DGCA FDTL Calculator (India)
Maximum FDP and flight time under DGCA CAR FDTL for two-pilot operations — landings in, limits out, with the per-landing reduction computed.
DGCA CAR (Section 7, Series J) FDTL for two-pilot aeroplanes: base 13 h FDP / 10 h flight time up to 2 landings, each further landing reducing both by 30 minutes (to 6 landings).
Two-pilot aeroplane baseline per CAR Section 7 Series J; night operations (WOCL encroachment), augmentation and dispersal/standby rules modify limits — the current CAR and your operator's approved scheme govern.
With your numbers: With 4 landings, the FDTL limits are 12 FDP and 9 flight time (two-pilot, unaugmented).
⚠️ Not for operational decisions. This is a record-keeping and planning aid only — not certified avionics, not a source of regulatory truth. Always verify against official sources (DGCA) and your operator's approved documents before flying.
Free DGCA FDTL calculator for Indian two-pilot operations: landings in, maximum FDP and flight time out with the 30-minute-per-landing reduction — the CAR Section 7 baseline every Indian roster builds on.
About DGCA FDTL Calculator (India)
India's FDTL scheme keys the day's limits to workload measured in landings: a two-pilot aeroplane crew gets 13 hours of FDP and 10 of flight time for up to two landings, then surrenders 30 minutes of each per additional landing, down to the six-landing floor. This calculator computes that baseline. The architecture around it follows the international pattern with Indian specifics: weekly and monthly cumulative caps (35 hours in 7 days, 125 in 28, 1,000 yearly), rest requirements scaling with the duty performed, WOCL (window of circadian low) encroachment rules that bite night flying hardest, and the 2024-25 CAR revisions that tightened night-duty definitions and rest. Crew scheduling departments compute all of it; pilots recomputing their own days — especially multi-sector domestic patterns where landings stack fast — is both common sense and the joint responsibility the CAR assumes. The cumulative tracker on this site pairs with this daily check.
How to use DGCA FDTL Calculator (India)
- 1Enter the day's planned landings.
- 2Read maximum FDP and flight time.
- 3Check the day against rest-before and cumulative windows (see the tracker).
Why use DGCA FDTL Calculator (India)?
- ✓CAR Series J two-pilot baseline: landings-driven, computed exactly
- ✓Both limits shown — FDP and flight time bind independently
- ✓Multi-sector domestic reality: watch limits shrink per landing
- ✓Scope flagged: WOCL, augmentation and CAR revisions modify
- ✓Instant, free, browser-only
Frequently asked questions
Why does India key duty limits to landings?+
Workload logic: each approach-and-landing cycle is the highest-workload, highest-fatigue segment of a sector, so a six-landing domestic day genuinely costs more than its block hours suggest — and Indian domestic patterns stack sectors densely. The 30-minute-per-landing reduction encodes that cost directly, where other regimes (FAR 117's segment columns, EASA's sector reductions) reach the same idea through tables. Same science, different arithmetic.
What rest does DGCA require between duties?+
Scaled to what you flew: the working baseline is rest at least twice the flight time, minimum 12 hours for domestic patterns (more after long or WOCL-heavy duties, and the recent CAR revisions strengthened weekly rest to 48 hours encompassing two local nights). Operator schemes implement the details. The practical pilot check: rest computed from ACTUAL release, not scheduled — a delayed arrival moves tomorrow's earliest report, which is exactly the recalculation the rest calculator on this site does.
How did the recent FDTL revisions change Indian rosters?+
The 2024-notified CAR (implementation phased through 2025) tightened the fatigue side: night duty redefined to encompass 0000-0600 (widening WOCL protection), night FDPs and landings further limited, and weekly rest increased to 48 hours. Net effect: night-heavy and red-eye-dense rosters lost legality margin, and schedulers rebuilt patterns around the new floors. For individual pilots the lesson is evergreen — legality is computed against the CURRENT CAR, and this calculator's baseline plus the ops manual's specifics is the working method.
Do I need an account or internet connection?+
No account and no connection are needed once the page has loaded — records live in local storage on your device and every calculation runs in your browser. Data doesn't sync between devices, so export the CSV when you want to move or archive your records.
What format does the export use and what reads it?+
A plain CSV with one row per entry and labelled column headers — the most portable format there is. Spreadsheets open it directly, most specialised software can map it on import, and a printed copy is perfectly legible to a human reviewer. Nothing proprietary means your FDTL computation is never trapped here.
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