***Link*** :: [Keller 2009](https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/agc/practice_areas/regulations/interpretations/Data/interps/2009/Keller_2009_Legal_Interpretation.pdf) ***Description*** :: Clarification on [[PPL]] solo cross-country requirements and definition of cross country time ***Author*** :: [[FAA Office of the Chief Counsel]] ***Related To***: [[FAR 61.1 Applicability and Definitions]], [[FAR 61.109 PPL Experience Reqs]], [[Van Zanen 2009]] #### Key Quotes * cross country time for the purpose of meeting the aeronautical experience requirements for a private pilot certificate means time acquired during a flight that "includes a point of landing that was at least a straight-line distance of more then 50 nautical miles from the original point of departure." [[FAR 61.1 Applicability and Definitions|FAR 61.1]](b)(3)(ii)(B) #source #legal-interpretation