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title: "Total estimated elapsed time — EASA Definition · Avioverse"
description: "Article 2, Regulation (EU) No 923/2012: ‘total estimated elapsed time’ means:"
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# total estimated elapsed time

EASA defines “total estimated elapsed time” in one regulation. The wording below is reproduced verbatim from the EASA Easy Access Rules, with a link to the paragraph it comes from.

> ‘total estimated elapsed time’ means:
>
> (a) for IFR flights, the estimated time required from take-off to arrive over that designated point, defined by reference to navigation aids, from which it is intended that an instrument approach procedure will be commenced, or, if no navigation aid is associated with the destination aerodrome, to arrive over the destination aerodrome;
>
> (b) for VFR flights, the estimated time required from take-off to arrive over the destination aerodrome;
>
> 129a. ‘toy aircraft’ means an unmanned aircraft designed or intended for use, whether or not exclusively, in play by children under 14 years of age;

Article 2 · Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA) · Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · Easy Access Rules, 26 Aug 2025 revision · [Read Article 2](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/sera/cover-regulation/powers-and-recital#article-2)

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