DGCA Night Passenger Currency Tracker
Log night takeoffs and landings and see instantly whether you may carry passengers under DGCA recency rules — and the exact date currency lapses.
Rule applied: DGCA night recency — takeoffs and landings at night in the preceding 90 days (per CAR Section 7 and operator Ops Manual) before carrying passengers at night.
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⚠️ 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.
Disclaimer: This tool is for general informational and estimation purposes only and is not professional financial, tax, accounting or legal advice. All figures are estimates — verify with a qualified professional before making decisions. Read the full disclaimer.
Free DGCA night currency tracker: log your full-stop night landings and the tool tells you if you're legal to carry passengers at night — plus the exact date your currency expires.
About DGCA Night Passenger Currency Tracker
Passenger-carrying recency is binary: you're either current or you're not, and working it out from a paper logbook means counting backwards through 90 days of entries. This tracker applies DGCA night recency — takeoffs and landings at night in the preceding 90 days (per CAR Section 7 and operator Ops Manual) before carrying passengers at night directly. Log each session with its landing count and the status tile answers the question — CURRENT with the precise expiry date, or NOT CURRENT with how many qualifying full-stop night landings you still need. The expiry date is computed from when your third-most-recent landing falls out of the rolling window, which is exactly the arithmetic pilots get wrong by hand.
How to use DGCA Night Passenger Currency Tracker
- 1Log each night session with full-stop landings.
- 2Read the status tile: CURRENT until a date, or the landings you still need.
- 3Schedule refresher circuits before the shown expiry date arrives.
Why use DGCA Night Passenger Currency Tracker?
- ✓Implements the actual rule: takeoffs and landings at night in the preceding 90 days (per CAR Section 7 and operator Ops Manual) before carrying passengers at night
- ✓Shows CURRENT / NOT CURRENT plus the exact lapse date
- ✓Counts landings per session — log three landings as one entry
- ✓Full-stop discipline built in — the legal distinction that trips pilots up
- ✓Private browser-only storage with CSV export
Frequently asked questions
Do touch-and-goes count for night passenger currency?+
No — that's the classic trap. DGCA night recency — takeoffs and landings at night in the preceding 90 days (per CAR Section 7 and operator Ops Manual) before carrying passengers at night. Touch-and-goes satisfy daytime recency but NOT the night rule, which demands full-stop landings. This tracker labels the field accordingly so the records you keep here are the ones that actually count when you load passengers after dark.
How far ahead can I see my currency lapsing?+
Precisely to the day: the tracker projects when your third-most-recent qualifying landing will age beyond 90 days and prints that calendar date on the status tile. That forward visibility is the practical difference between scheduling relaxed refresher circuits next week and discovering at the aircraft that a passenger flight can't legally happen.
Can I carry passengers while not current?+
No — but you may fly solo to regain currency. The standard path is to fly the required full-stop night landings alone (or with a qualified instructor as the only other occupant, regulator depending), log them here, and the tracker flips to CURRENT the moment the count is satisfied. Plan it before a passenger trip, not the evening of.
Where is my logbook data stored?+
Everything you enter is saved in your browser's local storage on your own device — nothing is uploaded to any server. That means your flight records stay completely private, work offline, and load instantly. Use the CSV export regularly to keep an off-device backup copy of your records.
Can I export my records for an audit or examiner?+
Yes — one click exports your complete currency record as a CSV file that opens in Excel, Google Sheets or Numbers. The export preserves every column exactly as entered, so you can print it, attach it to an application, or hand it to an examiner, inspector or insurance underwriter as a supporting summary alongside your official records.
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