{"data":{"id":"us/14-cfr-61.311","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 CFR 61.311","heading":"What flight proficiency requirements must I meet to apply for a sport pilot certificate?","body":"To apply for a sport pilot certificate, you must receive and log ground and flight training from an authorized instructor on the following areas of operation, as appropriate, for airplane single-engine land or sea, glider, gyroplane, helicopter, airship, balloon, powered parachute land or sea, weight-shift-control aircraft land or sea privileges:\n(a) Preflight preparation.\n(b) Preflight procedures.\n(c) Airport, heliport, seaplane base, and gliderport operations, as applicable.\n(d) Hovering maneuvers (applicable only to helicopters).\n(e) Takeoffs (or launches), landings, and go-arounds.\n(f) Performance maneuvers and, for gliders, performance speeds.\n(g) Ground reference maneuvers (not applicable to gliders, helicopters, and balloons).\n(h) Soaring techniques (applicable only to gliders).\n(i) Navigation.\n(j) Slow flight (not applicable to lighter-than-air aircraft, helicopters, and powered parachutes).\n(k) Stalls (not applicable to lighter-than-air aircraft, gyroplanes, helicopters, and powered parachutes).\n(l) Emergency operations.\n(m) Post-flight procedures.","path":["Title 14—Aeronautics and Space","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER D—AIRMEN","PART 61—CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS","Subpart J—Sport Pilots"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-14.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:20Z","sha256":"a2ba2dcf03f85987befb27d3cba09291c3f74e508e21a73196f6c012d81fbd60","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/14-cfr-61.309","next":"us/14-cfr-61.313"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}