirements
The Night Rating can be completed as part of the PPL Part-FCL (A) training course or as an addition to the license at a later date. ‘Night’ is defined as the period between 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise.
This qualification is carried out with one of our qualified Flight Instructors. Whilst, there is no Skills Test involved, you will need to have completed the listed requirements.
Minimum of 5 hours night flying that includes:
- 3 hours dual instruction
- 1 hour dual night navigation
- 5 solo take-offs and full stop landing at night as Pilot in Command (PIC) of your chosen aircraft
