Keeping an eye on running totals and looming currency deadlines is the part of a logbook pilots most often neglect. This tracker lets you enter each flight, keeps live totals of time, night, IFR, cross-country, and landings, and flags the core FAR 61 currency items so you know when a flight review or night-landing window is about to lapse.
The currency rules this tool checks
FAR 61 currency is a set of recency requirements — how recently you must have performed specific tasks. The tool checks the four most common ones:
| Requirement | Rule | Window |
|---|---|---|
| Flight review (BFR) | 1 hour ground + 1 hour flight with a CFI | 24 calendar months |
| Day passenger landings | 3 takeoffs and landings | Last 90 days |
| Night passenger landings | 3 full-stop landings between 1 hr after sunset and 1 hr before sunrise | Last 90 days |
| Instrument currency | 6 approaches, holding, and intercepting/tracking | Last 6 calendar months |
Night landings must be full-stop to count toward night currency. Touch-and-go landings count for day passenger currency but not for night. This is the distinction pilots most commonly miss.
How it works
Each entry contributes to category totals, and recency windows count only recent items:
total time = Σ duration
night / IFR = Σ night, Σ IFR across all entries
landings = Σ day landings + Σ night landings
day currency = 3+ landings in the last 90 days
night cur. = 3+ night full-stop landings in the last 90 days
flight review= last review within 24 calendar months
instrument = 6+ approaches in the last 6 calendar monthsCurrency is date-driven: an item drops out of the window automatically once it ages past the recency period, which is why the tool re-evaluates against today’s date every time you load it.
Practical example
A pilot’s recent logbook entries:
- 35 days ago: 3 night full-stop landings, 2 approaches and holding, 1.2 hours
- 50 days ago: 4 day landings (touch-and-go), 1.5 hours
Night passenger currency: current — 3 full-stop landings in the last 35 days, well inside the 90-day window. Day passenger currency: current — 4 landings 50 days ago, inside 90 days. Instrument currency: lapsed — 2 approaches against the required 6 in 6 calendar months.
The tracker would show instrument currency as expired in this scenario, prompting the pilot to schedule a session with a safety pilot before the next IFR flight.
Important limitations
Entries are stored only in your browser’s local storage on this device and are never uploaded. They persist between visits on the same browser but are not a legal logbook of record. This is a planning and awareness aid; your official paper or approved electronic logbook remains the legal document for checkrides, ratings, currency disputes, and insurance purposes.