You already instruct. Now teach the instrument rating too.
Your Instrument Instructor rating, in two phases.
The CFII adds the authority to teach instrument flying — approaches, holds, IFR procedures — and to run instrument proficiency checks. Same two-phase shape as your CFI: first the instrument ground and knowledge, then teaching it in the air.
It's a focused add-on, not a fresh start — your Fundamentals of Instruction already carry over. What's new is the instrument rules, and teaching them well, right up to the checkride.
The instrument half of a complete instructor
Same two phases. Now under the hood.
The CFII is the instrument add-on to your instructor certificate. The shape is the same as your CFI — ground and knowledge first, then flying and the checkride — but everything is instrument: the rules, the procedures, and teaching a student to fly them.
Master the instrument rules — then learn to teach them.
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Flight Instructor Instrument (FII) knowledge test
The CFII written exam, covering the IFR system and the instrument procedures you'll be responsible for teaching.
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The instrument rules — to teach
IFR regulations, the instrument system, departure and arrival procedures, approaches and holding, and IFR weather and planning — learning to explain all of it, not just fly it.
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Instrument lesson plans & ground prep
Building the lesson plans and teaching presentations for the full instrument curriculum.
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Endorsements
The required training records and instructor endorsements that qualify you to take the practical test.
Now teach it in the air — while your student flies on instruments.
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Right-seat instrument teaching
Teaching approaches, holds, course intercepts and tracking, and partial-panel from the instructor's seat — managing a student who's flying under the hood.
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Teaching approaches & failures
Precision and non-precision approaches, missed approaches, holds, and equipment-failure and partial-panel scenarios — taught, not just flown.
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Practical-test prep
Polishing instrument teaching presentations and oral prep to checkride standard.
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The CFII practical test
The instrument flight instructor checkride. Pass it, and you can teach instrument students and conduct instrument proficiency checks.
Pass it, and you're an Instrument Flight Instructor.
Now you can train instrument students, endorse them for their checkride, and conduct Instrument Proficiency Checks for already-rated pilots — the instrument half of a complete instructor, and more flight time on your way to the airlines.
Teach IFR
& run IPCs
Before you start
What you need to begin — and what we'll be straight with you about.
Ready to teach the instrument rating?
Tell us where you are. We'll map both phases, prep you for the checkride, and walk you through current pricing. Adding the CFII makes you a full-capacity instructor — and there may be a path to teach with us once you hold it.