Title: Describe preflight requirements.
Course: Aircraft Pilot Training I (20053-I) > Section: Identifying Flight Manuals and Other Documents

Description should include requirements

- for a flight under instrument flight rules (IFR) or a flight not in the vicinity of an airport, weather reports and forecasts, fuel requirements, alternatives available if the planned flight cannot be completed, and any known traffic delays of which the pilot in command has been advised by air traffic control (ATC)
- for any flight, runway lengths at airports of intended use, and takeoff and landing distance information
  - for civil aircraft for which an approved Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual containing takeoff and landing distance data is required, the takeoff and landing distance data contained therein
  - for civil aircraft other than those specified in paragraph (b)(1) of 14 CFR § 91.103, other reliable information appropriate to the aircraft, relating to aircraft performance under expected values of airport elevation and runway slope, aircraft gross weight, and wind and temperature.

Refer to 14 CFR § 91.103, Preflight Action, for more information.

PLT445

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is an example of a preflight requirement?