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Besides the daytime trip, which additional 2-hour cross-country is required for the commercial certificate?

A nighttime cross-country of more than 100 nautical miles.

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  1. A nighttime cross-country of more than 100 nautical miles ✔
  2. An IFR cross-country to minimums
  3. A cross-country in a different class of airplane

Why: Section 61.129 requires one 2-hour daytime and one 2-hour nighttime cross-country. Each is more than 100 nautical miles straight-line from the departure point, flown in a single-engine airplane for that rating.

Huh, didn't know that: Note that these are in addition to the 300 nautical mile solo cross-country.

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Answer: A nighttime cross-country of more than 100 nautical miles. Section 61.129 requires one 2-hour daytime and one 2-hour nighttime cross-country. Each is more than 100 nautical miles straight-line from the departure point, flown in a single-engine airplane for that rating.

  1. 14 CFR 61.129 Aeronautical experience (Cornell LII eCFR mirror) www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/61.129
    One 2-hour cross country flight in a single engine airplane in nighttime conditions
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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