Solo Time Tracker
Solo Time Tracker — log qualifying flights and watch each requirement line fill toward your checkride, privately in your browser.
Requirement: the PPL requires 10 hours of solo including 5 solo cross-country, one 150 nm solo XC with three landing points, and three solo tower-controlled landings.
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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 (FAA) and your operator's approved documents before flying.
Free solo time tracker: log each training flight against the requirement bucket it fills and see your remaining gap to the checkride — solo hours toward 61.109's 10-hour requirement, split local vs cross-country.
About Solo Time Tracker
the PPL requires 10 hours of solo including 5 solo cross-country, one 150 nm solo XC with three landing points, and three solo tower-controlled landings. Most training delays aren't flying problems — they're bookkeeping problems discovered late: a sub-requirement everyone assumed was complete turns out short when the examiner's paperwork is being assembled. This tracker prevents that by making every flight declare which bucket it fills (solo hours toward 61.109's 10-hour requirement, split local vs cross-country). The totals stay live, the 30-day tile shows your training tempo, and the CSV export gives your instructor the same picture you have. Students who arrive at checkride scheduling with this record complete schedule once; the alternative often reschedules twice.
How to use Solo Time Tracker
- 1Log each flight and tag which requirement bucket it fills.
- 2Review totals against the requirement before each lesson block.
- 3Export the record when scheduling your checkride paperwork.
Why use Solo Time Tracker?
- ✓Tracks the actual requirement: the PPL requires 10 hours of solo including 5 solo cross-country, one 150 nm solo XC with three landing points, and three solo tower-controlled landings
- ✓Bucket-tagged flights make every sub-requirement's progress visible
- ✓30-day tempo tile shows whether your training pace is decaying
- ✓CSV export aligns you and your CFI on what remains
- ✓Browser-private and free — your training file stays yours
Frequently asked questions
Which solo flights count toward the private certificate?+
61.109(a)(5) wants 10 solo hours comprising: 5 hours of solo cross-country, one solo cross-country of at least 150 nm total with full-stop landings at three points (one leg 50+ nm straight-line), and three takeoffs and landings to a full stop at a towered airport. This tracker splits local and XC solo so each sub-requirement fills visibly rather than being discovered short at checkride paperwork time.
Why do students discover missing requirements so late?+
Because school records track lessons while the regulation tracks categories of experience, and the two drift: a night flight logged without the XC tag, hood time without the instructor's name, a 'cross-country' that doesn't meet the distance definition. Tagging each flight against the regulation's own buckets at logging time — not at checkride-prep time — collapses that drift to zero.
Does this replace my official logbook for the checkride?+
No — examiners verify your endorsed paper or certified electronic logbook. This is the planning layer that makes sure the official record will SURVIVE that verification: complete buckets, no surprises. Bring both: the logbook as evidence, this export as the index that lets you answer 'show me your night cross-country' in five seconds.
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 get my data out if I switch tools later?+
Always — the CSV export is a complete, lossless dump of your training progress record, 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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