FAA Flight Review Tracker (61.56)
Never blow a flight review date: log each flight review and supporting events, get amber warnings before the 24-month deadline.
Rule applied: 14 CFR 61.56: a flight review — minimum 1 hour ground and 1 hour flight — within the preceding 24 CALENDAR months, ending on the last day of the month.
No entries yet — add your first one above. Data stays in your browser.
⚠️ 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 (FAA) and your operator's approved documents before flying.
Free faa flight review tracker (61.56): enter your last flight review and every qualifying event, and get colour-coded warnings well before the deadline — with the whole validity stack on one board.
About FAA Flight Review Tracker (61.56)
14 CFR 61.56: a flight review — minimum 1 hour ground and 1 hour flight — within the preceding 24 CALENDAR months, ending on the last day of the month. The failure mode is never ignorance of the rule — it's the calendar: a phase of faa wings, a new rating checkride, or a proficiency check all reset the 24-month clock. This tracker keeps each qualifying event with its computed expiry on a single status board, turns entries amber 90 days before they bite, and shows the next-due date as a headline tile. Because multiple event types can reset the clock, the entry form accepts every relevant check type, not just the headline flight review. Export the board to CSV whenever training departments, clubs or insurers ask where you stand.
How to use FAA Flight Review Tracker (61.56)
- 1Enter your most recent flight review (and any other qualifying events) with dates.
- 2Watch badges move green → amber → red as deadlines approach.
- 3Book the next check while amber; add it once flown and the cycle restarts.
Why use FAA Flight Review Tracker (61.56)?
- ✓Implements the FAA rule: 24-month cycle with correct date math
- ✓Accepts every qualifying event type, not just the basic flight review
- ✓Amber warnings 90 days out — enough time to book instructors or examiners
- ✓Next-due tile keeps the most urgent deadline in view
- ✓Private browser storage with CSV export
Frequently asked questions
What resets the FAA flight review clock besides the review itself?+
Several events count in place of a review: completing a phase of the FAA WINGS program, passing a checkride for a new certificate or rating, an instrument proficiency check combined appropriately, or a 61.58 proficiency check. Each resets the 24-calendar-month window from its own date. Log whichever event applies here and the tracker computes the new end-of-month expiry automatically.
What happens if my flight review lapses?+
You can't act as PIC until a flight review is completed — but you may still fly with an instructor, and the review itself is the cure: one session of at least an hour of ground and an hour of flight with a CFI who endorses your logbook. There's no penalty beyond the grounding, but discovering it the morning of a trip is exactly what this tracker exists to prevent.
Why do calendar months make expiry dates confusing?+
Most aviation validity runs to the END of a calendar month, not 365 days from the event: a flight review on the 3rd buys you validity to the last day of the expiry month, 24 months later. Doing that arithmetic mentally across multiple items is where pilots slip — this tool stores the actual expiry date so the badge, not your memory, carries the load.
Why doesn't this tool sync to the cloud?+
By design: career and currency records are sensitive, and the simplest privacy guarantee is never transmitting them. Local-only storage means zero servers, zero breach surface and zero subscription. If you fly from several devices, keep one as the master record and move snapshots between machines with the CSV export.
Can I get my data out if I switch tools later?+
Always — the CSV export is a complete, lossless dump of your validity board, generated locally in one click. Import it into commercial logbook software, archive it in your records folder, or post-process it in a spreadsheet. No lock-in is a deliberate design decision: data you can't take with you isn't really yours.
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