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# FCL.610 IR – Prerequisites and crediting

ANNEX I (Part-FCL) · Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

Official sources: [EASA Easy Access Rules (opens in a new tab)](https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/easy-access-rules/easy-access-rules-aircrew) · [EUR-Lex 2011/1178 (opens in a new tab)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32011R1178)

IR Implementing rule

## FCL.610 IR – Prerequisites and crediting

Applicants for an IR shall:

(a) hold:

(1) at least a PPL in the appropriate [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) category, and:

(i) the privileges to fly at [night](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/night) in accordance with FCL.810, if the IR privileges will be used at night; or

(ii) an ATPL in another [category of aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/category-of-aircraft); or

(2) a CPL, in the appropriate aircraft category;

(b) have completed at least 50 hours of [cross-country](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/cross-country) [flight time](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/flight-time) as PIC in aeroplanes, TMGs, helicopters or airships, of which at least 10 or, in the case of airships, 20 hours shall be in the relevant aircraft category.

(c) Helicopters only. Applicants who have completed an ATP(H)/IR, ATP(H), CPL(H)/IR or CPL(H) integrated training course shall be exempted from the requirement in (b).

IR · FCL.610 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Regulation (EU) No 245/2014 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

[All rules in SUBPART G – INSTRUMENT RATING – IR](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-g)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 16 Oct 2026, extracted 2 Nov 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.