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Night currency for carrying passengers counts landings made during which period?

1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.

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  1. From sunset to sunrise
  2. Evening civil twilight end to morning civil twilight start
  3. From 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise ✔

Why: Section 61.57(b) requires three takeoffs and three full-stop landings in that window within the preceding 90 days to carry passengers then. They must be as sole manipulator in the same category, class and type, if required.

Huh, didn't know that: The general FAA definition of night is different: end of evening civil twilight to the start of morning civil twilight.

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Answer: From 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise. Section 61.57(b) requires three takeoffs and three full-stop landings in that window within the preceding 90 days to carry passengers then. They must be as sole manipulator in the same category, class and type, if required.

  1. 14 CFR 61.57 Recent flight experience: Pilot in command (Cornell LII eCFR mirror) www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/61.57
    during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. 14 CFR 1.1 General definitions (Cornell LII eCFR mirror) www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/1.1
    Night means the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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